GRAPES
Journal Instructions
Write your name on it! Now!
Create pocket (Tape of staple index
card inside front cover)
Passport, syllabus and travel tools
brochure kept here.
You may keep in the baggage claim
area in front of the class.
No Passport, NO GRADE!
Procedure
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Title of place we are studying
(20 points) Picture and KWL
a. What do you KNOW
about this picture?
b. What do you WANT to
know?
c. What have you
LEARNED?
(20 Points) Map must be labeled
and or colored for total points
(50 points) Journal-Completed
fill in the blank lecture notes
(10 Points) So What? Write
question and answer in a
complete sentence.
Use the acronym GRAPES when breaking down a
Document Based Question (DBQ) or Free
Response Question (FRQ). GRAPES will help
you to analyze the essay question, take a position
and back up your points with evidence.
Geography
HISTORIOGRAPHY
TOOLS
The physical features of the earth’s surface
 Location
 Environment
 What features make it special?
Religious
Beliefs
 Polytheistic or Monotheistic?
 Where and what do they worship
 How does religion affect society?
Seabolt Travel Agency
Achievements
Knowledge or inventions
 Technology, Philosophy, Science, Intellectual
movements
Fine arts and literature
 Music, literature, painting, dance and
architecture
Political
Government and/or politics
 Leaders
 Laws
 Rights or no rights
 Revolutions, wars and treaties
 Nationalism, Imperialism and Alliances
Economic
Economy, the production and management of material wealth (How
they make their money)

Jobs

Agriculture, Trade

Urbanization
Social
Human society, the interaction between the individual and the group

Family Structure (Paternalistic or Materialistic)

Social Classes, Gender Roles

How are women viewed?

Children, Education

Ethnic Groups, Language
History is a kind of introduction to more
interesting people than we can possibly
meet in our restricted lives; let us not
neglect the opportunity. ~Dexter
Perkins
Primary Source
HISTORIOGRAPHY
DEFINITION
 Scientific History.
 The principles, theories,
or methodology of
scholarly historical
research and
presentation.
 The writing of history
based on a critical
analysis, evaluation, and
selection of authentic
source materials and
composition of these
materials into a narrative
subject to scholarly
methods of criticism.
A primary source is a document, speech,
or other sort of evidence written, created
or otherwise produced during the time
under study. Primary sources offer an
inside view of a particular event.
Examples include:
 Original documents:
autobiographies, diaries, e-mail,
interviews, letters, minutes, news film
footage, official records, photographs,
raw research data, speeches
 Creative works: art, drama, films,
music, novels, poetry
 Relics or artifacts: buildings,
clothing, DNA, furniture, jewelry,
pottery
SOURCES
Secondary Source
A Secondary source describes or
analyzes the primary sources.
Examples of secondary sources:
 Dictionaries
 Encyclopedias
 Textbooks
 Websites
 Books and articles that
interpret or review research
works.
When looking at the “scientific
evidence” of both primary and
secondary sources, you must take into
account the author’s bias.
Bias-a strong inclination of the mind
or a preconceived opinion about
something or someone. A BIAS may
be favorable or unfavorable
Questions to ask are:
S –Speaker
O-Occasion
A-Audience
P-Purpose
S-Subject