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Primary Source Analysis Worksheet: Herodotus’ The Histories: The Persian Wars (Book 7)
Content: Describe the main idea of the piece and
give some details that support your claim of what the
main idea is.
Citation: Who is the author of this work? When
Context: What is the going on in Greek civilization
(approx.) was it written? What lets you know?
or the world when this was written? How might this
have affected the writing of this piece?
Connections: Draw connections between this
primary source and other information you already
know. Describe how they are related.
Communication: What is the point of view of
this document? Is this POV biased? Why or why
not? How might this bias be displayed in the text?
Conclusions: How does this primary source
contribute to our understanding of Greek culture
and civilization?