“APPS METHOD” + “OUTSIDE EVIDENCE”
AUTHOR
• Who created the source? What do you know about the author?
PLACE AND TIME
• Where and when was the source produced? How might this affect the meaning of the source?
PURPOSE
• What is the author actually saying? What is the message that he or she is trying to get across? How would you restate what the author is saying in your own words?
SIGNIFICANCE
• Why is this source important? What inferences can you draw from this document? Ask yourself, “So what?” How does this relate to the prompt?
OUTSIDE HISTORICAL EVIDENCE
• What is one piece of historical evidence directly related to the document, but is not stated anywhere in the document?