Introduction
We are going to be reading primary sources in class, which can be difficult. To help you
understand the sources, I’ve created two sets of questions to help you:
Read both sources by Cabeza de Vaca:
https://online.smc.edu/courses/58464/files/1298199…
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https://online.smc.edu/courses/58464/files/1298199…
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Choose one source and answer:
Context questions that focus on the background of the author, his/her/their audience, and the
historical event.
Context Questions
Who to whom? Who is the author and who did he/she/they write to?
What type of work did the author create?
Why did the author write?
When did the author experience the historical event?
Where did the author experience the historical event?
What is the historical significance of the work?