OPCVL Flashcards
Origin
Who wrote/created the document & what position do they hold?
Is this a primary or secondary source?
When & where was it written? Is it current & does that matter?
How is this author (organization, academic institution, or newscast) credible?
Purpose
What is the purpose (inform, persuade, call to arms, advertise, entertain, explain, argue) of the text?
Who is the intended audience? How is the text type and audience linked?
Why was the document produced?
Content
What is the most important information from this text?
What did you learn that you didn’t know before?
How accurate was the information?
Value
Value demotes the importance, worth, or usefulness of something: Reliability
What is the historical/geographical/political/economic/social significance of the text?
How was this text relevant to what you are studying?
Overall, how is the document valuable to the specific assignment?
Limitation
The limitation of a document refers to the things that limit the source’s value to you for this assignment.
What is it about the text’s origin, purpose, and content that makes it limited?
Personal comments or the subjective opinion of the author.
Is the document selective or does it ignore any important topics?
Holocaust
Ethics, identity, Kristallnacht, Holocaust, propaganda, anti-semitism, Einsatzgruppen, Nuremberg Laws
