Conquest Era
Reading response should address the following criteria individually for each article - Read articles in order oftheir year:
1. The author: Who is the person writing this? What is their background?
2. The author's intent: What was the author trying to do with this particular reading?
3. The author's bias: What biases do you detect in the reading that affect the author's analysis? What evidence do you see for
this?
a. Sources and methodology: What sources does the author consult in this work, and what is his/her methodology for
analyzing them?
5. Contribution to the field: What do you believe are this work's major contributions to the field, and why?
6. Shortcomings: Do you detect any errors offact or interpretation? If so, what are they and why are they incorrect?
7. Future research: Based on this reading, what avenues for future research might you recommend?