HIPPO Analysis Instructions

HIPPO Document Analysis

1. HIPPO Analysis

2. HISTORICAL CONTEXT DISCUSS WITH YOUR GROUP THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: Where and when was the document created? What was going on at the time? Is the document a reaction to some event? How does this document represent the period (time)? WRITE ON THE TABLE: The historical context of this document is ____________________. Example: The historical context of this document is the Great Awakening of the 1730’s and 1740’s.

3. INTENDED AUDIENCE DISCUSS WITH YOUR GROUP THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: To whom is the document directed? One person, a small group, a large group? A specific person or specific people? How might this affect the reliability or accuracy of the document? WRITE ON THE TABLE: The author’s intended audience was_________________________. Example: The author’s intended audience was lazy colonial church member’s.

4. PURPOSE DISCUSS WITH YOUR GROUP THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: Why was the document created? What was the author of the document trying to accomplish? Did he/she have other reasons? WRITE ON THE TABLE: The author’s purpose in writing/creating this document was to _______________________. Example: The author’s purpose in writing/creating this document was to get church members to go back to a moral way of life.

5. POINT OF VIEW DISCUSS WITH YOUR GROUP THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: What is the main idea? What point is the author of the document trying to make? How does the author’s background or position impact the message? (Race, class, gender, age, region, occupation, values) WRITE ON THE TABLE: The author’s point of view in this document was ________________ and it is shown by_____________________. Example: The author’s point of view in this document was that people are lost without the grace of God and it is shown by comparing them to spiders about to be thrown to hell.

6. OUTSIDE INFORMATION DISCUSS WITH YOUR GROUP THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: What outside information (other historical examples/ideas/events/ issues) from the document’s time period help explain its creation? WRITE ON THE TABLE: 1-3 examples/ideas/events/issues

7. MANIFEST DESTINY BIG QUESTION: How did Manifest Destiny affect social life, politics, and economics from 1820-1860 ?

8. SECTIONALISM BIG QUESTION: What were the social, political, and economical impacts of Sectionalism during the Antebellum period? ?