Stanford history education group
reading like a historian
guiding questions
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document a: reconcentration camps
1. sourcing: given that in the u. s. there was an ongoing debate about whether the u. s. should
intervene in cuba, why might lee have chosen to send this account to washington?
2. close reading: notice the graphic descriptions of the account. how do these details about
the camp conditions affect you as you read? why might these descriptions be so detailed?
3. contextualization: how do you think u. s. government officials might have reacted to this
description of the reconcentration camps?