Strand: Cultures NC Essential Standards for Social Studies: H.1.1-3, C.1.1, C&G.1, E.1.1

Strand: Cultures NC Essential Standards for Social Studies: H.1.1-3, C.1.1, C&G.1, E.1.1 Common Core Reference: RH.7.1, 2,6,7,8 WHST.7.9,10 Graphic II Graphic Organizer for Artifact Analysis (GOFAA) Purposes:  To analyze artifacts i.e. documents, photographs, artwork, music, political cartoons, graphs, charts, etc.  To analyze complex issues, particular time periods, topics, events, etc. to distinguish multiple causation and perspectives

Directions: 1. Looking at the documents that your group has been assigned, examine them and answer each question based on your assigned perspective. 2. As you analyze each document highlight any terminology that is unfamiliar to you or terminology for which you need to have more explanation or content examples from the teacher. Graphic Organizer for Artifact Analysis (GOFAA) AUTHOR Click here to enter text.  Who created the source?  What do you know about the author?  What is the author's point of view?  Why would a cultural anthropologist care about the author? What could be told about the author from your particular perspective?  From the source, what can be inferred about the perspective of the author?

PLACE AND TIME Click here to enter text.  Where and when was the source produced?  How might this affect the meaning of the source?  Why would a cultural anthropologist care about the place and time? What can place and time offer your particular perspective?  What are some cultural characteristics in the source?

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE Click here to enter text.  Beyond information about the author and the context of its creation, what do you know that would help you further understand the source?  What prior knowledge might a cultural anthropologist bring to these documents?  What cultural stereotypes of nations, if any, are evident in the source?  Are there any cultural norms of imperially dominant nations evident? AUDIENCE Click here to enter text.  For whom was the source created and how might this affect the reliability of the source?  Why would a cultural anthropologist care about the audience? REASON Click here to enter text.  Why was this source produced at the time it was produced? Strand: Cultures NC Essential Standards for Social Studies: H.1.1-3, C.1.1, C&G.1, E.1.1 Common Core Reference: RH.7.1, 2,6,7,8 WHST.7.9,10  How can knowing the reason it was produced help a cultural anthropologist interpret the document?  (Timeline source only) How might the cultural anthropologist view the conflict between China and Great Britain based on the Timetoast timeline and charts?

THE MAIN IDEA Click here to enter text.  What main point is the source trying to convey?  What is the central message of the document?  How can you use the main idea to support your work as a cultural anthropologist?  Based on interpretation of the images (Images docs only), can you predict how the cultures of Great Britain and India interact?

SIGNIFICANCE Click here to enter text.  Why is this source important?  What inferences can you draw from this document?  Ask yourself, "So what?" What should a cultural anthropologist take away from the analysis of this document?

Adapted 28 June 2012 from product available through the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction