Reading Reponses based on reading.

Reading Responses:(chose one) Primary Sources Questions (include page numbers so you can find the passages that support your claims) 1. Identify what the source is: who wrote it, when and why, what kind of source -law code, story, etc. Be as precise as you can. Assess what that means in terms of its reliability as a historical document. 2. What do you make of the accusation made against the woman in question? What factors seem to have led to her being treated as somehow criminal or deviant? What laws or moral ideas seem to have influenced this? 3. What do you think of the way she is treated by the court, by authorities, by her community, or by the person who wrote about her, if known? 4. Assess the testimony offered against her, if any. Ask yourselves why she was accused of a crime, how she came to be suspected, and why she may have done what is alleged against her. 5. What do you make of the sentence, if any, passed against her? 6. What do you learn about law, crime, trials, punishment, and gender in the particular time and place in question? Secondary Source Questions (include page numbers so you can find the passages that support your claims) 1. What is this source (book, article)? 2. When was it written? 3. Who wrote it? 4. What is this source about? 5. What is the thesis (What claims does the author or authors make)? 6. Are any other scholars' arguments on the subject mentioned? If so, what are they? 7. What evidence is offered in support of that thesis (primary sources, data, secondary work)? 8. Does the evidence convincingly support the thesis? 9. What are any strengths or weaknesses in the thesis or use of evidence? 10. What do you learn about law, crime, trials, punishment, and gender in the particular time and place in question?