1. Understanding Point of View
WHAP
DBQ - POV
Understanding Point of View

2. credibility legitimacy reliability pertinence ...of the source
WHAT IS MEANT BY ANALYZING POINT OF VIEW/BIAS IN HISTORICAL SOURCES?
Review the source of the document and understand why the sources said or wrote what is in the document.
In other words, you are analyzing what it is about the source that made them say or write what is in the document.
In the end, you are measuring:
credibility
legitimacy
reliability
pertinence
...of the source

3. As the AP College Board has pointed out in the past...
Students must correctly analyze point of view in at least 2 documents.
- Point of view explains why this particular person might have this particular opinion or what particular feature informs the author’s point of view.
- Students must move beyond mere description by identifying a plausible tone, the characteristics of the author, the intended audience, and/or how the intended outcome may have influenced the author’s opinion.
- Students may challenge the veracity of the author’s opinion or point of view but must move beyond a mere statement of “bias” by providing some plausible analysis.
- Mere attribution is not sufficient. Attribution is copying or repeating information verbatim from the source line of the document.

4. WHERE TO FIND POINT OF VIEW (BIAS) IN THE DOCUMENTS:
One will find point of view/bias in the documents by looking at the source of the document. Look for sources that, by their nature, may be of interest - what it is about that person….
Remember, what is in the document, look for possible uses of exaggeration. This will verify whether the point of view of the source is of interest.

5. EXAMPLES-OF SOURCES THAT MAY BE USED FOR
ANALYSIS OF POINT OF VIEW/BIAS:
- Religious figures - Extreme individuals - The illiterate
- People with an agenda - The poor - The rich

6. PRESENTING POINT OF VIEW/BIAS IN YOUR ESSAY:
After citing the document using parenthetical citation, give in the next few sentences your analysis of point of view/bias.
PHRASES/SENTENCES TO USE WHEN PRESENTING:
- One should approach this document with caution because the source…
- The point of viewed expressed in this document is of interest because…
- The source of this document possesses a unique point of view because…
- One should take into account the point of view of the source because…