Historical Sources and ACAPS

What does ACAPS stand for?

• All Caps
• Author Context Audience Preface Situation
• Author Context Audience Purpose Significance
• Alligators Crocodiles Aardvarks Pomegranates Spaghetti  

Which parts of ACAPS could you answer with this info: When and where was this source created?

• Author
• Context
• Purpose
• Place

Which parts of ACAPS could you answer with this info: What is the central idea?

• Purpose
• Significance
• Reason
• Central

Which parts of ACAPS could you answer with this info: Who created this source?

• Author
• Audience
• Creator
• Context

Primary sources are written by historians and high school teachers about ancient history.

• True
• False

Sources created by people who experienced a historical event.

• Primary
• Secondary

Sources created by people writing about historical events but who didn't experience them.

• Primary
• Secondary

Which parts of ACAPS could you answer with this info: Columbus wrote his captain's log in 1492.

• Author and Date
• Author and Context
• Purpose and Significance
• Context and Significance 

Which part of ACAPS could you answer with this info: The central idea in Columbus Captain's log was that he could take advantage of the natives.

• Significance and Author
• Author
• Audience and Context
• Purpose and Author

ACAPS is an example of a...

• Mnemonic Device
• PEMDAS
• Memory Device
• Númenor Device