MAJOR CONCEPT                                                              
P of V                                                              
NEED                                                             
DOC                                                              
PAT                                                           
CON                                                             
C
O
A
In addition to the “universal” categories, we’ll add the prompt categories.
Another method of “grouping” would be  regions.
“Trade patterns” = PAT
“Consequences” = CON
Documents on Africa = A
Documents on China = C
Documents on other regions                       (Latin America, Europe) = O
Your Table
Preparation
You may have students develop a table in their notebook, or you can use the blank table that appears as a handout at the end of the Teacher’s Guide.

Dialog
Here is what an organizational table might look like.*
The “universals” are document number, needed information, point of view, and the major concept or important point from the document.*

Now let’s look at possible ways to group the documents based upon the information in each.
*One method of grouping these documents would be to identify “who’s talking” and what region they’re discussing. For example, the first document is a European describing Africa; the second document is a European discussing the New World; and other documents have a European discussing Europe, a Muslim discussing Africa, Europeans discussing China, a European discussing the Mongols, and three maps.