Nova Scotia Archives

African Nova Scotian Teaching and Learning

Copy of photograph of an engraving by Hayes "A Scene on the first voyage of "The Shannon" en route to India

Copy

Reference William Hall, VC Nova Scotia Archives MG 1 volume 1499 number 181

Questions to Consider

  • When do you think the document was written?



  • Who do you think wrote the document?



  • Why do you think the document was written



  • Who do you think received the document?



  • Who do you think this document was written for?



  • What information do you think this document provides? What do you think it tells us about the past?



  • How do you think the document reflects the attitudes and values of the time period in which it was written?



  • What impact do you think the document had at the time it was written?



    • Do you think those were different impacts for different people?



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