What are the authors’ theses or claims? What/where is the best evidence the authors provide for their theses or additional claims? Where are the weak points in their arguments? What are the similarities and differences in these authors’ arguments? How would you evaluate the usefulness or reliability of these sources? What lessons can we draw as historians from these readings? What were you confused about in the reading? What do you need help understanding? What questions, observations, connections remain that you want to make?