Stanford history education group reading like a historian guiding questions name document a: reconcentration camps 1. sourcing: given that in the u. s. there was an ongoing debate about whether the u. s. should intervene in cuba, why might lee have chosen to send this account to washington? 2. close reading: notice the graphic descriptions of the account. how do these details about the camp conditions affect you as you read? why might these descriptions be so detailed? 3. contextualization: how do you think u. s. government officials might have reacted to this description of the reconcentration camps?