{"id":6106,"date":"2016-03-19T12:12:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T19:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/sat\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2016-11-13T07:14:17","modified_gmt":"2016-11-13T15:14:17","slug":"new-sat-reading-great-global-conversation-and-u-s-founding-documents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/sat\/new-sat-reading-great-global-conversation-and-u-s-founding-documents\/","title":{"rendered":"New SAT Reading: Great Global Conversation and U.S. Founding Documents"},"content":{"rendered":"

The SAT doesn\u2019t have a history section, but don\u2019t toss out your US History textbook just yet! With the new SAT\u2019s push towards real-world reading skills, historical documents like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\u2019s speeches, Frederick Douglass\u2019 writings, and the Gettysburg Address will appear in the SAT Reading section<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat Global Conversation\u201d<\/h2>\n

As you might remember from history class, the founders of the United States wrote a lot of documents that are basically the foundation of the US. From the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, down to the 85 Federalist Papers that get lost in the shuffle, these US Founding Documents might just show up on exam day.
\nThese documents are all part of what the SAT is framing as the \u201cgreat global conversation.\u201d When the founders wrote these documents, they were literally having a conversation with one another, and other nations around the world, about how the newly formed United States would function!<\/p>\n

Be Prepared<\/h2>\n

Though you don\u2019t need to take a US history class just to prep for the SAT, it\u2019s smart to read a few of these documents to get an idea of what you might be looking at on test day. The language might seem tough at first, but think about conversation in the passage. How does Alexander Hamilton\u2019s Federalist 70<\/em><\/a>, for example, fit into global conversation?<\/p>\n

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In this particular passage, the author begins with an opinion he disagrees with:<\/p>\n