Germany Exam Skills Flashcards
What is the question 1 structure?
Source A shows…this tells me that…
The caption states… this shows that…
And from my own knowledge I can infer that…
What is the question 2 structure?
The first reason this poster was created was because…
This is evident as it shows in the source that…
I know from my own knowledge that at the time this was created … was happening which supports why it was made. X2
What is the question 3 structure?
The interpretation clearly supports the view that … as the historian states…
The historian is writing for a … and therefore is well researched in the area of…
I know that at the time … was happening which is referred to in the interpretation.
X2
Interpretation — supports the statement more than interpretation — because… Furthermore this is part of a wider historical debate on…
What is the question 4 structure?
Both sources are of varying usefulness to a historian studying…
Source C is useful because it states —.
This is supported by the fact that… (OK)
However the usefulness of this source is debatable as…
A strength of source D is… however this source limited by…
Overall source — is more useful to a historian because… whereas source — lacks this.
What is the question 5 structure?
To a certain extent this interpretation is accurate because…
It is written by a — and the interpretation would have been influenced by research and…
The interpretation can be supported by the fact that… (evidence x3).
The historian increases the validity because…
However this is a simplistic view by — which ignores the fact/point of view that…
Other interpretations could argue that…
I mostly agree/disagree with the interpretation due to… Furthermore this is part of a wider historical debate on…
