How to Answer SOURCE Questions

Question 1

What are the 4 main things to consider?

Answer 1

Authorship

Creation

Accuracy

Objectivity

Question 2

One of the 4 main things to consider is authorship.
What is the criteria to evaluating this?

(3)

Answer 2

Who is the creator?
What do you know about them?
How does it impact its value/use?

Question 3

One of the 4 main things to consider is creation.
What is the criteria to evaluating this?

(3)

Answer 3

What and when was it created?
What was happening at that point in time?
How does it impact its value/use?

Question 4

One of the 4 main things to consider is accuracy.
What is the criteria to evaluating this?

(3)

Answer 4

What’s included in the source?
How does it compare to what we know?
How does it impact its value/use?

Question 5

One of the 4 main things to consider is objectivity.
What is the criteria to evaluating this?

(3)

Answer 5

Is there evidence of claim/opinion in the source?
How does the source’s purpose explain that?
How does it impact its value/use?

Question 6

To make a judgement on how RELIABLE the source is, what is the criteria it will include?

(4)

Answer 6

REVEALS something about the enquiry focus.

Can be CORROBORATED with what is known about the time period.

Can be seen as CREDIBLE in the context of the time.

COMPLETE in terms of what is expected for the enquiry focus.

Question 7

To make a judgement on how UNRELIABLE the source is, what is the criteria it will include?

Answer 7

REVEALS A LIMITED AMOUNT about the enquiry focus.

CAN’T BE CORROBORATED with what is known about the time period.

Can be seen as UNDEPENDABLE in the context of the time.

INCOMPLETE in terms of what is expected for the enquiry focus.

Question 8

What are the 3 chunks of each paragraph?

Answer 8

The detail (ie quote)

The inference

The evidence to back it up