Humanities - Source Analysis

Question 1

What is the Message?

Answer 1

Message is the main argument or what the main point the source is saying to the intended audience

• refer to the source

Eg Australian citizen 1945

Question 2

What is Perspective?

Answer 2

What is the Author’s opinion or view on the event?

Are they supportive or critical?

Question 3

What is Context?

Answer 3

Explain the event/idea the source is related to or is about

— identify the focus
— explain the cause of the focus
** give names and dates for mark

Question 4

What factors can affect a person’s view on the topic?

Answer 4

• Motive
• Purpose
• Bias
• Time or Place

Question 5

What is the usefulness of the source?

Answer 5

How can the source be useful today?
What insights does it give?
Who does it inform to teach?

Can we trust it?
time difference between the creation of the source and the event
- bias of the author
- who has written it … is it authority or knowledgeable person?
- today events corresponding with the events

Question 6

What is the reliability of the source?

Answer 6

Can you trust the source?

• list reasons to trust and not to trust
• write an overruling point to trust or not to trust

Question 7

Compare and contrast

Answer 7

• compare and contrast the messages between sources

- find similarities and differences in the source