Questions Flashcards
What kind of question will question 1 ask?
What can you learn from Source A about ….. ?
What is question 1?
Inference question
How do you answer question 1?
Two supported inferences.
Link what the source says to the question.
Explain the link you made.
Don’t just repeat what the source says.
What is making an inference?
Working something out from what the source says/shows.
How many marks is question 1?
6
What is question 2?
Purpose question
What kind of question will question 2 ask?
What is the purpose of this source?
How do you answer question 2?
What message is the source giving? (Paragraph 1)
Think about why the source was created. (Paragraph 2)
Is the source pushing one point of view?
What is the purpose of a source?
What the source was written or created for, the effect it is trying to achieve.
How many marks is question 2?
8
What is question 3?
Cross-referencing question
What kind of question will question 3 ask?
Study sources A, B and C. How far do these sources agree about … ?
Do these sources support the view that … ?
How far do sources A and B support the evidence of source C about … ?
How many marks is question 3?
10
If the question asks ‘How far do sources A and B support source C about … ?’ how should you answer it?
Compare A with C
Compare B with C
(Compare content, NOP to show reliability and say to what extent they agree/disagree)
If question 3 asks ‘How far do these sources agree about … ?’ how should you answer it?
Say where the sources agree, comparing content and NOP/reliability and say to what extent they agree
Say where the sources disagree, comparing content and NOP/reliability and say to what extent they disagree.
What is the reliability of a source?
How far you can trust a source, whether you believe what it says/shows.
What is question 4?
Usefulness or reliability question
What kind of question will question 4 ask?
How useful/reliable are sources D and E as evidence of … ?
What should your answer to question 4 include?
A judgement on usefulness or reliability of the content of both sources.
Also make a judgement about the type of sources they both are, who produced them and why. (NOP)
What does NOP stand for?
Nature
Origin
Purpose
How many marks is question 4?
10
How should you structure your answer to question 4?
Positive/Negavtive/Positive for each source
E.g. Source D is useful because … (content/NOP)
However, the source has some limitations … (content/NOP)
Overall it is useful because … (content/NOP)
Do this for both sources.
What can you usually say about a one-sided source?
It is useful because it shows how people thought and why they thought that.
However, if it is one-sided it means that it is not reliable.
What can you usually say about a source that is a photo?
It only shows one point in time and doesn’t give enough information.
However, it might be reliable if it looks as if it hasn’t been staged.
What is question 5?
Evaluating a hypothesis
What kind of question will question 5 ask?
Look at all of the sources. How far do they agree with this statement?
E.g. ‘The March on Washington showed how successful the Civil Rights Movement had become by 1963’ Do the sources agree?
What should your answer to question 5 include?
All of the sources
A balanced judgement - which sources support the statement, which challenge it?
Base your judgement on both the content of the sources and how reliable they are.
How many marks is question 5?
16
How should you structure your answer to question 5?
1) The sources that support the statement best are
(A and B)
Source (A) says … (+brief details from source)
Source (B) says … (+brief details from source)
+ own knowledge for both sources
2) Say how reliable both sources are (could include own knowledge)
3) + 4) Say the same as 1 + 2 but for the sources that disagree.
5) Overall they (agree/disagree).
They are balanced/not balanced because …
(Say whether they are sufficient to make judgement)
But they would be better with … (a type of source)
