Evaluating Source Material

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Evaluating Source Material

• Humanities GCSE 2008

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Analyse

• Examine the source by asking yourself
• Who wrote it?
• When was it written or produced?
• Why was it written? (were there any special
  circumstances surrounding it?)
• Who was it written for?
• What does it say?
• What doesn't it say?
• What other sources do we have to compare it with?
  
• Is it reliable?
• How can you use the source to support your points
  and ideas?

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Source Booklets

• It may not be possible to analyse the sources in
  a historical way but they still need to be
  examined.
• Ask yourself what you have read what have you
  seen?
• What does the source suggest or infer (think
  outside the box)

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Statistical Examples

• 1 of abortions in 2007 were carried out due to
  foetal abnormality
• 4 of abortions were carried out on girls under
  16
• What do these statistics tell us about abortion
  trends? Why? What else can we assume from this
  information?

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Pictorial Examples

• Somalian Child

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Suggestions What is suggested?

Suggestion of overcrowding of tourism in the
LakeDistrict National Park. May support Source G.
Please keep to the paths. Do not climb the
walls. Keep dogs on lead. Observe the bye
laws. Suggests that the notice is needed because
these have not happened in the past. Supports
Source G.
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Interpret

• To explain the meaning of
• To translate into your own words
• To recognise the key messages through what is and
  is not there

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Explain

• To offer reasons for an action or event
• To recognise why something has happened
• To recognise why an event is important
• To recognise Cause and effect
• To identify and recognise processes that lead
  from one action to another
• This happened because of this and then this which
  led to.

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Reason

• Two clear meanings to give a reason and to
  present a balanced reasoned argument (you have
  thought about both sides)
• The cause of something why something is done
  why people choose to follow a certain belief or
  process why certain consequences occur

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Your responses need to demonstrate that you are
able to

• Analyse
• Reason
• Explain
• Interpret
• Give your opinion
• Be brave