es 1 – how useful question standard grade history
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ES 1 – How useful ES 1 – How useful questionquestion
Standard Grade HistoryStandard Grade History
How to begin…How to begin…
Always start off by saying:Always start off by saying:
Source A is useful to a certain extentSource A is useful to a certain extent
If you don’t do this you’ll lose a mark If you don’t do this you’ll lose a mark at credit levelat credit level
How useful questions – How useful questions – THE THE HANDHAND
WHO?
WHAT?
WHEN?
WHY?
HOWEVER?
WHEN?WHEN?
Look at the date Look at the date above the source.above the source.
When was the When was the source written – source written – at the time of the at the time of the event? After?event? After?
WHEN?WHEN?
If the source was If the source was written at the time – written at the time – useful as it was useful as it was written at the time of written at the time of the eventthe event
If it was written after – If it was written after – still useful as it was still useful as it was written with the written with the benefit of hindsightbenefit of hindsight
WHO?WHO?
Is the person Is the person writing the source writing the source well informed/ an well informed/ an expert?expert?
Is he/she an Is he/she an eyewitness?eyewitness?
WHO?WHO?
Who produced Who produced the source and the source and why is this why is this useful?useful?
WHO?WHO?
A few A few possibilities:possibilities:
Historian Historian Eye-witnessEye-witness GovernmentGovernment
WHO?WHO?
A few possibilities:A few possibilities:
Historian - Historian - expertexpert Eye-witness – Eye-witness – saw saw
what was happeningwhat was happening Government - Government -
expertexpert
WHAT?WHAT?
What information What information is in the source?is in the source?
What does the What does the source tell us that source tell us that helps answer the helps answer the question?question?
WHAT?WHAT?
You must give a You must give a specific example specific example from the sourcefrom the source
Source A tells us Source A tells us that…that…
No example = no No example = no markmark
WHY?WHY?
Why is this Why is this person writing person writing this source?this source?
What does What does he/she want us he/she want us to know about?to know about?
WHY?WHY?
Written by a historian Written by a historian – purpose is to inform – purpose is to inform us about…us about…
Written by Written by government – could be government – could be propaganda to propaganda to encourage people to encourage people to do somethingdo something
Written by an eye-Written by an eye-witness – could be to witness – could be to inform us of eventsinform us of events
HOWEVER…HOWEVER…
What is missing What is missing from the source?from the source?
You must use You must use your own recall your own recall herehere
HOWEVER…HOWEVER…
Is there something Is there something about the topic in about the topic in the question which the question which the source doesn’t the source doesn’t mention?mention?
(There is always (There is always something!)something!)
Source C is a poster produced by the British Government in 1917
Source C
1. How useful is Source C as evidence of women’s contribution to the war effort in WW1?
How Useful Practice
Lesson StarterLesson Starter
Source A was Source A was produced by the produced by the British Government British Government in 1916.in 1916.
How useful is Source How useful is Source A as evidence of how A as evidence of how the government the government encouraged soldiers encouraged soldiers to fight in WW1?to fight in WW1?