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Analysing and evaluating historical sources

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Types of source

  • Primary evidence includes original material or first-hand testimony relevant to an enquiry: contemporary letters and records are common examples, but later memoirs and oral histories can also qualify. Secondary accounts analyse or synthesise evidence. A novel or film may be primary evidence for its own production culture; categories depend on the question.

A category does not guarantee accuracy

A category does not guarantee accuracyMaterialHow it may functionContemporaryletterFirst-hand testimony with an intendedreaderLater memoirPrimary recollection shaped by memoryHistoricalsynthesisSecondary analysis of other evidenceNovel from theperiodPrimary evidence for culturalrepresentation

Analysing a source

  • Content: what does it say or show? Inference: what can you work out beyond the surface?
  • Provenance includes creator, date, place, form, purpose, audience and the circumstances of production. NOP is a reminder, not a substitute for explaining how these details shape the particular content.
  • Context: what was happening at the time, and what does the source reflect?

Connect provenance to content

Connect provenance to contentQuestionAnalytical purposeWho knew what?Assess access to this informationFor whichaudience?Explain selection and presentationFor what intendedeffect?Separate persuasion from actualreceptionUnder whichconditions?Consider censorship, memory orinstitutional aims

Judging usefulness

  • Utility means usefulness for this enquiry. A persuasive poster can reveal a promoted message without proving widespread agreement. A diary records one situated account, not unmediated access to everyone’s feelings.
  • Test particular claims through content, provenance, context and relevant comparison. An omission matters only when it bears on the enquiry; AQA utility answers do not need a negative point simply to reach a high level.

Cross-referencing

  • Compare specific claims and consider independence. Agreement between sources copied from one account is weaker corroboration than independent agreement; disagreement may illuminate experience or perspective rather than make one source automatically fake.

Agreement needs an independence check

Agreement needs an independence checkRelationshipPossible significanceIndependent agreementMay strengthen a particular claimCopied agreementMay repeat one original accountDifferent experienceCan explain disagreementDifferent intentionCan explain selection or emphasis

Writing about sources

  • Support a judgement with specific details from the source and relevant contextual knowledge, following the actual task. Visual details, layout or typography can be evidence. A quotation is useful for written material but is not a compulsory form of evidence for every source.

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  1. 1.What is a primary source?

    Easy
    • Afirst-hand or original material used as evidence for an enquiry
    • Ba later synthesis of other historians’ work
    • Ca modern textbook’s overview
    • Dan unsupported guess
  2. 2.What is a secondary source?

    Easy
    • Amade at the time
    • Ba diary
    • Ca poster
    • Dan account that analyses or synthesises other evidence about the past
  3. 3.What does 'provenance' mean?

    Easy
    • Aits price
    • Bits font
    • Cthe origin and background of a source
    • Dits length
  4. 4.What does 'N' in NOP stand for?

    Easy
    • Anote
    • Bnature
    • Cname
    • Dnumber
  5. 5.What does 'P' in NOP stand for?

    Easy
    • Apurpose
    • Bpaper
    • Cpage
    • Dprice
  6. 6.What is 'utility'?

    Easy
    • Areliability only
    • Blength
    • Cage
    • Dusefulness for a particular enquiry
  7. 7.What is 'reliability'?

    Easy
    • Ahow long it is
    • Bhow many pages
    • Chow well its particular claims can be supported or checked
    • Dhow old it is
  8. 8.What is 'bias'?

    Easy
    • Aa map
    • Ba one-sided view
    • Ca spelling error
    • Da date

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