Paper 2 Source Analysis

Question 1

example question: similarity//difference

Answer 1

nco of sources

similarity (quote) (attitude? purpose?)

differences (quote) (attitude? purpose?)

why are they similar/different? how do they differ/agree? (bias? person who wrote them?)

Question 2

how to answer similarity//difference

Answer 2

• NCO of sources
• the sources agree in their content/attitude about…
• the sources disagree about…
• to summarise, the sources agree/disagree about…

Question 3

example question: purpose

Answer 3

why was this source published at this time?e

Question 4

how to answer purpose question

Answer 4

• the source is (context content comment)

- purpose( is the source trying to change people‘s opinions or attitudes)

Question 5

example question: surprise

Answer 5

are you surprised by source A?

Question 6

how to write an answer: surprise

Answer 6

• NCO of sources
• yes i am surprised by the source because….(are the events described in the source surprising in the context of that time?)
  (is it surprising that the origin of the source is saying what they are saying at this time)
• i‘m not surprised by the claim… because….
• considereing the fact that …. has written tjis, it makes me more/less surprised

Question 7

how to answer conclusion

Answer 7

• NO OF EACH SOURCE, RELIABILITY OF TWO
• sources that agree with statement and why (add quote as evidence) ((source a agrees with the statement. it is a….. it agrees because……
• sources that disagree
• do the sources mostly support these statements or not?

Question 8

utility question?

Answer 8

• this source is a (NCO)
• it was created to (purpose)
• how reliable is it? (bias? time? photograph?)
• utility: what can we learn from it? what can‘t we learn from it?

Question 9

comparison/realiability: does source x prove source y is wrong?

Answer 9

the sources agree that.

the sources disagree that

source x is (reliability

source y is (realiability)

therefore source x does prove/does not prove y is wrong as (reliability, agreements disagreements)