Source skills
- Created by: Emily903
- Created on: 16-04-16 17:14
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- Source skills
- Content
- What information can you get directly from the source and its caption?
- Bias
- Biased, unreliable sources can still be useful
- Language
- In written sources, the language used should give clues about the reliability and whether the source is biased
- Use quotes
- It can also help to identify the purpose of the source
- Selection
- What has been included or left out?
- Why?
- Purpose
- Why was the source created?
- Origins
- The caption should say who produced the source and when
- Emotional attachment (primary source): The person lived through the event so their emotions and opinions interfere with what they write
- Critical detachment (secondary source): The person didn't live through the events so feeling and emotions do not interfere with what they write. they are able to have hindsight on the situation
- The caption should say who produced the source and when
- Nature
- What type of source is it?
- Diary entry?
- Newspaper article?
- Cartoon?
- What type of source is it?
- Content
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