Practice Source Analysis Questions
Historical Skills Practice Questions (with command terms)
Origin Identify the origin of Source 1.
Historical context Identify and explain the historical context of Source 1.
Identify and outline the historical context of Source 1.
Message Identify and explain the message of Source 1.
Identify and outline the message of Source 1.
Purpose Identify and explain the purpose of Source 1.
Identify and outline the purpose of Source 1.
Perspective Identify and account for the perspective of Source 1.
Compare and/or contrast the perspective/s of Sources 1 and 2.
Identify and discuss the perspective of Source 1.
Usefulness Identify and account for the usefulness of Source 1.
Compare and/or contrast the usefulness of Sources 1 and 2.
Identify and discuss the usefulness of Source 1.
Reliability Identify and account for the reliability of Source 1.
Compare and/or contrast the reliability of Sources 1 and 2.
Identify and iscuss the reliability of Source 1.
Impacts Analyse the impacts of all sources.
Assess the impacts of all sources.
Evaluate the impacts of all sources.
Significance Analyse the significance of all sources.
Assess the significance of all sources.
Evaluate the significance of all sources.
Historical Analyse the historical interpretation/s of all sources.
interpretation/s Assess the historical interpretation/s of all sources.
Evaluate the historical interpretation/s of all sources.
These are just examples. Questions may be styled differently to the few options
above.
All questions will indicate:
- the command term (what you are being asked to do - in terms of explain,
discuss, analyse, etc.)
- the historical skill being assessed (context, perspective, impacts, etc.)
- which source/s you must refer to (Source 1, Sources 2 and 3, all sources, etc.)
