america paper structure Flashcards
question one- use source A and your knowledge to describe… (5)
Source A shows that…
The source shows this by… indicating that…
This is supported by the fact that…
question two- what was the purpose of source B? (8)
The purpose of source B is to…
The source shows this through…
This is typical of the time, where it was common to…
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question three- study interpretations one and two. Do the interpretations support the view that x was caused by y? (10)
Interpretation - clearly supports the view that…
It states that… which clearly shows that…
The authorship of source - is
The audience of source - is
and therefore is likely to…
Interpretation - corroborates interpretation - in support of the view
it shows this by…
however, it disagrees on…
the audience/ authorship means that…
Overall, both support the view to a (limited, large, medium) extent. Interpretation - is more supportive, likely due to the audience/ authorship.
question 4- study sources 3 and 4. Which is more useful to an historian studying issue x? (11)
Source 3 is very useful for determining…
this is shown by…
this is typical of the time period, where..
however, there are limitations as…
the author is known to be.. therefore…
The audience for the source also means that…
Source 4 is very useful for determining…
this is shown by…
this is typical of the time period, where..
however, there are limitations as…
the author is known to be.. therefore…
The audience for the source also means that…
Overall, the sources are of limited usefulness. Source - is more useful for, whereas source - is useful to…
question 5- read the interpretation. To what extent do you agree? (19)
could agree with the content… it states that, showing…
This is supported by the fact that… therefore…
could agree with the authorship… the author was known to be, adding to the credibility of the source
furthermore, the audience for the source is… meaning that it is agreeable due to
However, could disagree with content…
it states that… however, doesn’t acknowledge this factor/ idea. This limits its agreeableness
could also disagree with authorship/ audience. The context of the source may limit its credibility in some ways, as…
This means that it would be unreliable and therefore less agreeable
Overall, i agree to a - extent. Whilst it is accurate in… the source is of limited accuracy due to… therefore, it is more plausible that.
