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Year 11 History · Advanced source analysis

Name: ______________________

Date: ____________

1. What does 'provenance' refer to?
- ☐ (a) The source's length
- ☐ (b) Where the source came from: who, when and how it was created
- ☐ (c) The colour of the paper
- ☐ (d) How expensive the source is
2. A propaganda poster is most useful for studying…
- ☐ (a) exact casualty numbers
- ☐ (b) the weather on a given day
- ☐ (c) how a group tried to influence public opinion
- ☐ (d) private family life
3. What is corroboration?
- ☐ (a) Checking evidence against other independent sources
- ☐ (b) Copying a source
- ☐ (c) Ignoring sources that disagree
- ☐ (d) Translating a source
4. Which statement is most accurate?
- ☐ (a) Primary sources are always reliable
- ☐ (b) Biased sources are useless
- ☐ (c) Secondary sources cannot be used
- ☐ (d) Usefulness depends on the question being asked
5. Why might historians 'read against the grain' of official records?
- ☐ (a) To recover perspectives the creators did not intend to record
- ☐ (b) Because official records are always false
- ☐ (c) To save time
- ☐ (d) To avoid using evidence
6. A one-sided view that may distort how events are represented is called ____.
7. Material designed to persuade, often by distorting information, is ____.
8. Confirming evidence by checking it against other sources is called ____.

Answer sheet

1. Where the source came from: who, when and how it was created — Provenance is the origin of a source.
2. how a group tried to influence public opinion — Propaganda reveals its creator's aims and methods.
3. Checking evidence against other independent sources — Corroboration tests claims across sources.
4. Usefulness depends on the question being asked — A source's usefulness is relative to the inquiry.
5. To recover perspectives the creators did not intend to record — It helps uncover voices and experiences marginalised in official sources.
6. bias — All sources have a perspective; bias is when it distorts.
7. propaganda — Propaganda aims to shape opinion.
8. corroboration — Corroboration strengthens historical claims.