AQA Paper 1 Section B Q1 and Q2, AQA Paper 2 Section A Q1, Edexcel Paper 1 Q2(a) and Q2(b), Edexcel Paper 3 Q1 and Q3(a) · Exam skills: sources, interpretations and essays
Using sources: content, provenance and usefulness Questions for both boards. · The lesson
Question 1 1 mark
In GCSE History, what does a source's provenance mean?
A What the source says or shows B How far the source agrees with your own knowledge C A modern historian's opinion of the source D Who made it, when, what kind of source it is, and why
Question 2 1 mark
A photograph from 1923 shows Germans queuing outside a Berlin bakery, carrying baskets full of banknotes. Which statement is an inference from it?
A The photograph shows people queuing outside a bakery B The photographer was a supporter of the Nazis C Money had lost so much value that people needed piles of notes to buy bread D Hyperinflation was caused by the occupation of the Ruhr
Question 3 1 mark
A historian is studying how ordinary Germans experienced hyperinflation in 1923. Which source would usually be most useful?
A A speech by Stresemann in 1929 praising Germany's recovery B A diary kept by a Berlin housewife during 1923 C A Nazi poster from 1932 attacking the Weimar Republic D A table of German exports in 1928
Question 4 1 mark
A source is one-sided government propaganda. What does this mean for its usefulness?
A It is useless, because it does not tell the truth B It is useful only if every other source agrees with it C It is more useful than any neutral source, for any enquiry D It can still be useful, for example to show what its makers wanted people to believe
Question 5 1 mark
Why can the same source be very useful for one enquiry and much less useful for another?
A Usefulness depends on what the historian is trying to find out B Sources become less accurate the more often they are read C Exam boards fix each source's usefulness in advance D Only sources from eyewitnesses can ever be useful
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