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 in Edexcel's styles. · The lesson
Question 11 mark
In GCSE History, what does a source's provenance mean?
Question 21 mark
A photograph from 1923 shows Germans queuing outside a Berlin bakery, carrying baskets full of banknotes. Which statement is an inference from it?
Question 31 mark
A historian is studying how ordinary Germans experienced hyperinflation in 1923. Which source would usually be most useful?
Question 41 mark
A source is one-sided government propaganda. What does this mean for its usefulness?
Question 51 mark
Why can the same source be very useful for one enquiry and much less useful for another?
Question 61 mark
In a 'how useful' answer, what does contextual knowledge mean?
