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Aqa A2 History Coursework Source Evaluation

Hi,

I'm in the middle of finishing off my source evaluation and was wondering if anyone else if a but confused about what can take a source evaluation up to the highest levels? I know that there's a mark scheme but it seems a bit trivial trying to deduce "good" from "excellent" etc etc.

Reply 1

undercxver

You need to consider the following things:

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Purpose: What's the purpose of the source? (e.g. to inform, to describe etc.)

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Author: Who's the author of the source? Does this make them biased in any way?

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Nature: What type of source is it? (e.g. book, report, article etc.)

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Date: When was it published? Does the date have any significance? Is it outdated?

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Audience: Who was the audience? How did it impact them? [this one isn't neccessary]

General questions to ask yourself:

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How useful is the source?

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Did the author/writer omit anything?

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Is there any bias? -Why is there bias? How is it neutral?

I highly suggest yo use this website to help you, I know it might be for GCSE students but the same applies for A-Level.

Reply 2

KaurNav

Original post by highestmountain

Have you finished your coursework??? I'm also doing a2 history and need to do my evaluation soon for coursework!
What's your coursework on??

(edited 8 years ago)

Reply 3

Joshua Emery

My course work is due in tomorrow and those questions really helped me on my evaluation!! Thank you so much!
My coursework was on Britain in the 1800s