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Quick questions on Comparing and grouping sources in the enquiry - OCR A-Level History skills
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What is building to a judgement?Show answer
With the sources grouped and cross-referenced and tested against context, you build to a judgement on how far, on balance, they support the view. The judgement follows from the weight of the grouped evidence, not from a tally of how many sources lean each way: a single well-provenanced source may outweigh two others. State the line of argument early and confirm it at the end.
What is q1?Show answer
Explain why grouping the four enquiry sources is better than answering them one by one. [10 marks, AO2 style]
What is q2?Show answer
What is cross-referencing in a source enquiry? [2 marks]
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