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Historical Skills: source, causation and interpretation technique
Quick questions on Source comprehension - CCEA GCSE History skills
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"Source A suggests that the civil rights marches caused alarm among the authorities, because it shows lines of police drawn up across the road as if expecting trouble. It also suggests the marchers saw themselves as peaceful, because the banners in the photograph carry slogans about voting rights rather than threats." This answer scores full marks because it makes two distinct inferences and ties each to a specific detail in the source, rather than copying or describing without explaining.
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What is an inference? [2 marks]
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Why should you read the caption of a source? [2 marks]
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What two elements should each point in a comprehension answer contain? [2 marks]
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