Analizing+Sources

................. - Published ................. - Written ................. - Writer was from ................. - Was it recorded ................. - Type of recording ................. - Published it ................. - Created it ................. - Recorded it ................. - Was it recorded ................. - Was it created ................. - Was it published
 * __Origin __**
 * Where?
 * How/what?
 * Who? (background)
 * When?

................. - Was it produced? ................. - Was it recorded? ................. - Was it published?
 * __Purpose __**
 * Why?


 * __Checklist __**
 * Was it spur of the moment?
 * Is it a contemporary source? Or hearsay?
 * Was the person who recorded this neutral or biased?
 * Was it to inform or persuade?
 * Was there financial gain?
 * Who was the intended audience? Was it meant to be public or private?
 * Hindsight? More objective?
 * Archives

=__IB Exam Example __=
 * With reference to its Origin and Purpose assess this sources values and limitations for historian studying Europe in the late 19th – 20th century
 * Assess: estimate the value of; to examine quickly and estimate merit

You can’t have enough information. But don’t overanalyze it.

Origin: what when where (esp where the “author” was born) Purpose: why. Inform or Persuade. All art, poem, etc. is open to interpretation - Use these words in history IB: Could, may, perhaps (purpose could be this or that). Why you think this. - The grader is looking to give points for accurate answers meaning. For document based answers, not for essays. Not getting points for wrong, you get points for accurate answers. Value - Because of, origin, because of purpose Limitation - If for value said “who” now for limitation you can say ‘when”. - If written a bit later it has LESS EMOTION, more objective

Primary source - Good because experienced it, firsthand - Bad: no hindsight, no access to archives, emotions Primary and secondary sources can be written as both good and bad.

Need **THEREFORE**…. (explain/conclude the fact)

Value and limitation according to origin and purpose Take the extra step and give full complete answers