SBQ SKILLS

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SBQ SKILLS UTILITY
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Usefulness of a source

• In History, we use sources to study about past
  events. Sources provide useful information.
• But no one source is perfect in telling us
  EVERYTHING about the event.
• So, the source will be useful but also have
  limitations
• Useful because it tells us one part
• Limitations because it does not tell us the other
  part

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How do we know whether the source information is
useful / limited?

• By checking with what we have studied in our
  textbook which is also known as
• Contextual Knowledge

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How useful is chocolate in making brownies?
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• Chocolate is useful because it forms one part of
  the recipe.
• But it has limitations because we need more
  ingredients to form the other part of the recipe.
• How do we know this ? Contextual Knowledge
  (what we have read in recipe books)

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Coming back to History

• How useful is a source in telling us about an
  event?
• Other ways of phrasing the question
• Is the source useful in telling us about an
  event?

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Para 1 The source is useful in telling me
insert question. But it has limitations. Para
2 The source is useful because it tells me one
insert factor This is evident from quote
evidence from source. This is supported by
CROSS-REFERENCING to contextual knowledge which
tells us that _______________. Para 3 However,
the source has limitations because it does not
tell me other insert factor. This is supported
by CROSS REFERENCING to contextual knowledge
which tells us that __________.
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How useful is the source in telling us about
achievements of the Chinese?
Source A An extract on inventions in ancient
ChinaMany of the worlds most important
inventions came from China. By the time the
invention of paper passed to Western Asia and
Europe in the 8th century CE, the Chinese had
developed printing. Such inventions brought
reading and writing to ordinary people.
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• The source is useful in telling us about the
  achievements of the Chinese. However it has its
  limitations.
• The source is useful in telling us about one
  achievements of the Chinese such as the invention
  of printing. This is evident from source which
  says by the time the invention of paper passed
  to Western Asiathe Chinese had developed
  printing. This is supported by
  cross-referencing to contextual knowledge which
  tells us that the Chinese were the ones who
  invented printing which was then known as block
  printing and movable type.
• However, the source has its limitations because
  it does not tell us other achievements of the
  Chinese such as the invention of pottery. This is
  supported by cross-referencing to contextual
  knowledge which tells us that the Chinese used
  unique techniques to produce pottery and
  porcelain of very high quality.

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Lets practise the skills now!Turn to workbook
pg. 73 ?