History · Grades 9–12
Historical causation and comparing sources · revision notes
Consider who created a source, when, for whom and for what purpose. A primary source is evidence from a context, not automatically unbiased truth.
Key ideas and conditions
Source context
Consider who created a source, when, for whom and for what purpose. A primary source is evidence from a context, not automatically unbiased truth.
Causation
Historical explanations often involve interacting conditions, triggers and decisions. Sequence alone does not prove cause.
Corroboration
Compare independent sources and note whether they share the same origin. Repeated copies are not independent confirmations.
Argument
Distinguish what a source states from what you infer. Acknowledge gaps and competing interpretations in the available record.
Explain without looking
- What distinguishes evidence from interpretation?
- State two ways to strengthen a historical argument.
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