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History how to answer - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Agree or disagree with the statement
      - Reliable or unreliable
    - - Infer and state what the source claims
      - Quote evidence from the source
    - - As a good practice, ensure that your CK/the other source is trustworthy
      - State if CK/another source supports/challenges the argument you have identified
      - Quote evidence from CK/ the other source
      - Explain how the evidence supports or challenges
    - - Look at the purpose or tone of the source to check its reliability
  - - - Based simply on the identity of the author/artist, does he belong to any organization/country that would cause him to want to be biased?
    - - What are the details from the source? (quote them as evidence) Does the source contain more facts or opinions?
    - - Is the claim in the source supported by other sources? Or is the claim in the source contradicted/opposed by other sources?
    - - Does the source contain exaggeration/hyperbole? Does the source contain overgeneralisation?
    - - Does the source only tell one side of the story (one-sided perspective) or does it aim to portray both sides of the story (balanced perspective)?
    - - Given the circumstances (context) or/and background of the author/artist, what reason is there for him to create the source (purpose)?
  - - - “Source A is reliable as evidence…” or “Source A is not reliable…”
    - - “Source A shows that / suggested that…” (you need to assess, explain Source A, supported by source evidence)
    - - “Source A is reliable as it says…this can be supported by Source B which says…” or “Source A is not reliable. Although Source A says this…, this can be challenged by Source B which says…”
      - Check against one other source or / contextual knowledge to see is it supports or challeges the view in Source A
    - - Show VAMIC
- - - - Words/phrases
        lifted form source
      - Words/phrases that have SIMILAR meaning as source
    - - State your inference
        
        The source tells us that… / I can infer from the source that…
        
        Must be a word found in the source
      - Give your support/evidence
        
        This is evident in the source which shows ‘ ‘
        
        Quote directly from source
      - Explain your support
  - - - V erb
      - A udience
      - M essage
      - I ntended Outcome
      - C context
    - - (Follow the question) to (verb)
      - (audience) that (message)
      - As stated in the source that (Evidence)
      - This shows that (explain)
      - The intended outcome is that (audience)
      - would (reaction from audience)