Helpful hints on presentation and sentence structure.
ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION
USEFUL VERBS: Interpret, Distinguish, Restate, Translate, Compare,
Contrast, Calculate, Illustrate, Classify, Summarise, Construct
SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
Those questions can be used as activities in class or in Response
to Stimulus tests.
* Draw a map of the area described in the document
* Draw a time line of the events described in the document
* Make a chart comparing ... with ...
* Draw a graph to show (the fall in population during the "Black Death")
* Draw a table comparing (the Roman losses in each of the battles with
...)
* Make a cartoon strip retelling this event
* Retell the events in this document in a children’s story/book
* Read each of the following statements. Indicate if you believe
them to be TRUE or FALSE. Quote a line or phrase from
the document which substantiates this claim
* What evidence supports the idea that ...
* Which two sources offer the same reason for ...?
* Identify two authors who disagree about the cause of ...
* Are these sources primary, secondary or tertiary? What specific
evidence in the texts lets you know this?
* Identify phrases in this document which contradict the idea that
...
* Summarise the argument of Author A in no more than 20 words
* Construct a definition of each of these terms used by the author
* Match each of the following beliefs to the author whom you believe
would hold such a belief. After each name, quote from the work of this
author a line or phrase which supports your choice
* Identify the sequence in which you think Author A wrote each of these
different documents
* Which documents support the view ...
* What opinion towards ... does Author A hold? List words or
phrases which let you know this
* Is the author of Document A trying to persuade anyone to do or think
anything?
* Which documents provide information about the cause of ... and which
provide information about the consequences of ... ?
* Do Author A and B hold the same opinion of ... ?
* Do Author A and B have the same motive in writing ...?
* Which of the causes of ... mentioned in Document A is mentioned in
the other documents? (Highlight the phrase which tells you this)
* Name one point on which Author A and B agree and one point about
which they disagree
* What causes of ... are not identified by any of the authors of these
documents?
* List four possible motives Author A had in writing what she/he did
in Document A
* Match each of the following document with the most likely author.
Note your reasons after each choice
* Match each of the following document with the most likely time period.
Note your reasons after each choice.
* Which of the following artefacts were most probably made before ...?
After each answer, note reasons for your selection
* In not more than three sentences, explain in your own words the point
the author of X is trying to argue
* Do you know of another document which is similar to ...? How
is it similar?
* If we accept the account given by Author A, what elements of the
account given by Author B must be false?
* If the proposal of Author A had been accepted, what would have been
the consequences for ...?
* Can you identify a turning point in the events described by Author
A?
* Design a questionnaire to ask the people who lived through (event)
in order to find out if Author A’s account is accurate
* Identify three specific individuals you would call as a witness to
this event. What questions would you ask them?
* How does the information in Documents A and B help explain the image
in Artefact A?
* Construct a flow diagram which represents the stages of ... described
in Source A
* Outline in point form the procedure for ... described in Source A.