USEFUL VERBS: Create, Invent, Predict, Construct, Design, Formulate, Develop, Judge, Select, Choose, Decide, Justify, Debate, Verify, Recommend, Argue, Assess, Rate, Priorities, Determine
SAMPLE QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES:
These questions can be used as activities class or in Response to Stimulus tests
* Which of the Documents would be of most use to:
Somebody new to the subject?
Somebody interested in an overview of the topic?
* Highlight the facts in each of the following statements
* Highlight the part of each of the following statements which is opinion
* Which author offers the solution to the problem which is easiest
to implement? least costly? most socially just? most
likely to be adopted? Why?
* Which of these authors do you most agree with? Why?
* What recommendations offered here do you think should be amended?
Why?
* Draw upon all pieces of evidence to develop an Hypothesis which sums
up your response to the question "..."
* How would a Christian/Muslim/Hindu by most likely to respond to the
ideas in Document A?
* Which of these authors is most likely to be female? Indigenous?
Poor?
* For what audience do you think Author A was writing?
* Would Extract A be likely to have been written by ...? published
in ...?
* How do you think each of these authors would vote on the question
of ...?
* Which document is a synthesis of the ideas presented in each of the
others?
* Would this collection of sources give an Historian a fair representation
of ...?
* What aspects of the author’s background would cause you to question
the value of Extract A as a valid and reliable source?
* Are the views of all interest groups represented here? Whose
opinions would you like to see included?
* What aspects of the original place of publication of this extract
would cause you to question its value as a valid and reliable source?
* What evidence represented in these sources could not be used to support
the following hypothesis "..."
* If you could only use one of these sources as evidence, which would
you select?
* Does Author A provide, in your opinion, sufficient evidence to conclude
" " ?
* What concerns would you have about accepting Author A’s account of
"..." ?
* Who was the author of this document? Using both prior knowledge
and the ideas contained in the document, assess this Author A’s credibility
as a source of historical evidence
* What problems exist for the Historian in accepting these sources
as valid and reliable evidence of ...? What steps would you, as an
Historian, take to resolve these problems?
* Is the view of ... presented in this evidence consistent with the
view you have developed during your study of ...?
* Examine the hypothesis which follows "..." Select three pieces
of evidence which support and three pieces which refute this hypothesis.
Note the source of each and, in a sentence, explain how each supports or
refutes the hypothesis
* Construct an essay plan in response to the following question using
only the evidence provided in these sources. Begin by developing
a clear hypothesis in response to the question. Next, identify paragraph
themes and, under each, note the quotations you would include to explore
each these and the source of the quotation
* In sentences explain the expectations of ... which underlie ...
* Explain using quotations the values which are reflected in ...
* What attitude towards ... does the Author reveal in Document A ?
* Construct a chart in which you compare and contrast the weaknesses
and strengths of each of the sources presented here. Conclude which
is most valid and reliable source based upon the results of your comparison