RELEVANCE & RELIABILITY

Question 1.
Relevance is how well a source can relate
to an investigation or how useful the
source is to a topic.
Can you give me one example of
relevance?

Question 2.
Im researching ancient Roman people and
Ive found a website on society in Rome.
Would this be considered reliable or
relevant?

Question 3.
Im learning about the Gold Rush at school and the teacher
has told me I need to choose a reliable source. Which one of
these sources do you think is most reliable?

Painting, Chinese in Gold Rush

1852. Australian National Gallery

Gold Rush 1849 Edition, EA

Games. 2015

Question 4.
If Im learning about 9/11, which source
do you think would be more relevant?

Live footage 9/11, 2001

Q1 Building, 2012

Question 5.
Reliability is how trustworthy a source is. For
example, you would trust your mums word
rather than a strangers.
Can you give me an example of reliability?

Answer Q.1
Relevance
Example: Although both mummies, Otsi
the Ice Man isnt relevant to King
Tutankhamen.

Answer Q.2
RELEVENT

Answer Q.3

Painting, Chinese in Gold Rush 1852. Australian

National Gallery

Answer Q.4

Live footage 9/11, 2001

Answer Q.5
Example: If Im doing a topic on Roman
Gladiators, I would trust a historian over a
teacher.

Who knows what Contradict

means?

Contradict
Contradict are sources that dont agree
with each other.

Contradicting evidence can cause you to

prove a statement wrong
So, if two sources contradict each other
what does that mean?

For Example,
- I hate eating fast food but I love
McDonalds!

Miss Beddows Says World War II started on April

25th But, Miss Brink says it started on May 10th

Who knows what

Corroborate Means?

Corroborate
Corroborate means to confirm or
support a statement, theory or
finding.
The More evidence we have the more, accurate
and authentic our argument will be

For Example,
Im learning about the Romans for a
class project and Ive found a source
that claims that Romans drunk wine
from pots. But I need evidence to
support this. Luckily archaeologists
have found Roman pots that have been
used as drinking vessels in ancient
times.
In addition, there are also paintings
which depict Romans using these pots
to drink out of.

Extension Activity

Do These Articles Contradict or

Corroborate?
ARTICLE A:

Malcolm Turnbull Best Prime Minister Ever

According tothe latest polls and surveys, it appears that

Australians are happy with their
Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull.
According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the latest
Fairfax-Ipsos poll reveals that Turnbull has an overall
performance rating of 51 percent while Bill Shorten has
arating of minus 24 percent.
ARTICLE B:

Malcolm Turnbull is losing his chance to be

a great Prime Minister

Malcolm Turnbull is slipping. Not just in the opinion polls,

that's merely a symptom of his problem. No, he's slipping
in his shot at being one of our great prime ministers.
And if he rushes off to a double dissolution election in
July because he fears he may not win if he waits until
September, that will be a sign his place in the prime
ministerial hall of fame will be up the back with his three
immediate predecessors.