TIPS ON ANSWERING HISTORY ELECTIVE SBQ

When answering source!ase" #ues$ions in His$or% E&ec$i'e(

re)e)!er $he *o&&owing +oin$s,
1. When answering a Wh% question as in Wh% was this poster of
Hitler published in 1932? remember you must gie the P-RPOSE
!the intended out"ome or the impa"t the sour"e will hae on the
A-.IENCE# why the poster was published.
Source A $ % &a'i (arty poster in 1932.
)he poster "aption is$ Hitler* +ur ,ast Hope
a) Write the sour"e-s /ESSAGE !what the sour"e wants to
inform the audien"e# first.
b) )hen* if it-s possible* write the CONTE0T !the situation at
that time when the sour"e was produ"ed# so that you "an
e.plain why the sour"e was produ"ed at that time / e.g. in
1932, Hitler was trying very hard to win Germans support of
for his a!i "arty in the #ei$hstag ele$tion so thats why the
poster was published.
$) )hen write the sour"e-s P-RPOSE. 01212310* a
purpose answer must hae 3 things$ the erb !to "onin"e* to
persuade or to influen"e#* the %4561&71 !who the sour"e
was meant for# and the a"tion of the audien"e after the
audien"e has read or loo8 at the sour"e$
1.g. )he purpose of 9our"e % is to influen"e !'er!# the
:ermans !au"ience# that Hitler was the last hope for
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:ermany !)essage#. )herefore* :ermans will support Hitler
in the 0ei"hstag ele"tions !$he e1+ec$e" reac$ion or ac$ion
o* $he au"ience a*$er rea"ing or &oo2ing a$ $he source34
6n 1932* :ermany was fa"ing an ele"tion in the 0ei"hstag so
that is why the &a'i (arty "ame out with this poster of Hitler
to win the people-s support. !CONTE0T#. )his "an be seen
in the poster-s "aption of Hitler* +ur ,ast Hope !EVI.ENCE
from sour"e#.
2. When answering ARE YO- S-RPRISE. CO/PARISON
Q-ESTION as in the question; 9tudy Sources B an" C. %re you
surprised by 9our"e 7? remember the following tips$
a# <19* 6 am surprised be"ause of the .I55ERENCE between
9our"e 3 and 9our"e 7. .I55ERENCE "an be from the
sour"es- "ommon fa"tors of POINT O5 VIEW( P-RPOSE(
CONTENT.
%.g. & am surprised be$ause in 'our$e (, it portrays Hitler as
a loving leader while in 'our$e ), the $artoonist drew him
li*e a monster. 6Gi'e e'i"ence *ro) !o$h sources $o
su++or$ %our s$an"34
b# YES an" NO answer based on CROSS RE5ERENCE to
CONTE0T-AL 7NOWLE.GE or OTHER SO-RCES.
%.g. I am surprised by what 'our$e ) shows be$ause it
ma*es Hitler loo*s evil. 'our$e + shows that Hitler was
regarded by Germans as the last hope for Germany. He did
provide the ,obless with ,obs and he did ma*e Germany
strong again when he $ame to power.
I am not surprised by what is shown in 'our$e ). -any
people died during Hitlers rule of Germany espe$ially those
who opposed him or they were .ews and so this sour$e
$ould be a true interpretation of Hitler. %ven 'our$e % /for
e0ample) would agree that Hitler was a monster as it states
the millions of .ew who died during the Holo$aust. 6Gi'e
e'i"ence *ro) sources $o su++or$ %our s$an"34
c3 NO( I A/ NOT S-RPRISE. !% e'a&ua$ing Source C
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9our"e 7 is an anti=Hitler "artoon. What is surprising is that
this "artoon was "riti"al of Hitler and although produ"ed in
193> will not hae been published in :ermany as it was ery
mu"h anti=Hitler. 2illions of ?ew died under Hitler-s rule as
he was ery mu"h anti=?ews be"ause he regarded them as
being responsible for :ermany-s defeat in WW6. 2illions of
?ews also suffered in labour "amps under Hitler-s rule of
:ermany. Thus( i$ is no$ sur+rising to see Hitler being
portrayed as a monster who was responsible for the deaths
of so many. 6Gi'e e'i"ence *ro) Source C $o su++or$
%our s$an"34
3. When answering an IN5ERENCE question that as8s for the
/ESSAGE o* $he source( RE/E/BER the following tips$
a# 6dentifies the 2%6& 2199%:1 of the sour"e and if you fa"e
diffi"ulty* try to identify the sub=messages of the sour"e.
b# @or e.g. What is the message of 9our"e 5?
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