Gonzales, Beverly Ann BSECE-2 [insert date]

HIST 101 ACTIVITY 13

Directions:

After watching the video clips, answer the following questions comprehensively
using the attached form below.

1. What are the different steps in evaluating historical sources? 10 pts.

After making a decision if a source is useful or reliable, you need to justify

this by evaluation. To evaluate a historical source, first, you need to write an
evaluation statement. Its elements include clear judgement, a cohesive
statement and contains specific reasons why it’s useful or not. Then, you will
choose what analysis skills you will be using for evaluation. After that,
demonstrate your evaluation by writing it in a paragraph format. You should
draw as many analysis skills as you require to prove your evaluation. The
first sentence should be evaluating the usefulness based upon the
information in the source by using a quote. The second sentence should
evaluate the reliability of the source. You may exceed from more than 2
sentences.

2. Discuss the six source analysis skills. 10 pts.

There are 6 source analysis skills – Information, Origin, Perspective, Context,

Audience, and Motive. Information refers to the skill that is used to prove its
usefulness. The five other analysis skills (Origin, Perspective, Context,
Audience and Motive) are used to prove its reliability. These skills aren’t
usually used every time, but it is important to provide one or two strong
arguments.

3. How do you prove usefulness of the source? 10 pts.

Usefulness means how helpful the source was to your topic and your analysis
will determine the primary source’s usefulness. To prove it, you must know 2
things: One, you must know what topic you are studying in order to
form a conclusion. Two, read the source closely in order to discover if
there’s something worth about your topic. Once you are ready, you can
easily justify its usefulness based upon the following criteria: (1) It provides
information about your topic. (2) It was made at the time of event.
Lastly, (3) The creator of the source has a valuable perspective. After all
that, you will define the usefulness of a source based on your findings
according to degrees – Not Very, Somewhat, or Extremely Useful.