Student : Practise IOP and TEE(A)L for Term 4 Assessment Teacher :

Source 1 Information: Explicit ideas Information: Implicit ideas

It was a large bronze urn with eight dragon heads What it looked like - It was a large bronze urn with The machine was accurate - Doubt turned to astonishment a
gazing outward in eight directions. Each dragon held eight dragon heads gazing outward in eight few days later. A messenger arrived from a town 400 miles
a ball in his mouth. Around the base of the urn, under directions. away to report that it'd been savaged by an earthquake. – The
each dragon, sat a frog with his mouth open. A machine was accurate
delicate inverted pendulum was hidden in the urn. How did it function - The swinging pendulum
The slightest seismic ripple moved it. The swinging tapped a mechanism that dislodged one of the The town was not affected by an earthquake -Members of the
pendulum tapped a mechanism that dislodged one of balls. The ball fell from the mouth of the dragon court thought the device had failed when the alarm sounded
the balls. The ball fell from the mouth of the dragon into the mouth of the frog below one day and they felt nothing. - The town was not affected by
into the mouth of the frog below. It landed with a an earthquake
great clang that announced the earthquake. Knowing
which frog had been fed, you could tell the direction The ball was heavy - The ball fell from the mouth of the dragon
of the quake. into the mouth of the frog below. It landed with a great clang
Members of the court thought the device had failed that announced the earthquake.
when the alarm sounded one day and they felt
nothing. Doubt turned to astonishment a few days The seismograph disappeared during a conflict - The swinging
later. A messenger arrived from a town 400 miles pendulum tapped a mechanism that dislodged one of the balls.
away to report that it'd been savaged by an The ball fell from the mouth of the dragon into the mouth of the
earthquake. frog below
Chinese writings talked about Chang Heng's
seismograph and ones like it until the Mongols
overran China. After that, it vanished as though it
had never been.
Origin: Who created the source? What kind and type of source is it? When was it created?
John H. Lienhard (1988) Chinese Seismology
Historian : University of Houston John H, Secondary, 1988
https://engines.egr.uh.edu/

Reliability : (Why would this source be trustworthy?)

Yes,
 Perspective: From what point of view/why was the source created? (Religious Beliefs, Social Group, Profession,
etc).

Source 2 Information: Explicit ideas Information: Implicit ideas

Context These oracles of the occult observed the direction,

During the Han Dynasty, many learned scholars— force, and timing of the winds, to speculate about
including Zhang Heng—believed in the "oracles of the operation of the cosmos and to predict events
the winds". These oracles of the occult observed the on Earth. The chief cause of earthquake is air, an
direction, force, and timing of the winds, to speculate element naturally swift and shifting from place to
about the operation of the cosmos and to predict place. – How air made earthquakes happened
events on Earth. These ideas influenced Zhang
Heng's views on the cause of earthquakes.

In his writings, Heng explained his beliefs about the

actual cause of earthquakes.

He wrote:
“The chief cause of earthquake is air, an element
naturally swift and shifting from place to place. As
long as it is not stirred, but lurks in a vacant space, it
reposes innocently, giving no trouble to objects
around it. But any cause coming upon it from
without rouses it, or compresses it, and drives it into Origin: Who created the source? What kind and type of source is it? When was it created?
a narrow space… and when opportunity of escape is
cut off, then ‘With deep murmur of the Mountain it
roars around the barriers’, which after long battering
it dislodges and tosses on high, growing more fierce Zhang Heng 132 CE, Primary, Fan Ye 5th Century (Secondary Source)
the stronger the obstacle with which it has
 Reliability :

Yes, as it is a direct quote form Zhang Heng

contended.”
Perspective: From what point of view/why was the source created? (Religious Beliefs, Social Group,
Zhang Heng 132 AD Profession, etc).

(Later Cited : Book of Later Han written by Fan Ye

in the 5th century)

Write up a TEE(A)L paragraph which answers the question :

According to Chinese records, how did Zhang Heng’s invention worked?

Make reference to Source 1 in your response.

Topic Sentence - (State) - Introduces Some historians believe ….. due to ….

the main idea of the paragraph. Use key
words from the focus question answer
the question.
Evidence - (Prove) – Use a source (piece As stated in the (primary/secondary) source written by ……
of evidence) that supports your
idea/point.
(Quote : Explicit Information).

Elaboration - (Explain) – Explain how

the evidence supports your point.
(Implicit Information)

Analysis - (Identify) – State why your

source is reliable. (Source Origin and
Perspective).

Link – Connect your evidence back to

your main point. Summarise your idea.