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Validity/Bias/Usefulness of texts (1 Viewer)

sf_diegoxrock

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what are some points to determine the
validity
bias
usefulness
of sources?
 

tigergal

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Some things i can remember (i have a good list but my modern history book is in my locker hehe):

Type of document: is it a newspaper, letter, patent, speech, map, telegram, press release etc

Unique physical qualities: handwritted, typed, notations, stamps, seals etc

Dates of document / Context
(date, relevant historical events, location)
Author of document
Audience of document
Motivations behind document
Omissions
 

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- when it was writen
-for what purpose it was written/who it was intened to be for
- whethere personal views have been inflicted into it
yeah there is heaps but my books are at school as well!'
btw is this for ancient?
 

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