How do I analyse sources?

What is the purpose of the CROUMA Criteria?

• Interpreting historical sources

• Interpreting mathematical questions.

• Interpreting scientific theories

• Interpreting poems.

What does C stand for?

• Content

• Reliability

• Origin

• Audience

What is the content of a source?

• Content is what the source is about - its overall topic.

• Content are those things that make up the source.

• Content is what the source shows.

• Content is the reason why the source has been created.

What is the content of this source?

• Wartime

• Farming

• Flooding

• Peacetime.

What would you need to be able to verify which war is being represented in this image?

• Motive

• Audience

• Origin

• Title

What is a sources reliability?

• Its how much of a true picture is being presented - opinion or fact.

• Its proof that its a fictional source.

• Its proof that it is a historical resource.

Can a document that is not accurate or truthful still be considered reliable?

• No because it tells you nothing about the past.

• Yes because it can show opinions, values and beliefs of those creating it.

How reliable is this image concerning a slave's life in the cotton fields of America?

• Not at all as it shows the slaves well dressed and happy.

• Some as the slaves are all African Americans

• Its fully reliable as a pro slavery cartoon - it shows what people wanted to believe about the treatment of slaves.

What is the origin of an source?

• The origin is where the source was purchased.

• The origin is where the source was located.

• The origin is who created the source and when it was created.

Read the following bibliography: Source B: slave auction, Richmond Virginia USA, 1861. This source was published in The Illustrated London News (Feb 16, 1861) - What is its origin?

• Richmond Virginia USA, 1861

• The Illustrated London New, Feb 16, 1861

• There isn't any.