Source Evaluation

When evaluating sources, the abbreviation used by IB is...

• OBCLV

• VLP

• OPLIII

• OPCVL

Regarding value, which is true?

• All of the below are true

• All sources have value for historians, it depends on what one is trying to understand.

• Some sources are more valuable than others.

• Primary and secondary sources are valuable.

What is the best definition of a primary source?

• A source utilized by historians.

• A source that was produced at the time of the event that a historian is studying.

• A source that has value for a historian.

• A source that was written by a U.S. President.

A secondary source is...

• A source written by a newspaper reporter three days after an event occurred.

• A source written that was not intended to be read by others, such as a diary or a blog.

• A non-written source such as a film or audio recording.

• A source written by a historian that makes an argument about the relative significance of causes, consequences, changes, or continuity.

Which of the following is an example of a primary source for a historian studying Galileo's trial in 1633?

• Fantoli, Annibale. Galileo: For Copernicanism and for the Church, second edition. Vatican City: Vatican Observatory Press, 1996 [1994].

• Redondi, Pietro. Galileo Heretic, trans. by Raymond Rosenthal. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1983.

• Galilei, Galileo. Dialog on Two Chief World Systems. Originally published, Florence: 1632.

Which of the following is true about "limitations"?

• Some sources are limited while others have value.

• Some sources have limited value.

• The value of any source has limitations.

Regarding OPCVL...

• The O, the P, and the C are all elements of a source that a historian can use to establish the values and limitations of those values.

• The "O" is the only thing that is important when trying to uncover values and limitations.

• The P and C are more important than the O when establishing value and limitations.

Which of the following is an important question to ask when establishing the origin of a source

• All of the Below

• Who is the author?

• Who is the intended audience?

• Is this book valuable to me?

Which of the following is a question asked to establish purpose?

• All of the below

• Who was the publisher?

• Who was the intended audience?

• What does the source say?

True or False:

A book about sports cannot be valuable for a historian.

• True

• False