China’s Cultural Revolution– Women & Source Evaluation

The belief in social, economic, and political equality of the sexes.

• stratification

• self-determination

• feminism

• egalitarian

Believing that all people are equally important and should have the same rights and opportunities in life.

• stratification

• self-determination

• feminism

• egalitarian

 The ability or power to make decisions for yourself, especially the power of a nation to decide how it will be governed.

• stratification

• self-determination

• feminism

• egalitarian

The fact that the different parts of something exist in or have been arranged into separate groups.

• stratification

• self-determination

• feminism

• egalitarian

An author of a source with HIGH RELIABILITY is:

• Written by a person close to the centre of events, but with a good overall view, and without a clear personal stake in the outcome of events.

• Written by a person on the fringe of events, with a blinkered view, or with a clear personal interest to pursue

The purpose of a source with HIGH RELIABILITY is:

• Written to persuade others and disarm critics.

• Written for no other purpose than to record information

The content of a source with LOWER RELIABILITY is:

• Free of expressions of opinion, but composed largely of straight-forward statements of fact.

• Devoid of statements of fact, but composed largely of opinions, judgments and assertions.

The evidence of a source with LOWER RELIABILITY is:

• Provided with evidence that seems to be representative, and of sufficient weight to justify the conclusions.

• Provided with examples that seem to be anecdotal, unrepresentative and too insignificant to be considered solid.

The argument within a source with HIGH RELIABILITY is:

• Careful and logical with its conclusions, going no further than the evidence allows.

• Characterised by sweeping conclusions that leap far beyond the evidence and betray fallacious (deceptive or misleading) reasoning.

The vocabulary within a source with HIGH RELIABILITY is:

• Marked by ‘loaded words’ and exaggerated expressions, freely used, without quotation marks.

• Composed of neutral, non-emotive words, placing ‘loaded’ words in quotation marks where it borrows them from other sources or voices.