ROSARY SCHOOL Y10 IGCSE HISTORY TERM 1 WEEK 1

Imagine a photograph of soldiers going to the front in World War One. Which of these objects would be an anachronism if it appeared in the photo?

• A mobile phone

• A matchbox

• A wedding photo

• A tin water bottle

Answer explanation

Many soldiers smoked and lit their cigarettes with matches. Lighters were invented much, much later. Soldiers often carried photos of wives and family to keep them in their memory, and tin water bottles were issued to soldiers as part of their kit. Plastic bottles were not around! The answer is A because mobile phones were only released in 1973.

Select the primary source from this list.

• Website

• Documentary film

• Photograph

• Textbook

Answer explanation

All except C are secondary sources because they are second-hand accounts created by someone who did not experience the event.

Which of the statements here best describes why we should study sources in history?

• They always provide the truth about an event.

• They require a jury to look at them.

• They are written by witnesses to an event.

• They require examination before being regarded as credible.

Answer explanation

A, B and C are all false. Not all sources provide the truth. Some are very biased or have been altered. Anyone can look at sources and decide if they are credible. Secondary sources are written after an event and often by people who were not present. So, the correct answer is D. A detailed examination of sources will decide whether they can be accepted.

Propaganda includes all the following except

• social media posts

• newspapers

• WW1 posters

• An IKEA catalogue

Answer explanation

A, B, and C are all regarded as legitimate forms of propaganda i.e. they are used to 'spin' a message with a view to changing minds. An IKEA catalogue has never been used to spin anything!

Posters were an effective form of propaganda used in WW1 because

• Radios only broadcast music.

• They were found in most public places.

• Only a few households had television.

• People didn't know a war was going on.

Answer explanation

A is false. Very few people had radios. C is also false as television had not yet been invented. D is false because all over Britain and in many other places, people were enlisting. So B is the correct one. Posters were everywhere in train stations, shop windows, the street etc.

Which of these phrases is an examples of 'Name Calling'?

• 'Who is absent? Is it YOU?'

• 'What did you do in the Great War, Daddy?'

• 'Once a German - Always a German'

• 'Your Country's Call - Isn't this worth fighting for?'

Answer explanation

Name calling requires the badmouthing of the enemy.

A characteristic of the use of 'Plain Folks' includes

• The use of people from ordinary or humble backgrounds.

• Th use of patriotic symbols such as a nation's flag.

• Stories that may be deliberately distorted.

• Language that encourages people to follow the crowd.

Answer explanation

'Plain Folks' tries to convince the target audience that the originator of the propaganda is someone they can trust, and usually an ordinary person like themselves.

A newspaper article that describes the capture of soldiers by the enemy and their treatment as prisoners of war is likely to be used for which type of propaganda?

• Band Wagon

• Card Stacking

• Testimonial

• Glittering Generality

Answer explanation

B is correct because the description can be used to make the case that the enemy were a thoroughly nasty bunch who treated the soldiers very badly. This will increase feelings of revenge. It is not A because Band Wagon is about encouraging following a crowd. It is not testimonial either because no big name is being used, and it is not D because Glittering Generality uses vague, positive words.

In World War One information usually came back from the battlefield to ordinary people via

• Radio

• Poems

• Email

• Letters

Answer explanation

Few people had radio to listen to war news, which was very heavily censored. Only the educated classes read poetry and the government jumped on war poets who told the unvarnished truth. Most people got news via letters though these took a long time to reach people.

If you put email we will be having words!

Censorship was believed necessary in WW1 for all these reasons except

• Valuable information could fall into enemy hands

• Wives were getting annoyed at being left all the work

• It was necessary to keep morale high at home.

• More men were needed to sign up to fight in the trenches.

Answer explanation

A, C and D are all correct. The wives were probably tired by we have no record of them being fed up with the situation. Their husbands were fighting for their freedom, after all.