Source D - Year 7HUM Source Analysis and Evaluation

Origin:

Is the source primary or secondary?

• Primary

• Secondary

Origin:

What type of source is it?

• A website

• A book

• An extract from a book

• Writing

Origin:

Who created the source?

• Hatshepsut

• Sir Alan Gardiner

• Oxford University

• Alan Gardiner

Context:

What date was the source created?

• 1250 BCE

• 1962

• 3500 BCE

• 1961

Context:

Is it created at the time of the events it describes or later?

• At the time of the events it describes

• Later

Context:

What significant events were happening around the time the source was created that influenced the creation of the source? 

• Hatshepsut was undertaking military expeditions

• Sometimes the context a secondary source was created in is not important or relevant

• Sir Alan Gardiner was studying Hatshepsut

Purpose/motive:

What was the reason why this source was created?

• To inform

• To provide academic insight

• To entertain

• To educate

Perspective:

What are the creator’s credentials?

• Writer

• High-school educator

• English Egyptologist

• Historian

Perspective:

What is the lens through which the creator is viewing the event or individual?

• Male, English Egyptologist

• Female, pharaoh

• English Egyptologist

Perspective:

What point of view of the event or individual is being conveyed in this source?

• Positive

• Negative

• Academic point of view that is positive

• Academic point of view that is negative