Learning intention To learn how to answer Evaluate the Usefulness Questions Evaluate the Usefulness In these questions you are given a source of information and are asked to explain how useful the source is to us and ID: 357861
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‘Evaluate the Usefulness’ GuideSlide2
Learning intention
To learn how to answer Evaluate the Usefulness Questions. Slide3
Evaluate the Usefulness
In these questions, you are given a source of information and are asked to explain how useful the source is to us and
why
it is useful to us in finding out about a particular subject.
The question will be presented to you like this… Slide4
Source A is from the captain of a slave ship in 1706.
We must keep the slaves in shackles so they cannot escape and overpower us. They would kill us if they were able to escape. We keep them below deck and here they lay in human waste and vomit. The smell is indescribable. Twice a day they are fed a meal of horse beans or rice.
Evaluate the usefulness of Source A as evidence the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage. (5)
You may want to comment on who wrote it, when they wrote it, why they wrote it, what they say or what has been missed out. Slide5
Source A is from the captain of a slave ship in 1706.
We must keep the slaves in shackles so they cannot escape and overpower us. They would kill us if they were able to escape. We keep them below deck and here they lay in human waste and vomit. The smell is indescribable. Twice a day they are fed a meal of horse beans or rice.
Evaluate the usefulness of Source A as evidence the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage. (5)
You may want to comment on who wrote it, when they wrote it, why they wrote it, what they say or what has been missed out.
Info on WHO produced the source and WHEN it was producedSlide6
Source A is from the captain of a slave ship in 1706.
We must keep the slaves in shackles so they cannot escape and overpower us. They would kill us if they were able to escape. We keep them below deck and here they lay in human waste and vomit. The smell is indescribable. Twice a day they are fed a meal of horse beans or rice.
Evaluate the usefulness of Source A as evidence the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage. (5)
You may want to comment on who wrote it, when they wrote it, why they wrote it, what they say or what has been missed out.
Info on WHO produced the source and WHEN it was produced
SourceSlide7
How to answer
This question requires you to EVALUATE how useful the source is as evidence of
the treatment of slaves on the middle passage.
Here is a step by step guide of how to do this…Slide8
Step 1
Write an overall judgement/statement saying how useful the source is.
Eg
‘Source A is
partially useful
as
evidence of the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage
’
Notice how the wording of the question has been used here and that the EVALUATION of how useful the source is has been clearly written (partially useful)Slide9
Step 2
You now must explain to the reader WHY the source is
partially useful.
This means you must explain what makes the source useful and what makes the source less useful.
You need to comment on –
WHO
produced the source,
WHEN
the source was produced, the
CONTENT
of the source (what it tells us) and what is
MISSED OUT.Slide10
Who produced this source?
Source A is from the captain of a slave ship in 1706.
We must keep the slaves in shackles so they cannot escape and overpower us. They would kill us if they were able to escape. We keep them below deck and here they lay in human waste and vomit. The smell is indescribable. Twice a day they are fed a meal of horse beans or rice.Slide11
Who produced this source?
The source was produced by a slave ship captain
Why is this useful to us?Slide12
Who produced this source?
The source was produced by a slave ship captain
Why is this useful to us?
It is useful because the person who was written it is an
eyewitness
of the time.Slide13
When was this source produced?
Source A is from the captain of a slave ship in 1706.
We must keep the slaves in shackles so they cannot escape and overpower us. They would kill us if they were able to escape. We keep them below deck and here they lay in human waste and vomit. The smell is indescribable. Twice a day they are fed a meal of horse beans or rice.Slide14
When was this source produced?
The source was produced in 1706.
Why is this useful to us?Slide15
When was this source produced?
The source was produced in 1706.
Why is this useful to us?
It is useful because it is a source from the time we are studying and
no information will have been forgotten or left out.Slide16
What does the source tell us?
We must keep the slaves in shackles so they cannot escape and overpower us. They would kill us if they were able to escape. We keep them below deck and here they lay in human waste and vomit. The smell is indescribable. Twice a day they are fed a meal of horse beans or rice.Slide17
What does the source tell us?
We must
keep the slaves in shackles
so they cannot escape and overpower us. They would kill us if they were able to escape. We
keep them below deck and here they lay in human waste and vomit
. The smell is indescribable.
Twice a day they are fed a meal of horse beans or rice
.Slide18
What does the source tell us?
We must
keep the slaves in shackles
so they cannot escape and overpower us. They would kill us if they were able to escape. We
keep them below deck and here they lay in human waste and vomit
. The smell is indescribable.
Twice a day they are fed a meal of horse beans or rice
.
The content of the source is useful because it tells us that slaves were kept in shackles on board the ship.
This is useful because it is accurate
.
The source also tells us that they were kept below deck and had to lie in their own waste and vomit, which would make disease spread easily.
This is also useful as it is accurate.
The source states that the slaves were fed horse beans and rice twice a day.
This is a useful point of information because it is accurate.Slide19
What does the source tell us?
The skill here is being able to read the source and pick out the relevant information about the question that you are being asked.
This question is about the treatment of slaves during the Middle Passage
We have learned that slaves were chained up below deck and had to lay in their own waste and sick. We have also learned that they were fed a poor diet of horse beans and rice.
The source is useful, therefore, because it tells us these points. Slide20
What does the source not tell us?
Does this source tell us everything about the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage?Slide21
What does the source not tell us?
Does this source tell us everything about the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage?
No, it doesn’t.
Does this make the source more or less useful?Slide22
What does the source not tell us?
Does this source tell us everything about the treatment of slaves on the Middle Passage?
No, it doesn’t.
Does this make the source more or less useful?
This makes the source LESS useful, as it does not give us a full picture of what it was like for slaves on the Middle Passage.Slide23
What does the source not tell us?
The source does not tell us that slaves were punished using the speculum
oris
, cat o nine tails and thumbscrews. It also doesn’t tell us that sick slaves would be thrown overboard in an attempt to stop disease spreading through the ship. This makes the source less useful.