V2 - Source Questions

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V2 - Source Questions

How to answer source questions?

What are we going to do?

• Different kinds of sources
• Examples
• Practice

Different kinds of sources

• (Political) Cartoons
• Images
• Texts and quotes

Tips for every source question!

1. What does the caption (onderschrift) say? It is not there for nothing! 
2. First have a good look at the source. Then read the question.
3. Always refer to the source/give an example ('In the source I see/read...') from the source in your answer.

Political Cartoon

• What is the subject of the source? 
• What is the cartoon against? 
• What does the cartoon support?
• What elements of the cartoon do I recognise? 
• What does the caption say?

What do you recognise?

Leo Belgicus or Dutch Lion - Represents The Netherlands (think Hollandse Leeuw - football)

There's is an old fashioned explanation - can it help you?

This is the Pope - how do you recognise him?

King of Spain - See explanation on the side (number 2)

The Duke of Alva - number 4

Margareta of Parma - Gouvernante in the caption

A device (machine) to crush something

'Gescheurde privileges des lands' - number 15 (meaning the privileges of the nobles and cities)

What is the subject of this cartoon? How do you know that?

What year did this event happen?

1. 1555
2. 1568
3. 1584
4. 1648

What was the result of this event?

Images

• What do you see?
• What do you notice?
• What do you recognize? 
• What does the caption say?
• How to answer the question?

What do you see? 

Happy soldiers

A train 

German writing --> so the soldiers are probably German?

Read the text. Ausflug nach Paris --> going to Paris?

What year was this photo taken?

1. 1905
2. 1916
3. 1914
4. 1940

What event do we see in the source?

What concept matches the source the best?

1. Alliance System
2. Nationalism
3. Imperialism
4. Militarism

Texts/Quotes

• Who wrote the source? 
• When was the source written? 
• What does the caption say?
• What is the subject of the text?

*Written by Sir Edward Grey, British foreign secretary. 

Who wrote it? --> Sir Edward Grey, Foreign Secretary of Britain

When was the source written? Before the war, because a great war between European nations had not yet happened 

There is no caption other than the writer

What is the subject? Arms-race, militarism or industrial warfare?

When do you think this text was written? Explain.

Get to work

• Questions?
• We're going to do some sources together 
• Look carefully and answer the questions

Which of the M.A.I.N. Causes fits this source the best?

1. Militarism
2. Alliance System
3. Imperialism
4. Nationalism

What event do we see here?

Which of the M.A.I.N. Causes fits this source the best?

1. Militarism
2. Alliance System
3. Imperialism
4. Nationalism

What concept fits this source best?

Closing

• What did you think of this class? 
• Was it useful?
• Next week we're going to practise more!