Answering questions on sources has been an integral part of AS and A-level exams for some time. However, over the last few years there has been a change to source-based questions that have a clearer focus on evaluation of the utility of sources. There has also been a move towards differentiating between tasks connected to the analysis of contemporary (or primary) and secondary sources (or interpretations).
A contemporary source is one that belongs to the period you are studying. That is why it is also referred to as a ‘first-hand account’ (or primary source). It will have been produced by people who were alive during the period under scrutiny and who may have acted as ‘eye-witnesses’ to what was happening.
Your organisation does not have access to this article.
Sign up today to give your students the edge they need to achieve their best grades with subject expertise
Subscribe
