Higher History Skills

Which one of these skills question types is out of 8 marks?

• How fully

• Evaluate the usefulness

Which one of these skills questions is out of 10 marks?

• Evaluate the usefulness

• How fully

• Explain

Which one of the skills questions requires you to use the structure AID?

• Evaluate the usefulness

• Explain

• How fully

What phrase do we use to remember how to answer and Evaluate the usefulness question?

What does AID stand for?

• ANSWER, INCLUDES, DOESN'T INCLUDE

• ANSWER, INTERPRET, DON'T INTERPRET

• ANSWER, INTERPRET, DOESN'T INCLUDE

When we think about the Content in an Evaluate the usefulness question... what is that asking you to think about?

• What the source says

• What the source doesn't say

• Who wrote it

When we think about the Omission in an Evaluate the usefulness question... what is that asking you to think about?

• What the source says

• What the source doesn't say

• Who wrote it

At Higher level, you will always be given a source that was written during the historical time period, this makes it a...

• primary source

• secondary source

Which of the following is a possible purpose of a source?

• Historian

• Eye witness

• to persuade

Which of the following is a possible type of source at Higher level?

• Letter

• to inform

• Textbook