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ZIMSEC O-Level History

1.2Analysing sources of History

Analysing sources of History in ZIMSEC O-Level History: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview

Form 3 (Sources of History: archaeology, written evidence, oral tradition); also the skill tested by the source-based question in Paper 1.

Learning objectives

What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.

  1. 1.2.1Form 3: analyse archaeological, written and oral sources of history.
  2. 1.2.2Analyse and evaluate historical evidence, points of view and value judgements, and detect bias (assessment objective 8.1).

Lessons

  • Using sources as historical evidence

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Analysing sources of History: sample question

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Which of these is an inference rather than a piece of comprehension?

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