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Weimar Germany - exam preparation - EdexcelHow useful are (sources) for enquiry ... (8 marks)

Get ready for your exams with this GCSE History (Edexcel) exam preparation guide on Nazi Germany. Arrangements for exam and non-exam assessments for students may be subject to change. Please check with your teacher.

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How useful are (sources) for an enquiry into... (8 marks)

This type of question requires you to analyse and evaluate a source to find out how useful it is to you as a historian.

Example:

How useful are sources B and C for an enquiry into the reasons for the recovery of the German economy between 1924 and 1929? Explain your answer, using sources B and C and your own knowledge of the historical context.

Tips:

To answer this question you must deal with both the content and the provenance of the sources. Provenance is the term used for a source’s ‘background’ – its nature, origin and purpose.

Your own knowledge must relate to the source itself. Only write about events in order to prove what the source says is useful, or not – don’t just narrate.