How to analyse a historical source

A step-by-step explanation for how to analyse historical sources in History. It uses the IOP CAM acronym to help structure your written response, which is particularly useful for assessment pieces, including exams, essays and short response exams. Works for all kinds of sources, including written documents, photographs, cartoons, propaganda posters, and more.

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[historify.]

Every teacher needs to subscribe. Concise, well prepared, and organized. Thank you.

[ruckusxz]

This video was so helpful i loved the way you broke it up! Thank you!!!

[crohns_gaming]

This guy has such a calming voice, like I fallen asleep twice watching this

[judekanawati]

I’m doing Pre-Master in History in Netherlands. It’s a big shift for me because I changed my major from Public Relations to a new one.

I realized that I have absolutely NO CLUE HOW TO INTERPRET SOURCES 😢😭

I appreciate your support

[carolinekelly]

Completely unexpected new information. Thanks for sharing. I appreciate it.

[TheGamePlanEduSolutions]

Great IOP CAM reference! Thank you for sharing such a great resource!

[jaxongotch]

Anyone else here from history or geography

[tahliawolrath]

Yummy in my tummy, so helpful. Thank you☺️

[febymuray]

Is this also the same with content and context analysis? Thank you!!!

[joseq]

Great video! Thanks for the refresher.

[emmahoogenhout]

This was very helpful. Thank you so much.

[sophiecaballeropearce]

absolute great vid very concise and simple Thanks so much!

[jjnojam]

Is there a way to analyze the context of a secondary resourse? Should I talk bout the time when the secondary resource is created or the time period that the resource talked about?

[ye]

Just a question, would CCTV or security footage be counted as a primary source if it captured a certain event or?

[ammaral-garmoshi]

my Prof wants me to write a 750 words doc analysis when the doc itself is literally 749 words :) do I have to write my opinion or a response to the doc?

[OttoReims]

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[laiva]

Is the value of a historical source tied to the purpose of which it is being used. Can a biased and unhistorical report of an event, be used as a valid source when examining the perception of that event. For an example, lets say im writing a paper on the the perception of and reactions to the russian revolution in america. Can i use a biased book about the russian revolution written by an american, as a source, even though the book is bad and represents the event in a biased way. Is the validity of a historical source context dependent. Or is it not history anymore if i study the reactions and perceptions to events and not the event itself?

[ahumanbeing]

I’m considering taking history at uni. Anything you think I should know if I take it? Thank you for your video