Paper 1 source skills — Conflict and displacement
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What are the three Paper 1 questions, and how many marks is each worth?
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Q1 content [6] — explain how the content of Source A and Source B answers the inquiry question. Q2 context [6] — analyse how Source C's context shapes its use. Q3 perspectives [12] — examine how perspectives across ALL sources answer the inquiry question.
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What is the difference between a source's Content and its Context?
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Content is what the source actually says or shows. Context is who made it, when, where, and why (its provenance and purpose).
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In Q1, why does 'Source A says the camp had 5,000 refugees' score low marks?
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It only describes the content. To score high you must explain HOW that detail helps answer the inquiry question — the connection, not just the fact.
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What four things should you check about a source's context for Q2?
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Origin (who made it), Purpose (why it was made), Time (when), Place (where) — often remembered as OPTP / provenance.
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Give a worked example: how does the context of a 1946 Red Cross field report shape its use for displacement in Europe?
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As an official relief-agency report written close to events, it is useful for reliable factual detail on camp conditions, but its purpose (justifying continued Red Cross funding) may shape it to emphasise need.
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How does the context of a 1979 US State Department memo on Vietnamese boat people shape its use?
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Written by a government agency during the Cold War, it is useful for showing official US policy reasoning, but its purpose (justifying refugee admission numbers) may present US involvement favourably.
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What must Q3 always compare, and what mark band do you hit if you only discuss one source's perspective?
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Q3 must examine perspectives across ALL the sources (similarities AND differences). Discussing only one source caps you in the 1-6 band; discussing only two of three caps you at 9/12.
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Give one example of perspectives agreeing across sources on displacement.
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A DP-camp survivor testimony and a UNRRA report can both describe overcrowding and shortage of food — corroborating each other despite very different authors.
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Give one example of perspectives differing across sources on displacement.
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A US government memo on the Orderly Departure Program (1979) may frame resettlement as an orderly success, while a Vietnamese refugee's diary describes the same process as slow and frightening — same event, different perspective.
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What is {{corroborate|when two sources support and agree with each other}} used for in Q3?
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Showing that two independent sources agree strengthens the reliability of a claim about the inquiry question — a key move examiners reward in Q3.
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Why is 'the sources are useful because they are primary sources' a weak Q1/Q2 answer?
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It is a generic claim with no specific link to the content or context of THIS source and THIS inquiry question — examiners want a developed, source-specific explanation.
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What is the safest structure for a Q3 [12] answer?
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State the inquiry question link, then go source by source (or perspective by perspective): what each source's origin/purpose suggests about its view, then explicitly compare — where they agree, where they diverge, and why that matters for the inquiry question.
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