Evacuation - source related questions and answers

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  Bryn Archbold 11J                  

                            History Coursework

 

  1. Which source us the more useful as evidence about the start of the children evacuation journey? Explain your answer using sources B and C and knowledge from your studies.

In this question I have been told to compare sources B & C to explain which source is most useful as evidence about the start of the children’s evacuation journey.

        Source B is useful to myself and the reader as it is a reliable source as it has a date of when it was taken. It also shows me the faces and emotions of the children but this isn’t reliable as the children could have been told to smile in the corner of the picture there is a reporter this shows myself and the reader that this was an important day and that to my own knowledge it could have been used to propaganda to persuade the parents to evacuate their own children as well. In the background behind the reporter appears to be mothers standing passionately  watching their children walk past for the last time, this is useful as it shows the emotions & feelings of the parent as well as the child.

        

Source C is useful in a way as it shows the thoughts and feelings of a teacher who has no relation to the children, but source C also has its limitations as there are many years between when the evacuation happened. And when the teacher was interviewed.

        To my own opinions and thoughts I think source B is more reliable to an extent because it does show emotions even though there are limitation behind them.  

2. Source G is an extract taken from a novel.

Is it reliable as evidence about the evacuees?

Explain your answer using source G and knowledge from your studies.

Source G is reliable to an extent as using my own knowledge Nina Bowden the author to the extract was evacuated herself, so she can speak from a position of knowledge using emotions and feelings of her own when she was evacuated.

        So in a way the source is reliable from the author knowing all about it, but the book was also used for an intended purpose, to make money, so Nina Bowden needed to make the story interesting by adding in slight features and tales to sell the book and make money as it was aimed at the younger generation e.g schools, libraries etc.

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        To my conclusion I think source G isn’t reliable because yes she did elaborate and exaggerate in more description on the extract because it was intended to sell to the younger generation even though she has entered personal thoughts and feelings into the book as well.

 3. “Evacuation was a great success.”

Do you agree or disagree with this interpretation?

Explain your answer using the sources and knowledge from your studies.

I have been asked if I agree if disagree with the interpretation “evacuation was a great success”. This was an interpretation made by the government and I will ...

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