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Source Analysis 101

Source Analysis 101. How to understand source based questions. Types of Sources. There are numerous types of sources you will find in the Social Studies PAT, including: Web Speakers Illustrations Charts Diagrams Flow Charts Tables Spectrums Photographs

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Source Analysis 101

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  1. Source Analysis 101 How to understand source based questions

  2. Types of Sources • There are numerous types of sources you will find in the Social Studies PAT, including: Web Speakers Illustrations Charts Diagrams Flow Charts Tables Spectrums Photographs Graphs Quotations Political Cartoons Posters Excerpts Newspaper Headlines Speeches Information

  3. Types of Sources: Four Categories • Charts, Graphs, & Other Numerical Sources • Political Cartoons, Illustrations & Other Images • Speakers, Articles, & Other Opinion Based Questions • Spectrums, Diagrams, & Other Informative Sources

  4. Identify the Source Type: Numerical Source

  5. Identify the Source Type: Informative Source

  6. Identify the Source Type: Opinion Based Source

  7. Identify the Source Type: Illustrative Source

  8. Types of Questions • On the PAT they ask two types of questions: • Knowledge & Understanding Questions • Straight Content Questions • Mostly use Informative Sources to ask these questions • Skill & Process Questions • Testing your critical thinking and problem solving skills • In these questions they are applying your content knowledge by asking to you identify the Issue or perspective of the source.

  9. 2012 PAT Questions – Question 1

  10. 2012 PAT Questions – Question 2

  11. 2012 PAT Questions – Question 3

  12. 2012 PAT Questions – Question 4 • The last question in a set will almost always ask you to identify what all the sources have in common. • You can use the same techniques as with previous questions to help you find the answer, as well as the following: • Compare each potential answer against each source • if it doesn’t make sense with all, or most, of the sources, it probably isn’t correct • Compare each potential answer against the previous questions • Do the choices make sense with what the other questions were asking?

  13. 2012 PAT Questions – Question 4

  14. Try for yourself! Working with those around you answer the remaining four questions based on the three sources given. Remember to: • Identify the source types • Identify the question types • Highlight key words • Cross out obvious incorrect choices

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