History · Historical skills (by paper)

SOURCES — Using sources (Paper 1)

History · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes

1. Sources and the Paper 1 setup

   Primary and secondary sources, the single framing inquiry question, and the static three-question format.

2. Reading and evaluating a source (OPCVL)

   Origin, purpose, content, value and limitation, and why a source's context shapes how it can be used.

3. Cross-referencing and perspectives

   Corroborating and contrasting sources against each other, and examining the perspectives across a source set.

4. The Paper 1 questions and a worked routine

   What each of the three static questions asks, plus a compact routine for evaluating any source.