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Analysing and evaluating sources

3 Steps

3 Steps

We will need to find out the following information about each source we look at:

• 1. Origin
• 2. Context
• 3. Purpose

Origin

• What type of source is it and who wrote it?
• When was it written?
• Is it complete?

Context

• What is happening elsewhere at the time?

Most important in my opinion!

What is Propaganda?

• Misleading information used to promote a

particular point of view

• It is used to influence the opinion or decision of a

group of people with regards to a particular subject, object, cause or issue

What is Biased and/or perspective? “Being biased means having an unbalanced or

• ne-sided opinion” (Textbook, p.447)

Ask yourself whose point of view is the source espousing?

Main causes of WW1

• The Alliance system
• Imperialism
• Militarism
• Nationalism

Definitions are provided in your textbook and Nationalism and Imperialism are the most important two for Australia

Why did Australians enlist?

• The great adventure
• Earn a decent income
• Loyalty to Britain
• Propaganda (racial hatred)

Conscription

• Conscription = compulsory military service
• Referendum = national vote
• Plebiscite = public opinion poll (not legally binding)
• First plebiscite October 1916 defeated
• Second plebiscite 1917 defeated
• Propaganda campaign vote yes and vote no

For Conscription

• Middle and upper class people loyal to Britain
• The Liberal Party opposition
• The national press (the Bulletin)
• The Anglican Church
• The returned soldiers federation

Against Conscription

• Working class people and trade unionists
• Labor Party and voters
• Influential leaders of the Catholic Church (Irish)
• Women’s groups (women’s peace army)