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Using Sources In History Essays

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USING SOURCES IN HISTORY ESSAYS

YEAR 10 HISTORY
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I had no feeling one way or another towards Vietnamese soldiers or the Viet Cong, until a good friend of mine was killed and then I had that hatred of the enemy soldier. That stayed with me for years.

Interview with an ex-Australian soldier, Bob Searl

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FIRST, CONSIDER WHAT THE SOURCE SUGGESTS ABOUT SOLDIERS' EXPERIENCES

  • Catalyst for feelings about the VC was losing a friend
  • Australian animosity towards the Vietnamese
  • He uses strong language: "hatred"
  • Continued to affect him even after the war
  • Tells us about the feelings and reasons for the feelings
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Then Find a Quote

"until a good friend of [his] was killed and then [he] had that hatred of the enemy soldier"
(Bob Searl, 2006 interview)

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NEXT, ATTACH THE QUOTE TO A PARAGRAPH

  • Australian anger towards the Vietnamese
  • Reasons for animosity - death
  • Impact of animosity - long term
  • Intensity of feelings - "hatred"
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NOW USE PEEL

  • Point - Topic sentence
  • Evidence - Source or quote
  • Explain - What does the source tell us?
  • Link - Link to thesis and next para
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The source is described in your Evidence section

The source is explained and discussed in relation to the topic in your Explain section

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QUOTING EXAMPLES

  • This is made clear by Bob Searl, who stated in an interview that . . . "Quote" (Searl 2006)
  • Bob Searl, an Australian veteran expressed his hatred for the Vietnamese people: "quote" (Searl 2006)
  • Some Australian soldiers felt "hatred" for the VC, as veteran Bob Searl discussed in a 2006 interview
  • "Quote" stated Bob Searl, a veteran (2006), indicating that Australian soldiers felt . . .
  • Bob Searl (2006), an Australian veteran, stated in an interview that he still felt hatred for the VC . . .
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IMAGES

  • An anti-war poster from 1968 shows (describe > analyse)
  • A 1966 photo of soldiers at Nui Dat, taken by XX, shows soldiers (describe > analyse)
  • Australian soldiers looked down on the Vietnamese people, as demonstrated in the photo in Appendix A (describe > analyse)
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Referencing

Must use Harvard system

Reference all sources in text (Name date)

All sources into reference list using Harvard system - Moodle > Library > Library e-resources > Online referencing generator

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