Don't worry about the answers...
(make sure you're asking the right questions)

The attached PowerPoint is from the workshop given by Andrew Payne, Head of Education and Outreach, The National Archives.

This session looks at developing engaging enquiries with online resources for the classroom; including finding suitable source material, framing the enquiry question and developing the source-based activity using archival material.

•One trend was noticeable in responses to all questions, namely insufficient evaluation of sources...

•One major issue which emerged this session ... the prevalence... of a formulaic and mechanical approach to source evaluation.

•All too frequently it comes between students and the essence of history - putting together material from the past to answer questions.

•Candidates lose sight of the need to engage with the historical process, using and carefully evaluating written and in some cases visual material.