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Writing about Notting Hill and its sources

I can write effectively about Notting Hill and its sources.

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Key learning points

  1. There are three types of historical environment questions on Notting Hill.
  2. They require you to demonstrate specific knowledge and understanding of the key features of the period you have studied.
  3. You need to analyse and use sources to make supported judgements, using your knowledge of the context of Notting Hill.

Keywords

  • Utility - the usefulness of a source

  • Contemporary - from the period you are studying

  • Provenance - the background of a source - its nature, origin and purpose

Common misconception

Students can forget to use the sources provided, and instead simply rely on their own knowledge.

The historical environment questions are mainly source-based and therefore students should base their answers on the sources, using their knowledge to explain what is in the sources and to judge the utility of the sources.


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Adult supervision recommended

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6 Questions

Q1.
Which word describes a direct or first-hand piece of evidence from the past?
Correct Answer: source, Source
Q2.
Which word describes from the same time as something?
Correct Answer: contemporary, Contemporary
Q3.
Which of the following are national records that historians could use when studying Notting Hill in the 1960s?
Correct answer: British opinion polls
diary of a customer from The Mangrove
the West Indian Gazette
photographs of the Caribbean Carnival
Correct answer: census reports
Q4.
What makes the West Indian Gazette a useful source for a historian understanding the historical context of Notting Hill?
Correct answer: It tells the first-hand experiences of Caribbean migrants.
It was published in the 1970s so writers had time to reflect on events.
Correct answer: It tells about the racism and discrimination experiences of Caribbean migrants.
Correct answer: It illustrates important features of Caribbean culture.
It was created by a white Met police officer so gives a voice to both sides.
Q5.
Match the statements about the photographs of the Caribbean Carnival of 1959 to whether they are strengths or limitations of the source.
Correct Answer:strengths,contemporary source; record details not captured in written record
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contemporary source; record details not captured in written record

Correct Answer:weaknesses,without context can't be understood; reflect the photographer's view
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without context can't be understood; reflect the photographer's view

Q6.
Why is the Mangrove protest letter an important source for historians understanding the historical context of Notting Hill?
It only focuses on the march and police harassment, not other experiences.
Correct answer: It shows the tensions between the Caribbean community and the Met Police.
Correct answer: It reveals the ways the leaders of the Caribbean community responded to racism.
Correct answer: It shows how local issues regarding race were becoming national issues.
It fails to mention the carnival which had been improving race relations.

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6 Questions

Q1.
Complete the sentence withe the missing number: There are __________ types of historical environment questions on Notting Hill.
two
Correct answer: three
four
Q2.
Which word describes the usefulness of a source?
Correct Answer: utility, Utility
Q3.
Which word describes the background of a source - its nature, origin and purpose?
Correct Answer: provenance, Provenance
Q4.
What is the correct order to follow up a detail in a source and explain how you would do this?
1 - select a detail in the source you would follow up
2 - identify a question you would ask
3 - identify a source you would use
4 - explain how this would help answer the question
Q5.
Which of the following statements relates to the provenance of a written source?
what the content of the source actually says
Correct answer: the date it was written and the historical context
Correct answer: who the author was and their motive
Correct answer: what type of source is
Q6.
Which of these statements best explains how to describe features of the Notting Hill historic environment?
Correct answer: Identify a feature of each topic and provide supporting information for both.
Explain three features of the topics.
Explain two disadvantages and support them with a detailed explanation.