IB History: "OPVL"

  Whenever   students are assessed on criteria diii(3), they must know OPVL-here is the information to be analyzed to score that 8 out of 8 in the exam

O- origin
 Who created the source?

 What is the source(news article, book, video,website, extract, etc)?

 When and where was the source created?

 What is the source type(Primary or secondary)?

P- Purpose
 Why was it created? (related to type of document/audience)

 Who is the intended audience?

 What is the context(the awareness that the person/people who had created the source were living at a time which may have held opinions and beliefs that are very different to what we consider ‘normal’)?

V- value
 Is the source useful?

 Does it provide relevant and authentic information?

 Is is reliable(trustworthy)?

L- limitation
 What information does not come out clearly? (related to type of document/audience)

 Is the source real or fake?

 Is it trustworthy?

 Is the source biased?