Year 11 History

Unit 2: Outcome 1 written SOURCE ANALYSIS

The sources you have received are from the Cold War and more
specifically the Space Race between the USA and the USSR.
Task
You need to write a source analysis of 3 of the sources available to you.
First you should annotate the sources you have chosen and plan your
analysis of them. You should use the note-taking sheet to do this. You are
allowed to have these notes with you when you are writing the source
analysis on Thursday.
Structure
Your analysis should include:

An introduction
3 analysis pargraphs (one per source)
A comparison paragraph
A conclusion

Historical question
How did the USA and the USSR flaunt their competitiveness?

Your written source analysis (the end product) should attempt to answer
this question.

Unit 2 History- Outcome 1: Ideas and political power

Analyse and discuss how post-war societies used ideologies to legitimise their
worldview and portray competing systems
Written Source Analysis

Use key
concepts
relevant to
the selected
historical
conflict

Analyse
written and
visual
evidence
Synthesise
evidence to
draw
conclusions
Presentation/
grammatical
structures
and
expression.

5 marks
Strong discussion
and understanding
the Cold War,
specifically the
Space Race and
how the USA and
USSR flaunted their
competitiveness.

4 marks
Clear discussion
and understanding
the Cold War,
specifically the
Space Race and
how the USA and
USSR flaunted their
competitiveness.

3 marks
Some discussion
and understanding
the Cold War,
specifically the
Space Race and
how the USA and
USSR flaunted their
competitiveness.

2 marks
Limited discussion
and understanding
the Cold War,
specifically the
Space Race and
how the USA and
USSR flaunted their
competitiveness.

Strong analysis of 3
sources includes
sophisticated
inference and
comparison.
Clear
understanding of
viewpoints of the
USA and the USSR
demonstrated.
Includes at least 5
paragraphs that
include topic
sentences as well
as evidence of
understanding of
grammatical
structures and clear
expression.

Clear analysis of 3
sources includes
inference and
comparison.

Analysis of 3
sources includes
some inference and
comparison.

Analysis of 2 or
more sources
includes inference.

Understanding of
viewpoints of the
USA and the USSR
demonstrated.

Some
understanding of
viewpoints of the
USA and the USSR
demonstrated.
Includes at least 4
paragraphs that
include topic
sentences as well
as mostly correct
punctuation and
spelling structures.

Limited
understanding of
viewpoints of the
USA and the USSR
demonstrated.
Includes at least 3
paragraphs that
include topic
sentences as well
as some correct
punctuation and
spelling structures

Includes 5
paragraphs that
include topic
sentences as well
as evidence of
understanding of
grammatical
structures and clear
expression.

1 mark
Little or no
discussion and
understanding the
Cold War,
specifically the
Space Race and
how the USA and
USSR flaunted their
competitiveness.
Analysis of at least
one source includes
little inference.

n/a
Not
satisfact
ory.

Little understanding
of viewpoints of the
USA and the USSR
demonstrated.

Not
satisfact
ory.

Includes at least 2
paragraphs that
include topic
sentences.

Not
satisfact
ory.

/20
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