Question

Interpretations differed in history. Explain the statement with a example ( it's a 3 mark question)

Answer 1

Answer:

Develop and negotiate criteria which the students can use when working with interpretations depending on the topic. For example;

All history is open to interpretations.

Many interpretations can be used to justify the actions  of people in the past and that a winners version may be different to a losers version.

Interpretations differ because they are written for different audiences.

Historians select information and when they write they can distort information to make their arguments stronger.

Historians change their views when they discover new evidence.

Some interpretations portray victims in a more sympathetic way than perpetrators.

The author’s viewpoint may affect what they write for example Catholic/Irish.

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