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GCSE History · key term
Checking a claim against other evidence to see whether it receives support.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Paper 1
Checking evidence against other sources to identify agreement, differences or missing information.
Checking evidence against other sources to see whether they support, qualify or contradict it.
Checking evidence from one source against other evidence to see whether it is supported.
Paper 1, Paper 2
Checking an account against other evidence to see whether its claims receive additional support.
Supporting a claim by comparing it with other evidence, while considering whether the sources are independent.
Support for a claim from other evidence; its strength depends partly on whether that evidence is independent.
Checking a claim against other evidence to see whether it is independently supported.
Support for a claim from other evidence; apparently agreeing accounts may not be independent of one another.
Checking a claim against other evidence to see whether it receives support. Agreement is stronger when the accounts are independent.
Paper 3
Comparing independent pieces of evidence to see whether they support the same interpretation.
Revise: Location of Kenilworth CastleAgreement between independent evidence—corroboration—makes an interpretation stronger.
Checking an interpretation by comparing it with other evidence that may independently support it.
Support for an interpretation from another source, particularly one produced independently.
Paper 2
Using another piece of evidence to support or check a historical claim.
Distinguish usefulness from reliability: a passage may reveal attitudes towards leadership even when particular historical claims need corroboration.
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