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hi all,

Here are some slides on comparison skills.

Please do take some time to go through the slides

Comparison is something that we all do everyday, and any comparisons that we make is always based on a point of comparison. For example, we compare footballers based on their position and which club they play for.

Similarly, for SBQs, you MUST have a point of comparison for similarities and differences. Thereafter, try to identify a similarity/difference based on the tone and purpose of a source.

When you are done, refer to the sources on pages 84 and 85 of your Activity Book and answer the following question:

Study Sources A and B
How similar is Source A to Source B? Explain your answer. [5]



Once your are done, use the following LORMS to assess your answer

L1: Answers based on provenance (1)
e.g. Both sources were written by the Japanese

L2: Answers based on similarity and/or difference without support (2)
e.g. Sources A and B are about Operation Clean-Up
and/or
e.g. Source A and B do not agree on the approach taken by the Japanese

L3: Answers based on similarity and difference with support (3-4)
e.g Both sources are similar in terms of the Chinese being the targets of Operation Clean-Up. Source A states that 'the Chinese were hostile and their collaboration with the enemy to take up arms against the Japanese that angered the army;. In Source B, many Chinese died as 'thousands were massacred during this notorious operation.'

and

However, both sources do not agree on the approach taken by the Japanese. Source A shows us that 'the Japanese army took Operation Clean-Up very seriously. During the early days of the Japanese occupation, the Japanese army adopted a soft approach and had never dreamt of having to resort to hard tactics so suddenly. However, Source B shows otherwise. It is stated in Source B that 'thousands were massacred during this notorious operation' and that the Japanese adopted random tactics such as "a knowledge of English at once classified them as pro-British and dangerous.

L4 Identifies tone with support with all elements of L3 (5)
Source A is defensive in its tone as compared to Source B which is accusing in its tone. For example Source A states "the number of deaths resulting in from Operation Clean-Up as suggested by the Chinese is completely groundless", whilst Source B states that "Thoise who failed to apologise at once to the young Kempeitai for not being able to write their names in Chinese, or for having tattoo marks, were detained and later slaughtered."