Source Base Skills

-Picture Source
-Why/Purpose Question

What should you look out for fir

Provenance- place or source of origin
Purpose- the reason for why the source exists or is done,
made, used
Audience- the persons who would read/look at the source
Bias- slanted to one opinion thus paint something in a
certain light

Source C: A cartoon from a political blog, posted on 25 July 2010 about the Orchard
Road flooding

What should you look out for fir

Provenance- place or source of origin- political blog
Purpose- the reason for why the source exists or is done,
made, used
-Inform people of what is really happening with regards
to the
Orchard Road flood
Audience- the persons reached by the source
- General public
- Netizens

What should you look out for fir

Provenance- place or source of origin- political blog
What do political blogs do?
Why would someone start a political blog?
What would be posted on a political blog?
Purpose- the reason for why the source exists or is done,
made, used
-Inform people of what is really happening with regards
to the
Orchard Road flood
Where else would people get information about the
Orchard Road flood?
What would be said about the Orchard Road flood from
this source?
-Raise awareness

Why/Purpose Questions
Why/purpose questions are always phrased:
WHY did the blogger post.? Explain your answer.
WHY do you think the artist drew this cartoon?
WHY do you think the Prime Minister made this speech?
Why do you think the Ministry of Manpower issued this
advertisement?

What is the question asking you to

The question is asking you to step into to the shoes of
the person
who made the source and to understand what he was
thinking
when he made this source.

Why/Purpose Questions
Use the formula:

Purpose
Audience
Intended Outcome
When writing about the purpose of the person who
created the source
- Must be presented as a reason- use the word BECAUSE
- use a verb like SHOW, DEMONSTRATE, INFORM
Intended Outcome
- There must be some expected action
- Usually want to bring about a change
- Use verbs like EDUCATE, INFLUENCE, PERSUADE,

How to answer?
The blogger posted this cartoon because he was trying to show
the people that the government was not admitting the flood was
due to their mismanagement but had instead undertaken various
methods to shrug off the blame. This includes pushing the
blame to the citizens, using figures to confuse people of the real
issue, hiding, pretending they did not hear anything and even
using someone of influence to scare the people off the topic. He
wanted to educate and raise awareness among Singaporeans on
what the government is really doing. So that Singaporeans will
pressure the government to take more action with regards to
managing drainage system, which was why he posted the
cartoon on his blog.

How to answer?
He was trying to show that the government was not
admitting the flood was due to their mismanagement but
had instead undertaken various methods to shrug off the
blame. This includes pushing the blame to the citizen,
using figures to confuse people of the real issue, hiding,
pretending they did not hear anything and even using
someone of influence to scare the people off the topic. He
wanted to raise awareness in other Singaporeans on what
the government is really doing. He wanted to push the
government into recognizing what they were doing wrong
in hope the government would make a change in the
government policy.

LORMs
L1 Describes the source/ Lifting from the source [1
mark]
L2 Gives only message or impact, unsupported [2-3
marks]
L3 Gives message or impact, supported [4 marks]
L4 Gives message and impact, support [5 marks]