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OPVL — Source Evaluation
Both topics require you to evaluate historical sources using OPVL (Origin, Purpose, Value, Limitation). Always consider purpose — a source created to persuade may be biased, but this does not make it useless. It reveals the attitudes of its creator.
Portuguese and Spanish exploration, God/Gold/Glory, Columbus, the Columbian Exchange, Treaty of Tordesillas, triangular trade, and colonialism's lasting effects.
Exploration
Columbian Exchange
Colonialism
OPVL
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Causes of industrialisation, key inventions, the factory system, child labour, urbanisation, railways and canals, social change, and environmental impact.
Inventions
Factory System
Urbanisation
Railways
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