UNIT 6 History
Part 4: Understanding the text Task 4: What, where and when?
1. State whether the following are true or false. a. The text talks about a joint project between the BBC and the British Museum. b. In ancient Egypt, the majority of people were mummified when they died. c. Astrolabes were invented by Islamic scholars. d. Suffragettes only used peaceful methods to try to achieve their aim.
Task 5: How? 1. How do we know that the astrolabe was made for a Jewish scholar living in Spain?
2. Historically, how did pilgrims in Japan show their love for God?
Task 6: Why? 1. Why did ancient Egyptians choose to be mummified? 2. Why is the astrolabe described as the smartphone of its day? 3. Why did the suffragettes choose coins to spread their message?
Part 5: Understanding the writing point Task 7: Read the following list of five points about how you can write better essays.
1. Plan your writing. Essays which are not planned are often unclear and difficult to follow. Although they might take some time to plan, your essays will be better, and actually in the long term you will save time, because you will have fewer mistakes to correct. The first step in good planning is to ensure that you understand your title properly. If you misunderstand or misinterpret your title, everything you do after this point may be wrong. Ensure that you really understand what the title is asking you to do. If you are in any doubt, talk to a fellow student or your tutor.
Once you understand the question you are answering, you should brainstorm what you already know about the subject. That is, you should ‘dump’ all the things you know which may be useful or relevant to answering this question. This will help you to know what you already know about the subject, and where the gaps in your knowledge are.
2. Use reliable sources. You are not allowed to use other people’s ideas without stating where they come from – the source. The best way of showing the source is through paraphrase and quotation (see Unit 3). You should not take work from your friends either, or work in collaboration on a single piece of work. Students can be punished very severely if they are caught plagiarising (including getting a mark of zero for that piece of work, or even expulsion). Nowadays, there is sophisticated computer software which can tell if you have plagiarised.
When looking for sources of information that you can use to develop your understanding and which you can use within your essay, it is important to use appropriate sources. This is especially true with the huge amount of information which is available online. When deciding whether a source should be used or not, ask yourself the following four questions:
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