{"id":3134,"date":"2014-09-24T17:34:09","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2014-09-15T17:41:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T14:41:09","slug":"sarajevo-sandwich-sydnrome-questioning-the-reliability-of-documentary-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/sarajevo-sandwich-sydnrome-questioning-the-reliability-of-documentary-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sarajevo Sandwich Sydnrome&#8221; &#8211; Questioning the Reliability of Documentary Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3136 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"s\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s-200x140.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s-450x316.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s-600x421.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s-405x285.jpg 405w, https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/s.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>One of the most popular classroom resources covering the assassination of Franz Ferdinand is an episode from the award-winning series \u201cDays that Shook the World\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At face value this 30-minute film should be highly reliable: it is a documentary (rather than a feature film), produced by the highly respected British Broadcasting Corporation.<\/li>\n<li>However, there are a number of assertions made in this source which are contentious.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/x2GgyyjpyL\">This worksheet<\/a> allows students to analyse the documentary in depth and thereby realise that &#8220;documentary&#8221; sources are not always as reliable as we might expect&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most popular classroom resources covering the assassination of Franz Ferdinand is an episode from the award-winning series \u201cDays that Shook the World\u201d At face value this 30-minute film should be highly reliable: it is a documentary (rather than a feature film), produced by the highly respected British Broadcasting Corporation. 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