{"id":3182,"date":"2014-11-28T14:56:53","date_gmt":"2014-11-28T11:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3182"},"modified":"2014-11-09T14:58:42","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T11:58:42","slug":"sarajevo-sandwich-syndrome-questioning-the-reliability-of-historical-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/igcse-gcse-history\/sarajevo-sandwich-syndrome-questioning-the-reliability-of-historical-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"“Sarajevo Sandwich Syndrome” – Questioning the Reliability of Historical Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Screen<\/a>“Sarajevo Sandwich Syndrome”<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0–\u00a0Questioning the Reliability of Historical Sources<\/strong><\/a>
\n<\/strong>Your task is to investigate six assertions made by a famous BBC documentary about the Origins of World War One. For each one, determine whether it is: (a) Incorrect: Other vidence contradicts the documentary; (b) Inconclusive: Other evidence shows that historians disagree about this point (c) Imaginary: No evidence can be found which backs up this point.<\/p>\n

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“Sarajevo Sandwich Syndrome”\u00a0–\u00a0Questioning the Reliability of Historical Sources Your task is to investigate six assertions made by a famous BBC documentary about the Origins of World War One. For each one, determine whether it is: (a) Incorrect: Other vidence contradicts the documentary; (b) Inconclusive: Other evidence shows that historians disagree about this point (c) Imaginary:… <\/p>\n

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