AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification Types of

AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification Types of resource Think of as many different potential resources that might be of use while researching for an Extended Project © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification Primary and secondary sources What is the difference? © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification Primary sources involve some form of direct collection of data. This is called primary data. © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification Examples of primary sources: • Photographs, maps, articles of clothing (perhaps found in museum archive) • Original literary works, original works of art • Letters, emails, eyewitness accounts • Interviews, surveys, experiments, questionnaires © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification Secondary sources are produced by scholars/journalists/authors referring to an event, or data collection after the event or data collection has happened © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification Most books and journals that you use will be secondary sources • Writing that refers to primary sources and data is a secondary source • Most secondary sources are written as the result of research by the author © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification Which of the resources in Appendix 4 will provide you with primary data? Which of the resources are secondary? © Hodder & Stoughton Limited

AQA Level 3 Extended Project Qualification There is no requirement that you must use primary sources for your Extended Project • Primary research is time-consuming • Think carefully before including primary research in your project © Hodder & Stoughton Limited