THE SOURCE METHOD This is another activity method of teaching social sciences. According to this method, pupils are expected to bulid up historical, political, social, and economic accounts with the help of available sources, such as documents, historical accounts, biographies and inscriptions, coins, travel accounts, literature, etc. They learn how particular items of information can be gathered from such sources. While the use of the source method is advocated, it does not mean that the aim is to convert school children into full fledged historians, social scientists etc. OBJECTIVES OF THE SOURCE METHOD 1. To enable the students to develop critical thinking by using the sources and weighing the device. 2. To enable the students to form their own independent judgment through a critical analysis of sources. 3. To develop skills of collecting data, sifting the relevant data, organizing them and interpreting them. 4. To create proper atmosphere
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