Aims of question Whose argument is more convincing. what needs to be included in this type of answer?
● Consider both arguments.
● Students should support their point of view with the words of the people presented.
● Students should also consider:
○ the strength of their reasoning and evidence,
○ their use of language,
○ the different types of information used.
● Candidates are expected to evaluate the arguments presented and compare their effectiveness.
● They should make a supported judgement with some explanation about which person has the most convincing argument.What needs to be included in this type of answer?
Candidates may support their judgement by considering:
○ Strength of reasoning: logic, structure, balance, claims
○ Use of language: tone (emotive, exaggerated, precise clarity)
○ Evidence: range of information and depth relevance sufficiency (sample),
source (media; internet), date (how recent), different types of information (fact,
opinion, value, anecdote), testimony (from experience and expert),
Sources of bias
○ local interest
○ economic
○ personal values
○ experience
What needs to be included in this type of answer?
Think of likely consequences of the ideas presented
○ What will happen if what the people are saying comes true?
Acceptability of their values to others:
○ how likely other people are to agree with their perspective/view. This will allow
students to think if the arguments presented are reliable or not. As more people believes that what you are saying is likely to happen, more reliable your argument will be.
Rosa’s blog
As an artist, I strongly feel that art belongs with the people who made it.
If it was taken away in the past or bought by rich traders more recently, it should be returned to where it belongs – to the people who made it. To return art to its rightful owner is simply to correct an injustice, to address a robbery.
Art is part of a country’s history and also part of its treasure. It holds a country’s story, its values, and its memory. Moreover, if art is returned to a country, it would bring tourists and visitors to the country to see the art, helping to fund further artists and the country’s economy.
During World War II, the Nazi regime stole innumerable pieces of art from Jewish victims. Much effort has been done to return this art to its owners. The same amount of effort should be put into returning other stolen art to the people who made it.Lin’s blog
As an art collector in London, I think we must accept that history is history. What happened cannot be undone. Art and artefacts that have been in museums for generations belong as much to the museum as they ever did to the people who made the art.
Take the Rosetta Stone. It is part of the British Museum. It has a history in Britain now, and a history for the world. Who made it is, of course, of historical interest, but that should not mandate where it is held now.
Moreover, where would the Rosetta Stone be safer? Great art really belongs to all of humanity, not to any one group of people. Thus, we need to keep it where it is safest and most accessible to all. It is not about how we feel about it, it is about conserving it for all of humanity, for generations to come.