1. There has been an incident… There has been a fight. One boy is lying on the ground bleeding. The other boy is very upset. Whose report of the incident do you take most notice of? Number them in order 1.A group of girls from a different year group standing nearby 2.A teacher who came in later to break up the fight 3.Someone who saw it from a window 4.The things their classmates are saying about what happened 5.The two boys incident reports 6.The teacher on duty’s incident report 7.A diary entry by a classmate who was told about it and wrote it up Which are the 1 st hand oral reports? 2 nd hand oral reports? 1 st hand written reports? 2 nd hand written reports? Which are the most reliable for accurate information?

2. Mark’s Sources To distinguish between primary and secondary sources To describe some of Mark’s sources To evaluate Mark’s sources 1.Which of the following are primary sources, and which are secondary sources? Put them in 2 headings. 2.Explain the difference between a primary and secondary source. 3.Explain which is the most accurate and why. Personal experience of the events Eyewitness accounts – what people who were there saw and heard Oral tradition - stories that people pass down orally about what happened A collection of writings about Jesus from various different writers, that are being read Divine inspiration - someone inspired by the Holy Spirit writes how they understand the person & actions of Jesus An earlier working version of the gospel that is used as the basis for the finished version

3. Mark’s Primary Sources 1.Draw the mindmap, with each of the kind of primary sources Mark used 2.Add notes to explain each of the sources on your mindmap, using the information sheet. 3.Which of the primary sources is most reliable? Why? 4.Which is least reliable? Why? **What sort of details does Mark include in his stories, that suggest they are based on eyewitness accounts? Explain using the story of Jairus’ daughter p.14 (Mark 5:37-38).

4. Nobody really knows the truth about who Jesus was, because it was so long ago.