Worked example · History · Year 9 · Advanced
DCF: Citizenship → Digital rights, licensing and ownership · LNF: Reading → Understanding, response and analysis
A secure Year 9 response annotated against the lesson success criteria, doubling as the supply teacher’s complete answer key. Key answers at a glance: Post A (Nov 1910, Cambrian Combine Lockout soup queue; monochrome original altered by AI colourisation; Public Domain since end of 2008). Post B (14 May 1921, Treharris lamp-room apprentices aged 14 and 15; breaks CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 by cropping the watermark and omitting credit). Post C (Aug 1926, Maerdy Women’s Relief Committee; breaks CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 by selling mugs commercially and omitting credit). Post D (Oct 1936, Aberdare hunger marchers against the Means Test; in copyright until 31 December 2062; breaks CC BY 4.0 by omitting attribution).
| Post & Archive Ref | True date, place and event on Archive Card | Historical or visual errors in the viral post | Evidence from the Archive Card that proves it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post A CWM-1910-042 |
November 1910, Tonypandy Central Hall, Cambrian Combine Lockout. | Claims it is an original colour photo of colliers cheering a pay rise. | Card 1 states the original is a monochrome (black-and-white) glass-plate negative showing striking miners queuing for soup tickets during the lockout. |
| Post B CWM-1921-118 |
14 May 1921, Deep Navigation Colliery, Treharris. | Wrong date (says 1926 General Strike), wrong age and job (says 9-year-old underground trappers), and cropped watermark. | Card 2 identifies surface lamp-room apprentices aged 14 and 15 in May 1921, noting that the Coal Mines Act 1911 barred under-14s from working underground. |
| Post C CWM-1926-209 |
August 1926, Maerdy Workmen’s Hall, Seven-Month Lockout. | The historical date and location are right, but the post gives no credit to the photographer or archive and uses the photo to sell mugs and bags. | Card 3 shows the photograph was taken by Mary Ellen Davies, is held by Rhondda Heritage Library, and carries a non-commercial licence. |
| Post D CWM-1936-305 |
October 1936, Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil, Great Depression protest against the Means Test. | Claims the men are marching in 1919 to celebrate the end of the First World War, 17 years too early. | Card 4 dates the 35mm negative to October 1936 and notes that the banners in the photograph read “Abolish the Means Test, 1936”. |
Every row cross-references the viral claim against specific catalogue details (dates, legislation such as the Coal Mines Act 1911, banner wording and negative format). Evidences criterion 1.
(a) Copyright duration calculations:
| Post | Official licence on Archive Card | Which specific rule or code was broken? | What the account holder must change or stop doing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post A | Public Domain | Historical integrity / provenance guidance (unlabelled alteration and false source claim). | State clearly that the image was digitally colourised from a monochrome original, correct the 1910 lockout caption, and cite Ref CWM-1910-042 instead of “Google Images”. |
| Post B | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | Broke BY (Attribution) and ND (No Derivatives) by cropping off the archive credit strip. | Replace the cropped file with the full unedited photograph including the watermark strip, and credit Evan Morgan and the National Coalfield Museum Archive. |
| Post C | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Broke NC (Non-Commercial) by selling mugs (£14.99) and bags (£12.99), and broke BY by omitting credit. | Immediately remove the mugs and tote bags from sale (or negotiate a commercial licence) and add attribution to Mary Ellen Davies and Rhondda Heritage Library. |
| Post D | In copyright (until 2062), licensed under CC BY 4.0 | Broke BY (Attribution) by stating “Shared without credit”. | Add a full credit to photographer Gareth Thomas, the South Wales Miners’ Library Archive (Ref CWM-1936-305) and the CC BY 4.0 licence, and fix the 1936 caption. |
The pupil applies the 70-year post-mortem copyright rule accurately and links each viral post’s actions (cropping, selling merchandise, omitting credit) to the exact Creative Commons code (BY, NC, ND). Evidences criteria 2 and 3.
Historical explanation: On 14 May 1921, four teenage lamp-room apprentices aged 14 and 15 posed with flame safety lamps on the surface at Deep Navigation Colliery in Treharris. Following the Coal Mines Act 1911, boys had to be at least 14 before working underground, and newly recruited school-leavers trained in surface workshops first.
TASL Attribution line: Title: Surface lamp-room apprentices aged 14 and 15 holding flame safety lamps at Deep Navigation Colliery, Treharris (Ref: CWM-1921-118) · Author: Evan Morgan · Source: National Coalfield Museum Archive · Licence: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (unaltered monochrome silver gelatin print).
Historical explanation: In October 1936, unemployed miners and supporters marched through Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil carrying banners reading “Abolish the Means Test, 1936”. During the Great Depression, South Wales coalfield communities organised hunger marches to protest against harsh household benefit cuts.
TASL Attribution line: Title: Hunger marchers from Aberdare and Merthyr Tydfil setting off to protest against the household Means Test (Ref: CWM-1936-305) · Author: Gareth Thomas (1905 to 1992) · Source: South Wales Miners’ Library Archive · Licence: In copyright until 2062, used under CC BY 4.0 (original 35mm monochrome negative).
Both captions combine precise historical context (dates, locations, events and legal context) with complete four-part TASL attribution lines and archive reference codes. Evidences criterion 4.
When social media accounts crop off archive watermarks and omit attribution, they strip away the photograph’s provenance, making it hard for viewers to check the archive catalogue card, the photographer or the true date. Without that link to the original record, false captions spread rapidly, such as mistaking a 1936 Means Test hunger march for a 1919 First World War parade or claiming that 14-year-old surface apprentices in 1921 were 9-year-old underground trappers in 1926. Creating an unlabelled derivative through AI colourisation is equally misleading because software invents colours that were never recorded on the 1910 monochrome glass plate, tricking viewers into thinking they are looking at untouched primary evidence. Clear attribution and No-Derivatives (ND) rules protect both the legal rights of creators and the accuracy of the historical record.
Uses provenance, derivative and attribution accurately and connects digital licensing rules directly to historical reliability. Evidences criterion 5.