EXAM SKILLS: PAPER ONE: QUESTIONS

CARTOON See cartoon questions in paper two section

EXPLAIN WHY (8 MARKS) No evidence – 0 Marks General Answer – 1-2 Marks Identifies AND/OR describes reasons – 3-4 Marks Explains one reason – 5-6 Marks Explains more than one reason – 7-8 Marks

DESCRIBE No evidence submitted or response does not address the question – 0 Marks One mark for each relevant point; additional mark for supporting detail. – 4 Marks

EXPLAIN (6 MARKS) No evidence submitted or response does not address the question 0 Marks General answer lacking specific contextual knowledge 1 Marks Identifies AND/OR describes 2-3 Marks Explains ONE reason 4-5 Marks Explains TWO reasons 6 Marks

STATEMENT HOW FAR DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER No evidence submitted or response does not address the question – 0 Marks General answer lacking specific contextual knowledge – 1 Mark Identifies AND/OR describes – 2-3 Marks Explanation of one side OR the other side 4-6 Marks Explanation of one side AND the other side 7-9 Marks Explains with evaluation of ‘How Far…’ 10 Marks

HOW FAR? STRUCTURE Paragraph One: One side of the argument (agree with the statement) Paragraph Two: The other side of the argument (disagree with the statement) Conclusion: How far you agree with the statement…. Make sure you explain why you think that and make sure it is backed up. REMEMBER: In each paragraph remember to explain more than one point!

EXAM SKILLS: PICTURE/CARTOON SOURCES

Notice the change in wording!! WHAT IS THE CARTOONIST’S MESSAGE? USE DETAILS OF THE SOURCE AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER No evidence – 0 Marks Describes surface detail – 1 mark Misinterprets message/interprets part of the cartoon – 2 Marks Identifies secondary message/partial message – 3 Marks Explains secondary message/partial message – 4 Marks Identifies main message of cartoonist – 5 Marks Explains main message of cartoonist (details or knowledge) – 6 Marks Explains main message of cartoonist (details & knowledge) – 7 Marks

CARTOON: STRUCTURE Describe the cartoon State what you think the message is Explain why you think that is the message using the details of the cartoon AND your own knowledge.

WHY DO YOU THINK THIS CARTOON WAS PUBLISHED IN 1973? USE DETAILS OF THE SOURCE AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER No evidence – 0 Marks Surface detail or general statement – 1-2 Marks Focus on context with no message or purpose – 3-4 Marks Secondary message explained in context – 5-6 Marks Identifies or explains purpose (intended impact) of the source – 7-8 Marks (Must show understanding of intended impact of source to get this mark) Explains purpose of sources in context of the time (divorce legislation) – 9 Marks

WHY PUBLISHED: STRUCTURE Describe the source Say what message they are trying to get across Explain what the purpose of the source was Explain why that purpose at THAT time

EXAM SKILLS: WRITTEN SOURCES

HOW FAR ARE YOU SURPRISED BY THIS SOURCE? USE DETAILS OF THE SOURCE AND YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. No evidence – 0 Marks General statement – 1 Mark Surprised or not with no understanding of context – 2-3 Marks (every day empathy) Surprised AND not surprised by the internal content of source– 4 Marks Surprised OR not surprised by the content of source based on context or x- ref to other sources – 5-6 Marks Surprised AND not surprised by the content of source based on context or x- ref to other sources – 7-8 Marks Surprised OR not surprised by the attitude of the author based on context or x-ref to other sources – 9 Marks

SURPRISED? STRUCTURE How the source is surprising How the source is not surprising How far you think the source is surprising based on content AND context

HOW FAR DOES SOURCE X PROVE SOURCE Y IS WRONG? USE DETAILS OF THE SOURCES AND YOUR OWN KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. No evidence – 0 Marks General assertion/description of the sources – 1 Marks Selects contrasting details but does not address issue of proof – 2-3 Marks OR undeveloped comments based on provenance or nature of the source – 2-3 Marks Evaluation of Source Y with no valid reference to source X – 4 Marks Argues yes or no based on details of the sources (Needs to address “wrong about what?) – 5-6 Marks Compares X to Y and then evaluates one or both sources to address issue of proof – 7-8 Marks

WHICH OF THESE SOURCES DO YOU TRUST MORE? USE DETAILS OF THE SOURCES AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. No Evidence – 0 Marks General assertion OR summary of source(s) – 1Marks Selects relevant points and simply asserts reliability/unreliability but fails to address issue of trust – 2 Marks OR Generalised comments about provenance of one/both sources – 2 Marks Argues X or Y using undeveloped comments on provenance or tone – 3-4 Marks Developed evaluation of 1 source – 5-6 Marks Evaluates both sources positively OR both sources negatively – 7-8 Marks Argues one source is more reliable than the other, evaluating both – 9 Marks (argument must be consistent to evaluation.)

TRUST MOST? STRUCTURE Evaluation of reliability of source and how much you trust it – Source X Evaluation of reliability of source and how much you trust it – Source Y Overall, which source you trust most and why Remember to talk about NOP for each one.

HOW SIMILAR ARE THESE TWO SOURCES? USE DETAILS OF THE SOURCES AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER No evidence – 0 Marks Summaries/selects details but no valid comparison – 1 Mark General assertion or simplistic comparison of provenance – 2-3 Marks Argues sources X and Y are similar OR different by comparing details from the sources – 4-5 Marks Argues sources X and Y are similar AND different by comparing details – 6-7 Marks Argues sources are similar/different because of their overall agreement/disagreement – 8-9 Marks

HOW SIMILAR? STRUCTURE How the sources are similar How the sources are different Overall, how similar are they and why Remember you can include NOP here and should definitely be thinking about the context.

HOW USEFUL IS THIS SOURCE AS EVIDENCE ABOUT THE SUBJECT? USE THE DETAILS OF THE SOURCE AND YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER Describe the source – 1 Mark Limited understanding of the source and some knowledge and understanding of subject to make assertions about usefulness of the source – 2-3 Marks Some understanding of the source and some knowledge and understanding of subject. Use this to extract information from the source to explain how it is useful OR explain limitations of the source. – 4-5 Marks Sound understanding of source and sound knowledge and understanding of subject. Make inferences from the content of the source and produce a developed response to evaluate sources for utility – 6-7 Marks Sophisticated understanding of source and sophisticated knowledge and understanding of subject. Make inferences from the provenance of the source to produce sophisticated evaluation of utility of source to historians. - 8 Marks

USEFUL? STRUCTURE How the source is useful and for what How the source is not useful and for what Overall, how useful is it? Remember: NOP!

STATEMENT HOW FAR DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS INTERPRETATION? USE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUBJECT AND SOURCE TO EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER. Very limited knowledge of subject or make limited use of sources. A very limited response Marks Limited knowledge of subject and produce a basic response that makes little valid use of sources. – 4-5 Marks Some knowledge and understanding of subject to produce answer that shows some understanding of the past. They assert which sources support and which disagree. 6-8 Marks Sound knowledge and understanding of subject to produce developed answer that supports OR challenges statement. Sound use of several sources to show knowledge and understanding of past through explanation and analysis to reach conclusion Marks Good knowledge and understanding of subject to produce developed answer that evaluates effectively the statement (both sides). Good use of several sources to show knowledge and understanding of past through explanation and analysis to reach conclusion Marks Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of subject to produce a fully developed answer that evaluates effectively the statement. Sophisticated use of several sources to show knowledge and thorough understanding of past through explanation and analysis to justify a valid conclusion Marks

HOW FAR? STRUCTURE Paragraph One: One side of the argument (agree with the statement) USE THE SOURCES Paragraph Two: The other side of the argument (disagree with the statement) USE THE SOURCES Conclusion: How far you agree with the statement…. Make sure you explain why you think that and make sure it is backed up. REMEMBER: In each paragraph remember to explain more than one point! USE A VARIETY OF SOURCES!!