Exam Questions Flashcards
What is question 1?
How useful is source A to a historian studying …?
What do you use for question 1?
Content, provenance and contextual knowledge
What is the structure of question 1?
C - content
A- author
P - purpose
O - own knowledge
C - conclusion
How many marks is question 1?
8
How long should you spend on question 1?
10 mins
What are the sentence starters for question 1?
This source is useful because it shows us that …
From my own knowledge I know this is supported because …
Having been written in … it is likely to be more useful because …
Although we cannot be sure if the aim of … it is possible that they were trying to show that … this makes it useful because …
Consequently, that helps us reach the conclusion that the source is useful because …
What is question 2?
Explain the significance of … in the development of medicine.
How many marks is question 2?
8
How long do you spend on question 2?
10 minutes
How many points should you explain and in what depth in question 2?
2 points with long term and short term significance. Talk about even today and link time periods.
What words must you use in question 2?
Progress regress hindered
What do you need to explain in question 2?
The relationship between aspects of significance e.g. over time supported by factual knowledge
What are the sentence starters for question 2?
Before … the problem was …
At the time … was significant and lead to progress because …
This wad important because …
Yet, this factor can also be seen to have hindered development because …
Therefore, developments were still needed such as …
Even today, it is still significant because …
What is question 3?
Explain two ways in which … and … were similar.
How many marks is question 3?
8 marks
How long should you spend on question 3?
10 minutes
What do you have to do in question 3?
Explain two similarities and link them. Cause and consequences.
What complex similarities can you use?
Political effects, effects on different classes of society. Effects on power of people, effects in scientific ideas, religious ideas, challenging long held ideas, improving life expectancy, environment.
What are the sentence starters for question 3?
Both … and … had similarities that had consequences for …
The first similarity was that … this is shown in … and shown in …
This is similar because …
The second similarity was that … this is shown in … and shown in …
This is similar because …
In conclusion both had consequences for …
What is question 4?
Has … been the main factor in the development of …
How many marks is question 4?
16 marks + 4 SPaG marks
How long should you spend on question 4?
25 - 30 minutes
What do you need to make sure to include in question 4?
A sustained judgement throughout by discrediting other factors.
What are the sentence starters for question 4?
… was important but other factors are important. For example … in driving forward development. … is the most important.
Para 1 - explain why factor in question wad important with 2 different time periods.
Para 2 & 3 - choose a different factor and time periods
Conclusion - overall … was most important in driving development because …
What word do you need to use lots in question 4?
Drove / driving / driven
