Exam Skills Flashcards
How can you judge if one of the Catholic rebellions was a serious threat or not? (7 points)
- Wanted to overthrow Elizabeth or not
- Wanted to change the established religion
- Was led by powerful men
- An army was raised
- Distance from London
- Achieved (or nearly achieved) its aims
- Foreign Support
Question 2- to what extent… what do you need to know about it?
Talk about the accuracy, the content (accurate and limitation and authorship) and a judgement
OR- accuracy (content author and limitation)
Accuracy of both, limitation of both and a judgement
IF IT’S A LETTER, IT WILL ALWAYS BE EXAGGERATED, SINCE IT WANTS TO EVOKE A REACTION
IF IT’S FROM THE QUEEN, IT WILL BE A LIMITATION. SHE’S GOT A DIFFERENT VIEW (e.g. she said Parliament had a freedom of speech)
Question 1- what can be learnt from Source A and B about… what do you need to know?
Source A shows… this tells me the treatment was.. because..
Source B shows.. this tells me the treatment was.. because
YOU CAN DO A SOURCE A AND B SHOWS… OR YOU CAN REPEAT FOR ANOTHER THING IN SOURCE A AND SOURCE B
How are marks awarded for question 2?
2 marks for own knowledge
6 marks for source analysis
Question 5- how long to spend about it and how are the marks awarded?
Spend around 22 minutes on it
12 marks for overall evaluation of the interpretation
4 marks for own knowledge
3 marks for SPaG
How structure question 5?
Around 1 and a half pages
START WITH AUTHORSHIP
Prove the authors view
2 pieces of own knowledge to prove the POV and explain how they do it
Bring in counter argument
2 pieces of own knowledge to explain how they disprove the argument
Give final argument, state which side you agree with and why
Question 3- why was the […] significant?
You need 3 reasons- prove it with own knowledge and analyse why it’s important
One reason why it was significant was [..] BECAUSE IT LED TO/ IT HAD AN IMPACT
Judgement
Question 4- explain the connections.. what do you need to know about it?
Choose two factors
Explain how the first factor relate sto the question and then how they connect to the second factor you chose
Do the same for the second factor
2 paragraphs
Ensure the connections are well explained
