History

Question 1

How would you answer a ‘what can you infer about source A’ question?

Answer 1

Point + quote
Point + quote

Question 2

How would you answer a ‘how useful is source A’ question?

Answer 2

Talk about its provenance:
- state + explain
- state + explain

Question 3

What is the provenance of a source?

Answer 3

• Nature
• Origin
• Purpose
• Limitations

Question 4

How would you answer a ‘how similar are these two sources’ question?

Answer 4

• state similarity/difference
• quote from one
• write a linking word (similarly/in contrast)
• quote from the other

X3

Question 5

What were the 10 key events of the French Revolution?

Answer 5

1) Financial crisis worsens (1780s)

2) Bad harvests and food shortages (1787-1788)

3) Calling of the Estates General (May 1789)

4) Tennis Court Oath (June 1789)

5) Storming of the Bastille (July 14, 1789)

6) Declaration of the Rights of Man (August 1789)

7) Women’s march on Versailles (Oct 1789)

8) Flight to Varennes (June (1791)

9) Execution of Louis XVI (Jan 1793)

10) Reign of Terror

Question 6

5 words to use rather than ‘for example’

Answer 6

• such as
• for instance
• to illustrate
  -to demonstrate
• as shown by

Question 7

5 words to support a point

Answer 7

• additionally
• moreover
• furthermore
• similarly
• likewise

Question 8

3 words to provide a differing view point

Answer 8

-contrastingly
- however
- while

Question 9

3 words to replace ‘showing that’

Answer 9

• demonstrating
• proving
• supporting

Question 10

Three words that are synonyms of ‘therefore’

Answer 10

• as a result
• hence
• therefore

(Ergo??)