Question Templates

Question 1

9 marker

Answer 1

• Intro - background info + list factors
• X factor - add detail to this factor
• Although factor x was important there were other factors
• Another 4 factors with DP
• In conclusion …factors… were all important to the… Yet factor ? was the most important because…

Question 2

How Fully

Answer 2

• The source is quite full in describing/ explaining
• Pick our points from source - quote and explain in own words
• YET source could be fuller if it had mentioned other factors
• For example, it fails to mention…

Question 3

Compare the Views of Sources

Answer 3

• Overall the sources agree/ disagree about…
• In detail they agree/ disagree about… This is because source A says…(quote)… and source B says …
• In detail they also agree/ disagree about… This is because source A says…(quote)… and Source B says…

Question 4

Evaluate the usefulness

Answer 4

C O W P A T

• Source A is useful to an extent in (insert question wording)
• The content of the source is useful as it says ___. THIS IS USEFUL AS IT IS ACCURATE INFORMATION WHICH FITS IN WITH MY OWN KNOWLEDGE. For example…
• The content is also particularly useful as it says ___. AGAIN THIS DETAIL IS HISTORICALLY ACCURATE. For example…
• Yet the source has omissions which make it less useful. For example the source does not show/s say that ___
• It also does not show/ say ___. The source could have been more useful if it had shown this
• (when) The source is from _. This makes it useful as it is from the time of __ when ___.
• The source has a useful purpose as it was made to __. This is useful because (persuade, record, inform). This gives a balanced viewpoint.
• The author of the source is more useful as it is from __. This is useful because __(eyewitness, research by historian) This makes the source balanced which is useful.
• The type of source is useful as it is __. This is more useful because ___