Question Types

Question 1

What must you do at the Beginning of a How fully question?

Answer 1

You MUST make a judgement
‘ Source _ explains ……… Quite fully/ to a certain extent’
Limited to 2/10 if not done

Question 2

What is Step 2 in a How Fully Question?

Answer 2

You need to read the source and highlight 3 or 4 pieces of information that is given 
- MUST LINK TO TOPIC 
You must : 
\+ Quote 
\+ Link to Question 
\+ This Shows/ Suggests that .....

Question 3

What is Step 3 in a How Fully question?

Answer 3

Identify 7/8 recall points which help to explain the topic of the question.
- INFORMATION MUST NOT BE IN THE SOURCE-
However, the source does not mention

Question 4

Where will explain questions come from?

Answer 4

They will come from the Key Issues in Course spec so will always be broad question.

Question 5

Where can How fully questions come from?

Answer 5

They can only come from the Key Issues part of the Course spec meaning that it will be a broad question.

Question 6

Where can the Evaluate the Usefulness questions come from?

Answer 6

Can come from the Illustrative areas of the course spec meaning that they are much more specific.

Question 7

What is step 1 in an Explain the reasons question/

Answer 7

Step 1 is to address the question.

e.g. There were many reasons why Scots decided to migrate between 1830 and 1939.

Question 8

What is step 2 in an explain the reasons question?

Answer 8

Step 2 is to Explain each reason in turn.

• Leave a line between each reason. This shows the examiner when you are starting a new reason.
• Make sure your reason is linked to the question
• For 8 marks, you need to give 8 reasons.

Question 9

How many marks is a How fully question?

Answer 9

10 marks

Question 10

How many marks is an explain the reasons question?

Answer 10

8 marks

Question 11

How many marks is a How much question?

Answer 11

10 marks

Question 12

How many marks is a Evaluate the usefulness question?

Answer 12

8 marks

Question 13

What is the acronym for what you have to do in a Evaluate the Usefulness question?

Answer 13

CCRRRADPT
C - Content
R - Recall 
A - Author ( Who)
D - Date ( When)
P - Purpose ( Why) 
T - Type (what)

Question 14

What is step 1 in an Evaluate the usefulness question ?

Answer 14

1. Start with a Judgement on the source

Question 15

What is step 2 in an evaluate the Usefulness question?

Answer 15

2. Content
   - Write “Source A is useful as evidence of (refer to the question) because it states (insert quote)”
   Then write “This is useful as it is accurate because…”
   Next explain your quote using your own knowledge.
   You need to do this 2 times.

Question 16

What is step 3 in an evaluate the usefulness question?

Answer 16

3 . Recalled Knowledge ( Source Omission)
Take a new line and write, “However Source A is less useful as it fails to mention some of the key reasons for… (insert the theme of the question)
Then give a detailed, relevant example of what the source does not mention.
You need to follow this exact process x3

Question 17

What is step 4 in an Evaluate the Usefulness question?

Answer 17

4 . Author, Who wrote the source and why are they useful?

Question 18

What is step 5 in an Evaluate the Usefulness question?

Answer 18

5. Date of the source and why is this useful?

Question 19

What is step 6 in an Evaluate the usefulness question?

Answer 19

6. Purpose of the source ( why was it written) and why is this useful?

Question 20

What is step 7 in an evaluate the usefulness question?

Answer 20

7. Type of source (what is it) and why is it useful?

Question 21

What is step 1 in answering a How Much question?

Answer 21

1. Answer the question

- You must start by directly answering the question.

Question 22

What is step 2 in a How much question?

Answer 22

2. Source 1

- Next you must identify the overall view of the first source. Think about the general theme or opinion in the question.

Question 23

What is step 3 in answering a How much question?

Answer 23

3. Source 1 x2-3
   You must now identify 2-3 points from the source which back up the overall view of the first source.

• Write out the quote in full
• Link your quote to the question
• Explain your quote (use background knowledge to demonstrate your understanding of the source)

Question 24

What is step 4 in answering a How much question?

Answer 24

4. Source 2
   Repeats steps 2 and 3 but this time for source 2
   - The source will have DIFFERENT Views -

Question 25

What is step 5 in answering a How much question?

Answer 25

5. Recall x 4-6
   - You should now identify and explain 4-6 knowledge points which neither source has mentioned.
   - Remember that this question is on a specific part of a key issue so ensure your recall is linked to the set question.
   ( A simple way to this is by starting each knowledge point by referring to the question. )