Rev lessaqa(b) gcse_hist2_4_2ppt16

AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History

Unit 2 Depth Study 4 Lesson 2

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Hodder Education Revision Lessons

Answering the ‘Describe using a source’ question

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You may not have seen the TV programme

University Challenge.

Teams are given a ‘Starter for 10’. The team which

answers that question correctly is then given three

further, more detailed questions.

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Principles



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You answer the

‘Describe using a source’ question

in much the same way!



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Source GA rare photo of Soviet prisoners from the Gulag building the White Sea to Baltic Sea canal, 1931–33

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The question will refer to a source – like this:



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Note that it expects you to describe the source and Stalin’s Great Terror.

Then it will ask you to describe a topic using the

source, like this: ‘Use Source G and your knowledge to

describe Stalin’s Great Terror.’

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Note: this is different to the ‘Describe …’ question on the International Relations Paper 1 in two ways:

•It gives you a source, not a piece of information,

as a ‘memory-jogger’, and expects you to describe

it as part of your answer.

•It asks you about a much wider topic, and requires

you to answer in greater detail.

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However, remember th

at:

1. You already know how to assess t

he content of a

visual so

urce (from your ‘U

tility’ questions).

2. You already know how to do a ’Describe …’

question.



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Note that the mark scheme says that to earn full marks you need to describe ‘at least two’ aspects ‘in detail’ … so try

to give three!

‘in detail’ means facts, dates, names, specialised terms …

you need to know them!

The mark scheme says that this is how you are going to earn the 8 marks for this question:

•1 or 2 marks for your ‘description’ of the source•Up to 6 more marks for ‘detailed description of

several aspects’

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You are advised to spend

15 minutes maximum

on this question.

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What ideas

and facts

might you

mention

here?

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So, let’s begin by describing the SOURCE … What does the photo tell us about Stalin’s Great Terror?



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LOTS of interesting things, which mirror what we

know from our studies:•Prisoners (cf. Gulag labour was used for building

Stalin’s dams, canals, towns etc.)•Terrible conditions – cold, hand tools (cf. deaths)YET lots of things it DOESN’T tell us:

•Why they were there; details of daily life such as

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So, let’s begin by describing the SOURCE … What does the photo tell us about Stalin’s Great Terror?



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Now, let’s go on to the DESCRIPTION … What do you know about Stalin’s Great Terror?



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Now, let’s go on to the DESCRIPTION … Here, put everything you can remember from the fact sheet:



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Write your essay, remembering to:•describe the source, pointing out what it

tells us and what it doesn’t tell us

and then: • write everything you know about Stalin’s

Great Terror from your own knowledge –

including specific details on at least two

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• provide a couple of sentences describing the

source, and what it tells (and doesn’t tell) us?

• write a substantial amount from their own knowledge – including specific details on at least two aspects of the Terror?

Peer-assess each other’s essays. Did they: