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AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
Unit 2 Depth Study 8 Lesson 2
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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 LUS National Guardsmen prepare to attack students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University, Ohio, on 4 May 1970.
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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 the opposition to the Vietnam War.
Then it will ask you to describe a topic using the
source, like this: ‘Use Source L and your knowledge to describe the opposition to the Vietnam War in America in the 1960s.’
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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 it tell us about the opposition to the Vietnam War?
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Some things, which mirror what we know from our
studies:•Shows an example of an anti-Vietnam demonstration –
students, a sit-in – and the reaction of the authorities
YET lots of things it DOESN’T tell us:•Other anti-war protests – Kent State was very extreme•How many people opposed the war, and who
supported it•Why people opposed the war
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So, let’s begin by describing the SOURCE … What does it say about the opposition to the Vietnam War?
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Now, let’s go on to the DESCRIPTION … What do you know about the opposition to the Vietnam War?
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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 the
opposition to the Vietnam War from your
own knowledge – including specific
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So …
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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 opposition to the Vietnam War?
Peer-assess each other’s essays. Did they: