Revision for Year 11 Mocks February 2018 General Information and Advice You will be sitting TWO exams in February 2018. Paper 1 will be one hour long and will be focussing on your ability to work with sources and interpretations. Although it is mainly a skills test, you MUST learn the facts about the Nazis and Women and the Chain of Evacuation at the Western Front in order to be able to evaluate the usefulness of sources and consider how and why interpretations of the success of Nazi policies towards women were successful or not. You need to revise: the Nazis and Women and the Chain of Evacuation at the Western Front; how to answer ‘how useful” questions; ‘why interpretetions differ’ questions and ‘how far do you agree’ questions. This paper is worth 30%. Paper 2 will be a test of your knowledge of The Superpowers course we studied before Christmas and the first section of the Early Elizabethan course which we have been studying since Christmas. You will be familiar with the exam format in Section A: 1) Consequences of Event; 2) Write a narrative analysing an event 3) Explain the importance of TWO events. You need to revise: The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Aid; Berlin; The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan In Section B you will be asked the following type of question: 1)Describe two key features of…. 2) Explain why…. 3) How far do you agree with this statement. You need to revise: Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement; Mary Queen of Scots; the Threats to Elizabeth from Catholics at home and abroad eg France, Spain and the Pope; the plots against Elizabeth. This paper is worth 70%. REVISION All revision must have a written element. Research has shown that repeatedly testing yourself on the facts is the most effective form of increasing knowledge retention and recall. ● Remember alternative techniques such as creating visual memory boards. ● Read through notes and as you read write questions that you could ask yourself later to check you have learnt the key facts. ● Don’t try and remember things that you don’t understand; if your revision reveals a gap in your revision, ask your teacher to explain BEFORE the exam. ● Small revision groups can be useful, where you can test each other’s knowledge. How useful are Sources X and Y for an enquiry into……..? Translation of the question: This question is asking you: If Sources X and Y were the only information that you had when you were trying to find out about the topic mentioned after the words ‘the enquiry’ in the question, what would make each source useful and what would limit their usefulness? Level 1 1-2 A simple judgement is made and supported by vague undeveloped comments about what the sources say or the nature of the source, who produced the source and/or why the source was produced. Level 2 3-5 A more considered judgement is given which clearly shows the relevance of the content and/or provenance to the subject of the enquiry. The answer will explain why the content OR the provenance* of the source is either useful or not useful to someone try to find out about the topic mentioned in the question. Level 3 6-8 This answer is different to a Level 2 answer because it clearly explains how the provenance* of the source affects the usefulness of the source content. There is both developed reasoning and the use of some contextual knowledge. What does PROVENANCE mean? Nature - What type of evidence is it? Things to consider: Is it a photograph/ diary entry/ official records/ cartoon/ newspaper report because, each different type of evidence has its own strengths and weaknesses. Origin - Who has produced the source and when? Things to consider: Is the person likely to have known what happened? Might they have forgotten over time? Might this person be biased one way or another or are they trust-worthy? Purpose - Why was this source produced? Things to consider Was it produced to inform, manipulative or entertain? Did the person who produced the source intend for it to be seen/ read? When the source was produced, what was the objective (if any) of the person who produced it? ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL HAVE AFFECTED THE CONTENT and therefore the USEFULNESS You MUST use quotes from the You CANNOT possibly write about every source or reference to parts of it, if little detail of each source, so spend a it is a picture. minute planning your answer to make You MUST talk about BOTH source sure that you address the mark scheme. equally. Why do interpretations differ? You will be given TWO SOURCES AND TWO INTERPRETATIONS which are related to the same theme. You will notice that each of the sources seems to provide the information behind the conclusion reached by one of the interpretations. Eg Source B might match Interpretation 2, while Source C seems to match Interpretation 1. Working this out will help you explain why interpretations differ. Source C Source D Interpretation 1 Interpretation 2 Interpretations tend to be reliable as they have been written by experts to inform not manipulate their audience. They are usually neither biased and nor example of propaganda. And yet historians produce interpretations about the same thing which appear to differ. You will be asked to explain HOW two interpretations are different and WHY they differ. The how question is very straightforward. You just need to show that you can see the different points that either is making. The why question is also easy to answer so long as you remember the following: METHOD 1 of answering this question Interpretations may differ because they had given weight to the two different source. You need to identify the view given in the two sources and match these to the different interpretation Example: The interpretation differs because they give weight to different sources. For example the writer of Interpretation 1 has given more weight to the information provided by Source C which talks about…. While the writer of interpretation 2 has given more weight to the information provided by Source B which states that….. METHOD 2 of answering this question: The interpretations may differ because they are partial extracts from a bigger document; they don’t actually contradict each other they are just talking about different aspects of the same overall theme. For example... Example: The interpretations don’t really differ; they are both extracts from books and the particular extracts given here are emphasising different things. For example Interpretation 1 is focussing on….. while Interpretation 2 is focussing on…. Remember that you do need to give examples/ quotes to support your answer. How to answer the ‘How far do you agree with Interpretation 2’ question (worth 16 marks): ● Your response to this question is worth 16 marks so you are therefore supposed to give a long, developed and analytical answer which demonstrates your knowledge of this topic as well as your skills. ● You need to give a BALANCED answer which both agrees and disagrees with the interpretation using quotes from BOTH INTERPRETATIONS as well as you own knowlegge. You are allowed to use facts from the two sources to support the points you are making, and I would suggest that you do! Here is a framework, which if followed, could result in your reaching the highest level and getting between 13 and 16 marks. Section 1: Explain why you agree with the view with the key points from Interpretation 2 - use your knowledge and any relevant facts from the matching source as well as quotes from Interpretation 2. Section 2: Explain why you disagree with the view using evidence from Interpretation 1, your own knowledge and any relevant facts from the source with matches intepretation 1 Section 3: Make a final judgement on the view which reflects the points that you have been making - this should essentially be a short, analytical summary of what you have written in Sections 1 and 2 of your answer. In other words: ● Agree with quotes from Interpretation 2 ● Agree with own knowledge ● Agree with quotes from supporting source Then ● Disagree with quotes from Interpretation 1 ● Disagree with own knowledge ● Disagree witn evidence from the other source Then ● Summarise your answer with a final judgement JOB DONE! Key Facts 2: The Breakdown of Trust (p12-16) The Truman Doctrine 1947 The Marshall Plan 1948 - America’s policy of containment (aka Marshall Aid) Truman declared that: Because of the Truman Doctrine: ● ‘communist tyranny’ is evil, while democratic ● Financial aid was offered to all freedom is good European countries affected by the ● the USA had a duty to protect freedom Second World War to end post-war everywhere in the world poverty (making them less likely to ● USA was to give economic aid to stop choose a communist future) - $13 billion communist takeovers in any country in the was made available world because poverty was the best friend of ● The Catch? The country receiving aid communism! had to agree to have an open trade ● military support would be provided if agreements with America necessary. The Consequence? Aid helped the western As part of the Truman Doctrine USA gave $400 European countries become strong allies to the million to governments in Turkey and Greece to fight USA and stopped the spread of communist communist forces in their civil wars. This marked the ideas amongst the people of these countries. formal end of the Grand Alliance as Stalin saw this NOTE: Aid was offered to the Eastern bloc as an attack on the USSA/ start of ‘the Cold War’ countries but Stalin wouldn’t let them accept it.