Hi, do you have any recommendations on how to link it all back together? like wording, phrasing? Do you have any modal source essays on US conformity and challenge?
In terms of linking it all together, a useful approach is trying to find a point of agreement and then thinking of the ways the differing perspectives of the sources complement each other. So you could say ‘one way the sources are useful together is the fact they both agree on…’ then give brief quotes). Their combined utility is further emphasised by the fact that one is X and one is Y. Finally, the fact that they are different in (another way), further makes them useful together as… I hope that helps! In terms of exemplar answers for a specific paper, the best thing to do is to look at examiners reports which have sample answers for each past paper.
Hello, Sir I have questioning regarding the structure would you need for 2 point for 2 different inference in each paragraph if not how would you link two different quote to one point
Hi. The point is setting out what the source is saying about the enquiry overall, your inferences should come from two different quotes. I hope that clears it up!
hi is there any solved past paper sources available for study purposes, in the Raj to Partition India option?Im unable to find any study source for this option anywhere.
Hi, If you select 'exam materials' then 'examiners reports', then option 2F from the Edexcel past papers site, you should be able to access examiners reports with exemplar materials - here is the 2017 one for example; qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A-Level/History/2015/Exam-materials/9HI0_2F_pef_20170816.pdf
There isn't one specified in the mark scheme and the exemplars shared in the examiners reports often follow different structures. Ultimately, it's all about meeting the assessment objectives from the mark scheme so you should try and find the structure that seems most logical to you.
Is it necessary to do the quote, inference, own knowledge, judgement , quote, inference, own knowledge, judgement. As I'm struggling to do all that in the time limit. So would i just be able to do quote, infrerence, own knowledge, judgement, and still acheive a top grade whilst including provenance and a summary (so, not repeating the quote, infernce, own knowledge, judgement bit twice)
Thanks for the comment. I would suggest doing two inferences per extract is quite important - this shows that you can use the extract in more than one way. To save time in the exam, your provenance and summaries for the first two paragraphs could be kept quite concise. I hope that helps and good luck with it!
@@mrgunnhistory Got you! thank you for the help, really appreciate it. One final question, with the similarties and diffrences, do these need to be explained in detail or can they be quite consise?
@@lfc60-jp4dp I think it can be quite concise as long as it is explained if that makes sense. The main thing you need to explain is how the extracts are useful together - so it doesn't need to be hugely detailed as long as it is justified. I hope that helps!
I don't think that is necessary, as the question is focused on how the sources can be used together rather than a judgement which is most useful. You should certainly discuss the relative merits of each of them (ie what they are both useful for) and the limitations but I don't think a judgement on which is more useful is necessary.
@@mrgunnhistory thank you! I have an exam tomorrow and your videos have been super helpful. I don’t know if you mentioned this in the video but do I need to talk about audience, tone and the mood and if so how would I implement this into my answer.
This is about your ability to make a judgement on the claims made in the source. In other words, when you make an inference use your own knowledge to judge whether the inference is 'fact or opinion'. I hope that helps
Do you have any tips on the importance of the nature of a source. e.g. press statement, speech, broadcast, book. Obviously one would consider the intended audience, but how would we use the fact that a source is a book published by the defence attorney for the ANC in the rivonia trial for example? As opposed to it being a speech etc
Great question. The key is to link the nature of the source back to the value it provides and potential limitations- it may be that the nature increases the value as it provides an insight into a particular perspective (insider/outsider/etc) or it may be a point of limitation as it may be purposely ignoring some aspect of the enquiry (for example a political speech). For the specific example you give, it could be that a book will be thoroughly researched by who is knowledgeable about the topic and published with the benefit of hindsight, whereas a speech may be more of an immediate response with the purpose of persuading the audience. I hope that helps!
I'm pleased it was helpful. I would suggest using the conclusion to pull it all together - discuss how useful the sources are and recap key strengths and limitations. I hope that helps!
@@Unknown-rh6ww The conclusion is more of an overall summary, bringing in elements of the first two paragraphs as well as the third. I hope that helps!
Thanks for the video. What is the type of thing you should be saying in your points - e.g. source 1 is useful because it something related to the wording of the question?
Yes, something like that sounds good. It could be a judgement on the overall value of the source or a brief overall summary of source content. I hope that helps.
Hello Mr Gunn is there timings you also have that I am able to stick to. Such as how long for para 1,2 etc and conclusion. And how long I should spend planning and reading the sources. Thanks
Hi, for the source questions I would give 45 minutes. This would be up to 10 minutes to read the source and plan your answer and 35 mins to write. Breaking it down, it may be 10 mins per paragraph and 5 mins for the conclusion. You may be able to read and plan more quickly than that so you could have more time to write but definitely stick to 45 mins overall. I hope that helps!
Hi, I've seen this done as a paragraph but I would discuss limitations within the other paragraphs - almost like counter points within the paragraphs - either limitations based on content or provenance. I hope that helps.
This could be something that the source infers, alludes to, says or leaves out that is questionable (based on your own knowledge) and relevant to the enquiry. The comment from the examiners report (at 10:50) mentions this - as it says, you should only criticise a source for leaving out a detail if this has been done on purpose. Generally, limitations are more often linked with provenance.
Hello, within your structure which paragraph would you discuss limitations? And would limitations be a point of its own in your structure? And finally are there any exemplar answers that follow this particular structure available?
Hi, you could discuss limitations based on content and provenance within the first two paragraphs - perhaps the summary could be a good place to do this. However, I have seen people do limitations as a separate paragraph altogether. As mentioned in the video, there are many ways to do these source questions. In terms of an exemplar - here is one from the Paper 2 on Spain (1930-78) which is part of the examiners report from 2019 - the examiners report says this gets a secure Level 5 and uses the structure I discuss in this video (it starts on p.13 of the document); qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A-Level/History/2015/Exam-materials/9HI0_2G_pef_20190815.pdf I hope that helps!
Hello, another great video, our teacher's structure is: Para1: Explain the provenance of both sources. Para 2: examine source 1 Para 3: examine source 2 Para 4: compare them Para 5: Conclusion. Which strcure do you think is superior?
That sounds a good way to approach it. As I say in the video, there are many ways to structure answers to these Qs. At the end of the day the main thing is to ensure you’re fulfilling the requirements of the mark scheme. In other words, either work- whatever you feel most confident doing!
Hi, do you have any recommendations on how to link it all back together? like wording, phrasing? Do you have any modal source essays on US conformity and challenge?
In terms of linking it all together, a useful approach is trying to find a point of agreement and then thinking of the ways the differing perspectives of the sources complement each other.
So you could say ‘one way the sources are useful together is the fact they both agree on…’ then give brief quotes). Their combined utility is further emphasised by the fact that one is X and one is Y. Finally, the fact that they are different in (another way), further makes them useful together as…
I hope that helps!
In terms of exemplar answers for a specific paper, the best thing to do is to look at examiners reports which have sample answers for each past paper.
Hello, Sir I have questioning regarding the structure would you need for 2 point for 2 different inference in each paragraph if not how would you link two different quote to one point
Hi. The point is setting out what the source is saying about the enquiry overall, your inferences should come from two different quotes. I hope that clears it up!
hi
is there any solved past paper sources available for study purposes, in the Raj to Partition India option?Im unable to find any study source for this option anywhere.
Hi, If you select 'exam materials' then 'examiners reports', then option 2F from the Edexcel past papers site, you should be able to access examiners reports with exemplar materials - here is the 2017 one for example; qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A-Level/History/2015/Exam-materials/9HI0_2F_pef_20170816.pdf
@mrgunnhistory thank you so much! love the work that you do
@@shrimirraramanunni6140 Thanks! Best of luck with your studies
Why are there so many possible ways to answer paper 2 source questions.
There isn't one specified in the mark scheme and the exemplars shared in the examiners reports often follow different structures. Ultimately, it's all about meeting the assessment objectives from the mark scheme so you should try and find the structure that seems most logical to you.
Is it necessary to do the quote, inference, own knowledge, judgement , quote, inference, own knowledge, judgement. As I'm struggling to do all that in the time limit. So would i just be able to do quote, infrerence, own knowledge, judgement, and still acheive a top grade whilst including provenance and a summary (so, not repeating the quote, infernce, own knowledge, judgement bit twice)
Thanks for the comment. I would suggest doing two inferences per extract is quite important - this shows that you can use the extract in more than one way. To save time in the exam, your provenance and summaries for the first two paragraphs could be kept quite concise. I hope that helps and good luck with it!
@@mrgunnhistory Got you! thank you for the help, really appreciate it. One final question, with the similarties and diffrences, do these need to be explained in detail or can they be quite consise?
@@lfc60-jp4dp I think it can be quite concise as long as it is explained if that makes sense. The main thing you need to explain is how the extracts are useful together - so it doesn't need to be hugely detailed as long as it is justified. I hope that helps!
Sir would be able to tell me what include for judgement for the 3 paragraph
thank you
The judgement in the third paragraph is discussing the value of the sources together for each enquiry. I hope that helps!
Do you need to say if one is more useful than the other in your sources together paragraph?
I don't think that is necessary, as the question is focused on how the sources can be used together rather than a judgement which is most useful. You should certainly discuss the relative merits of each of them (ie what they are both useful for) and the limitations but I don't think a judgement on which is more useful is necessary.
@@mrgunnhistory thank you! I have an exam tomorrow and your videos have been super helpful. I don’t know if you mentioned this in the video but do I need to talk about audience, tone and the mood and if so how would I implement this into my answer.
@@milliechapman951 Thanks! You can discuss those when you are discussing provenance. Good luck with the exams!
What exactly does the mark scheme mean when it says to "distinguish between information and fact or opinion"?
This is about your ability to make a judgement on the claims made in the source. In other words, when you make an inference use your own knowledge to judge whether the inference is 'fact or opinion'.
I hope that helps
Hi can I use both differences and similarity’s in the 3rd paragraph or just one or the other?
It’s absolutely fine to do both!
Do you have any tips on the importance of the nature of a source. e.g. press statement, speech, broadcast, book. Obviously one would consider the intended audience, but how would we use the fact that a source is a book published by the defence attorney for the ANC in the rivonia trial for example? As opposed to it being a speech etc
Great question. The key is to link the nature of the source back to the value it provides and potential limitations- it may be that the nature increases the value as it provides an insight into a particular perspective (insider/outsider/etc) or it may be a point of limitation as it may be purposely ignoring some aspect of the enquiry (for example a political speech).
For the specific example you give, it could be that a book will be thoroughly researched by who is knowledgeable about the topic and published with the benefit of hindsight, whereas a speech may be more of an immediate response with the purpose of persuading the audience.
I hope that helps!
@@mrgunnhistory you're a lifesaver!
Thanks very much for this useful video. What do you suggest should be included in the conclusion?
I'm pleased it was helpful. I would suggest using the conclusion to pull it all together - discuss how useful the sources are and recap key strengths and limitations. I hope that helps!
@@mrgunnhistory Wouldn't that be a repition of paragraph 3?
@@Unknown-rh6ww The conclusion is more of an overall summary, bringing in elements of the first two paragraphs as well as the third. I hope that helps!
Thanks for the video. What is the type of thing you should be saying in your points - e.g. source 1 is useful because it something related to the wording of the question?
Yes, something like that sounds good. It could be a judgement on the overall value of the source or a brief overall summary of source content.
I hope that helps.
Hello Mr Gunn is there timings you also have that I am able to stick to. Such as how long for para 1,2 etc and conclusion. And how long I should spend planning and reading the sources. Thanks
Hi, for the source questions I would give 45 minutes. This would be up to 10 minutes to read the source and plan your answer and 35 mins to write. Breaking it down, it may be 10 mins per paragraph and 5 mins for the conclusion. You may be able to read and plan more quickly than that so you could have more time to write but definitely stick to 45 mins overall. I hope that helps!
Hello, what do I talk about if I were to mention limitations? And should this be in its own paragraph?
Hi, I've seen this done as a paragraph but I would discuss limitations within the other paragraphs - almost like counter points within the paragraphs - either limitations based on content or provenance. I hope that helps.
@@mrgunnhistory So what would be an example of a limitation for content?
This could be something that the source infers, alludes to, says or leaves out that is questionable (based on your own knowledge) and relevant to the enquiry. The comment from the examiners report (at 10:50) mentions this - as it says, you should only criticise a source for leaving out a detail if this has been done on purpose. Generally, limitations are more often linked with provenance.
Hello, within your structure which paragraph would you discuss limitations?
And would limitations be a point of its own in your structure?
And finally are there any exemplar answers that follow this particular structure available?
Hi, you could discuss limitations based on content and provenance within the first two paragraphs - perhaps the summary could be a good place to do this. However, I have seen people do limitations as a separate paragraph altogether. As mentioned in the video, there are many ways to do these source questions.
In terms of an exemplar - here is one from the Paper 2 on Spain (1930-78) which is part of the examiners report from 2019 - the examiners report says this gets a secure Level 5 and uses the structure I discuss in this video (it starts on p.13 of the document); qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A-Level/History/2015/Exam-materials/9HI0_2G_pef_20190815.pdf
I hope that helps!
Hello, another great video, our teacher's structure is:
Para1: Explain the provenance of both sources.
Para 2: examine source 1
Para 3: examine source 2
Para 4: compare them
Para 5: Conclusion.
Which strcure do you think is superior?
That sounds a good way to approach it. As I say in the video, there are many ways to structure answers to these Qs. At the end of the day the main thing is to ensure you’re fulfilling the requirements of the mark scheme. In other words, either work- whatever you feel most confident doing!