Working With
Sources
A Guide to Paper 2
By Miss Evans
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Introduction
Paper 2 of your GCSE exam will ask questions on a certain aspect of the
‘Medicine Through Time’ section of your course, using SOURCES.
Many students think this paper is difficult. This guide is intended to
help you to develop the skills you will need to perform to your best on
the day of the exam. It includes advise on how examiners want the
questions to be answered and sample questions with worked through
answers.
It is of course impossible to cover every type of question that may be
asked in an exam, but this guide will focus on 5 main types of questions:
1) Comprehension.
2) Comprehension in context.
3) Reliability/Usefulness/Value of sources.
4) Source comparison.
5) Interpretation.
- do not worry if you do not know what all of these t