The document provides feedback on a mock exam, noting areas where students performed well and could improve, such as providing more evidence to support points and fully answering the question. It also includes sample exam questions, marking schemes, and opportunities for students to practice answering questions within timed conditions to better prepare for their exam.

1. RETURN OF YOUR MOCK EXAM
PAPERS!!!!
Have a look at what score you got.
Look at where you did well and which section
you dropped marks in
Why did you drop marks, what was missing?
What do you need to work on going forwards,
is it knowledge, technique in answering
questions, evaluations/opinions supported by
evidence?

2. IN GENERAL THE CLASS FELL DOWN ON THE
FOLLOWING ……
• Cartoon question – no one put in their own knowledge of the event except ‘1933 was
when the Manchuria Crisis was’
• When you make a point you need to back it up with evidence eg. The LON failed to deal
with the Abyssinia Crisis because its decisions were too slow……The League delayed
issuing economic sanctions against Mussolini as he was an important member of the LON
and Britain and France di not want to risk war with such a powerful member of the LON.
As a result they delayed issuing Oil sanctions which could have stopped Mussolini’s
invasion and effectively handed Abyssinia into the hands of Mussolini.
• Not answering the question. People spent too much time just saying what happened in
Abyssinia rather than telling me why The LON failed in Abyssinia. Incorporate the two
together – give a reason why it failed then tell me about how this affected the Crisis.
• No conclusion on the 10 mark question – f you don’t put a conclusion on you can only get
a maximum of 8/10
• Conclusions need to be much more detailed and really focus on answering the question

3. WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THE CARTOON?
USE DETAILS OF THE CARTOON AND YOUR OWN
KNOWLEDGE
• Follow the 3 c’s!
• Use surface features of the cartoon 1-2 marks
• eg. The woman is having her nose powdered
• Interpretation only 3 marks
• Eg. The LON is weak and incapable of stopping Japan
• Interpretation supported by the cartoon OR own knoweldge 4-5 marks
• Eg . The LON cant stop Japan, this is shown by the Japanese
man stepping over the LON like a door mat.
• Interpretation supported by the Cartoon AND own knowledge 6 marks
• The LON could not stop Japapn in the Manchuria Crisis of 1933 due to the fact that there economic
sanctions were meaningless because the USA refused to stop trading with Japan. The helplessness of the
LON is shown by the Japanese man stepping over the LON like a door mat in the cartoon.

4. NOW MARK THE TWO EXAMPLE ANSWERS
USING THE MARK SCHEME
IF THEY DID NOT GET FULL MARKS THEN YOU
NEED TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEY NEEDED TO ADD
IN ORDER TO GET FULL MARKS

7. NOW HAVE A GO AT ANALYSING THIS CARTOON
TO GET THE FULL 6 MARKS
• Use the same mark scheme format as for your exam paper
• You will be given 10 minutes so that it is realistic with exam conditions.

8. EXPLAIN WHY THE LON FAILED TO DEAL
SUCCESSFULLY WITH THE ABYSSINIA CRISIS
• General answer lacking specific contextual knowledge 1-2marks
• Identifies AND/OR describes reason (one mark for each) 3-5 marks
• Explained reasons for failure
• One explained reason 6-7 marks
• 2 or more explained reasons 7-9 marks

9. MARK THE EXAMPLE ANSWER USING THE
MARK SCHEME
IF IT DIDN’T GET FULL MARKS, EXPLAIN WHAT IT
NEEDS TO DO TO GET THE FULL 9 MARKS

11. EXPLAIN WHY THE NAZI-SOVIET PACT (1939)
WAS SIGNED? 8 MARKS
• Answer this question using the mark scheme you have got
• Once again you will be time so it is realistic!

12. WHAT WERE LLOYD GEORGE’S AIMS AT
VERSAILLES? 4 MARKS
• One mark for each
• He did nto want Germany to be too powerful
• Protect British interests overseas
• Prevent Germany becoming too weak to trade with
• Prevent germany becoming so poor that they turned to communism
• To avoid humiliating Germany so they would want revenge

13. EXPLAIN WHY CLEMENCEAU WANTED THE TOV
TO PUNISH GERMANY? 6 MARKS
• General answer lacking contextual knowledge
• E.g to make them suffer
• Identifies and/or describes why
• One mark for each
• E.g To gain revenge for French suffering
• Explains why
• One explained reason 3-4 marks
• E.g France suffered moe than any other country in WWI with many cities completley
devstated, so France wanted compensation for this.
• 2 or more explained reasons 4-6 marks

15. THE FOLLOWING REASONS WERE ALL EQUALLY
IMPORTANT IN WHY GERMANY WERE
DISSATISFIED WITH THE TREATY. HOW FAR DO
YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? 10 MARKS
• General answer lacking specific contextual knowledge 1-2 marks
• Description of reasons 2-4 marks
• Explanation of one reason 4-6 marks
• Explanation of two or more reasons 6-9 marks
• Explains two or three reasons plus evaluates ‘equally important’ 9 marks

18. GIVE THE 6 MARK AND THE 10 MARK
QUESTIONS A GO THAT YOU DIDN’T ATTEMPT
FROM YOUR EXAM PAPER.
• Use the mark scheme to guide your answers
• Once again you will be timed

19. THE USA 1949-1941
• Topic Focus:
• The Economic Boom in the 1920s:
- was it as widespread as it was sometimes made out to be?
- How and why did US society change in the 1920s
• The Wall Street Crash:
- Causes and consequences
• How successful Roosevelt’s New Deal dealt with the problems facing
the USA in the 1930s?

20. WHO KNOWS THE MOST ABOUT
THE USA: PAST AND PRESENT?

21. • When did Columbus discover America? 1492
• Who is the richest person in America? Bill Gates
• Who was the first President of America? George Washington 1789
• Name 10 states of America?
• What continent does America fall under? North America
• What two sides were involved in the American Civil War? The North and South
• Which state is Hollywood in? California
• Who is the richest American sportsman? Tiger Woods
• Who was the President of America in 1918? Woodrow WIlson
• Which American President got shot? JFK, Abraham Lincoln
• What day is American Independence day? 4th July
• What happened in USA on October 26 th 1929? The Wall Street Crash
• What happened on 11/9/2001? September 11th
• What number President is Barack Obama? 44th
• In which state did Perl Harbour occur? Hawaii
• Which state is Barack Obama from? Hawaii

22. • Which US Sports team is the richest franchise in America? The Dallas Cowboys $1.81 billion
• Which is the highest grossing film in Hollywood History? Avatar $2.782 billion
• What is the population of America? 312 million
What score did you get?
How well do you know the
USA?

23. WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR AMERICANS DURING
THE 1920S?
• Learning Objectives
• To use primary sources to investigate American life in the 1920s
• To understand how life was changing for the ordinary American People in the 1920s

24. HOW DID THE USA DO DURING WWI?
• Think about whether you think they did well or badly from the war?
Whilst the war went on the USA lent money, as well as selling armaments and
• Why do you think this? How can countries benefit from wars between other countries?
munitions (bullets) to Britain and France.
• When did the USA join the War?
• They also sold lotswar,food to Britain and just like the others?
If they were in the of wouldn’t they suffer France because British and French
Industries were more focused on war than food. The food Britain and France did
produce was not enough to feed the army as well as the population at home.
• Need to insert extract from page 345 of text book
America also took over Britain and France’s trade around Europe
When America joined the War in 1917, they were not in it long enough to drain
their massive resources.

25. WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR AMERICANS
DURING THE 1920S?
• Task 1:
• Use the evidence to try and figure out what they are telling you about how
life was changing for people in USA during the 1920s. Write down what life
was like in the 1920s in America.
• Task 2:
• Using what you have learned from the images you will need to write out the
following statements about life in 1920s America either on the true side or
the false side of your table.

26. TRUE OR FALSE?
• Sales of Consumer goods increased dramatically during the 1920s
• The building roads industry employed more Americans than any other industry in the 1920s.
During the 1920s the amount of US roads doubled.
• the sale of candles increased dramatically because not many people could afford electricity in
the 1920s
• People stopped buying goods and simply kept their money safe in case of financial trouble in
the future
• The 1920s was the period where most of New Yorks Skyscrapers were built
• People used cars less and less in the 1920s.
• The Suburbs became more and more popular during this time due to the increase in motor
vehicles making transport much easier
• The amount of trucks in USA increased from 1 million in 1919 to 3.5 million in 1929
• Silk stockings went from a luxury item to a common purchase for women in the 1920s. By 1930
300 million pairs had been sold to a population of 100 million
• Passenger flights became much more common. There were virtually none in 1919 but by 1932
162,000 passenger flights a year flew
• People began to shop online for their goods
• Mail order catalogues became a new way to shop for goods
• In 1918 only a few homes had electricity but by 1929 almost all urban homes had it.

27. GROUP TASK:
You need to create a panorama report which explains Why
America and its people are becoming so rich!
Look at how the following factors helped the Boom in the
USA in the 1920s:
People’s state of mind
New Industries
Republican policies
WWI
Industrial strength

29. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!
• You need to write a letter from a 25 year old American to their distant cousin in England
explaining how their lives have changed since the War - focus on how their daily lives
would have changed, their hobbies, income, job roles, holidays etc

30. Need to specifically look at the automobile industry before doing this!
‘WITHOUT THE NEW AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY,
THE PROSPERITY OF THE 1920S WOULD
SCARCELY HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE’
HOW FAR DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS
STATEMENT?