3. Q2, Q4, Q8 - Short answer
• Q2 – talk about Buddhist
beliefs
• Q4 – what is a cultural art?
• Q8 – marriages were a way
of forming alliances
4. Q11 Bushido
• Make sure you explicitly use Source A and B
• Include some details from your own knowledge
not mentioned in the sources
• Keep it relevant to the question
• Use topic & concluding sentences
5. Q12 Reasons and Reliability
• Make sure you address both parts of the
question
• Consider Torii’s different possible purposes
• Have a balance in assessing reliability – reasons
it is and it isn’t reliable
6. Q13 Use of Source A
• Consider content
• Consider perspective
• Justify your answer
7. Q14 Impact of date on reliability
• Have a balance in assessing reliability – reasons
it is and it isn’t reliable
• Have a clear judgement
• Think about how historians work – what did you
do when writing your Persian Wars essay last
year?
• Is translation an issue?
• Manage your time
8. Points to remember
• When writing for tests/assignments
– Avoid double negatives: “not less reliable” “I
don’t think that source D is slightly more
unreliable than source C” more reliable
– Avoid: I, my, we, our historians think, it is
likely that
– Avoid contractions: didn’t, would’ve did not,
would have
• If you finish early
– Edit your work
– Read the criteria and self-assess your work
9. Overall
• Very impressed, you have all come a long way and improved in
document studies since the first Vikings task.
• Read the feedback, if you cant understand it or want more
feedback come and talk to me- if you apply this next time you
can improve your mark
• If directly quoting using “ “ please use the
exact words of the source and give a
reference to the source (Source 1).
10. Spelling List
• Whole
• Biased
• Imitating
• Definitely
• Chaos
• Opponent
• Japanese
• General
• Enemies
• Modern
• Various
• Innocent
• Historians
• Americans
