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AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
Unit 2 Depth Study 4 Lesson 2

Answering the ‘Describe
using a source’ question

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Principles

You may not have seen the TV programme
University Challenge.
Teams are given a ‘Starter for 10’. The team which
answers that question correctly is then given three
further, more detailed questions.

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You answer the
‘Describe using a source’ question
in much the same way!

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The question will refer to a source – like this:

Source G
A rare photo of
Soviet prisoners
from the Gulag
building the White
Sea to Baltic Sea
canal, 1931–33

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Then it will ask you to describe a topic using the
source, like this:
‘Use Source G and your knowledge to describe
Stalin’s Great Terror.’

Note that it expects you to describe the source and Stalin’s
Great Terror.
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The mark scheme says that this is how you are
going to earn the 8 marks for this question:
•1 or 2 marks for your ‘description’ of the source
•Up to 6 more marks for ‘detailed description of
several aspects’
Note that the mark scheme says that to earn full marks you
‘in detail’ means facts, dates, names, specialised terms …
need to describe ‘at least two’ aspects ‘in detail’ … so try to
you need to know them!
give three!
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You are advised to spend
15 minutes maximum
on this question.

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So, let’s begin by describing the SOURCE …
What does the photo tell us about Stalin’s Great Terror?

What ideas
and facts
might you
mention
here?

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So, let’s begin by describing the SOURCE …
What does the photo tell us about Stalin’s Great Terror?

LOTS of interesting things, which mirror what
we know from our studies:
•Prisoners (cf. Gulag labour was used for building
Stalin’s dams, canals, towns etc.)
•Terrible conditions – cold, hand tools (cf. deaths)
YET lots of things it DOESN’T tell us:
•Why they were there; details of daily life such as
food and treatment; statistics such as how many
died
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Now, let’s go on to the DESCRIPTION …
What do you know about Stalin’s Great Terror?

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Now, let’s go on to the DESCRIPTION …
Here, put everything you can remember from the fact sheet:

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So …

Write your essay, remembering to:
• describe the source, pointing out what it
tells us and what it doesn’t tell us
and then:
• write everything you know about Stalin’s
Great Terror from your own knowledge –
including specific details on at least two
aspects of the Terror.
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Peer-assess each other’s essays. Did they:
• provide a couple of sentences describing the
source, and what it tells (and doesn’t tell) us?
• write a substantial amount from their own
knowledge – including specific details on at least
two aspects of the Terror?

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