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AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
Unit 2 Depth Study 8 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 L
US National
Guardsmen
prepare to attack
students
protesting the
Vietnam War at
Kent State
University, Ohio,
on 4 May 1970.

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Then it will ask you to describe a topic using the
source, like this:
‘Use Source L and your knowledge to describe
the opposition to the Vietnam War in America
in the 1960s.’

Note that it expects you to describe the source
and the opposition to the Vietnam War.
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International Relations Paper 1 in two ways:

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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’

Notedetail’the mark scheme says that to earn full marks you
‘in that 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 it tell us about the opposition to the Vietnam War?

What ideas
and facts
might you
mention
here?

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So, let’s begin by describing the SOURCE …
What does it say about the opposition to the Vietnam War?

Some things, which mirror what we know from our
studies:
•Shows an example of an anti-Vietnam demonstration –
students, a sit-in – and the reaction of the authorities
YET lots of things it DOESN’T tell us:
•Other anti-war protests – Kent State was very extreme
•How many people opposed the war, and who supported it
•Why people opposed the war
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Now, let’s go on to the DESCRIPTION …
What do you know about the opposition to the Vietnam War?

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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 the
opposition to the Vietnam War from your
own knowledge – including specific
details on at least two aspects.
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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 opposition to the Vietnam War?

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