Hi Heewon For the existing (old) curriculum, the top markband says 'the response makes effective links and/orcomparisons (as appropriate to the question)'. A 'Compare and contrast' should thus definitely do the comparison throughout - but...
1. Maintenance of PowerDear Jo, I was told in a workshop that all paper 2 essays should be comparative even if the command term doesn't specifically require it. I see here that the advice is different and students did one case study and then the other. Would...
1. Maintenance of PowerThe last bullet point under the Army and Navy Reforms states the Russo-Japanese war of 1894-95. However, I think this is a mistake because the Russo-Japanese war was from 1904-05.
b. How was the transition achieved?How long should a response to the Section A prompt be?
a. Section A questionsHi Camilo We've only got the markbands at the moment to go by; you could use the grade boundaries for the exisiting/old course at the moment as a rough guide.
b. How was independence achieved?HI Martin - yes, the different angles covered would count as the different perspectives. Students need to show that they understand the perspectve that each source is coming from (ethnic chinese versus historian versus journalist) by using the context...
Indochina Refugee Crisis: Vietnam Refugee CrisisHi Josh Just as a follow up - some of the events in the Americas can only be explained by looking beyond the Americas e.g. events in Europe and the Korean War at the start - so students need to understand these in order to understand the causes of...
b. The impact of Truman's containment policyHI Nicholas The aim of these essays is to give students practice in planning/writing essays with different perspectives - all the titles link to the content we have put up for this section in the student textbook. The Cold...
7. The Americas during the Cold War: Essay planning
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b. How was the transition achieved?