Edexcel History Paper 2

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Edexcel History Paper 2

• Paper Two contains questions on the Depth
  Studies.
• Depression and the New Deal the USA 1929-41
• The World at War 1938-45

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What is being assessed?

• Paper 2 assesses historical knowledge of the two
  Depth Studies.
• You will need the knowledge to make sense of the
  sources by placing them into their historical
  context.
• You will need historical knowledge to answer the
  15 mark interpretation task.

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What is being assessed?

• Paper 2 assesses you ability to think like an
  historian to use historical sources to research
  and communicate about the past.
• There will be five historical sources and four
  questions that enable you to show what you have
  learnt and what you can do.

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What will the sources like?

• There will be five historical sources.
• One will be a picture or photograph.
• One will be a graph or diagram.
• Three will be written.
• The three written sources will contain different
  interpretations of the past.

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Question a)

• Carries 4 marks.
• It has two parts information finding for 2
  marks, ie. What can you learn from Source A about
  .?
• Making inferences or judgements about the source,
  by spotting facts, opinions or omissions, ie. The
  source also suggests that

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Question b)

• Carries 6 marks.
• You have to compare three sources.
• This is because historians compare sources for
  similarity and difference.
• To what extent does Source C support the evidence
  of Sources A and B about the effects of the
  Blitz.
• Make sure you focus on the topic you are asked
  to compare.
• State what Source C says about the topic.
• Compare this with what A and then C say.
• Remember to compare N(ature), O(rigin) and
  P(urpose) of the sources as a part of your answer.

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Question c)

• Carries 8 marks.
• To will have to comment on the usefulness of two
  sources.
• How useful are sources D and E as evidence of the
  impact of Blitzkrieg?
• You must compare content/nature, author, when and
  why it was produced.
• Remember to focus on the actual question, which
  is about usefulness (and limitations) for a
  particular task.

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Question d)

• Carries 12 marks.
• You are asked if agree or disagree with an
  historical interpretation.
• Source E suggests that, by 1938, the New Deal had
  failed. Use the sources, as well as you own
  knowledge to say if you agree with this
  interpretation?

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Question d)

• Source E suggests that, by 1938, the New Deal had
  failed. Use the sources, as well as you own
  knowledge to say if you agree with this
  interpretation.
• You will need to plan for this answer.
• Write out facts and the sources that agree.
• Write out facts and the sources that disagree.

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Question d)

• You will need to plan for this answer.
• Having written out facts and the sources that
  agree and that disagree,
• Write an introduction that incorporates both
  interpretations.
• By 1938 the New Deal has both succeeded and
  failed in achieving its aims.

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Question d)

• By 1938 the New Deal has both succeeded and
  failed in achieving its aims.
• You must then use the sources as well as your own
  knowledge to write about
• The way in which the New Deal had succeeded, and
• The ways in which the New Deal had failed.
• You will have had to decide what success and
  failure meant for the New Deal!

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Question d)

• Back to the Plan!
• What did success mean for the New Deal?
• Remember two sides are needed!
• Success was solving the social effects of and
  bringing about an end to the Depression.
• So, The New Deal succeeded in solving the social
  effects, but it did not succeed in ending the
  Depression. The Depression ended because of the
  Second World War.
• Now you have written your introduction the road
  map for your answer.

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Question d)

• The New Deal succeeded in solving the social
  effects, but it did not
• succeed in ending the Depression. The Depression
  ended because
• of the Second World War.
• After you have written your introduction the
  road map for your answer.
• Write a section explaining how the New Deal
  overcame the social effects of the Depression,
  using the sources as well as your own
  knowledge. This is stated in the question.
• Write a section explaining that the New Deal did
  not end the Depression, that it was the outbreak
  of war. Remember to use the sources as well as
  your own knowledge!
• Finally, write an conclusion that matches your
  introduction.

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Summary of the Questions

• A) Comprehension of a source find specific
  information and extrapolate.
• B) Comparison of three sources find specific
  information, extrapolate, compare, consider NOP
  and conclude.
• C) Usefulness of sources find specific
  information, compare, consider NOP and conclude.
• D) Synthesis use your analysis of the sources,
  as well as your own information to provide a
  structured, well reasoned and balanced judgement
  about the past.

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Final Words and the End

• The last bit of teaching
• The end of the course
• All over by 11 oclock
• MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS 5O
  MINS PER QUESTION.
• MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER THE ACTUAL QUESTION!

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Good Luck .

• Luck, of course has nothing to do with it.