You can now find this free here: https://ahistoryteachershares.wordpress.com/edexcel-a-level-politics/
A model answer on the following question:
Evaluate the extent to which the UK can be said so suffer from a participation crisis. You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way. [30]
This contains both the source and a 750 word model answer.
The question is: **Using the source, evaluate the view that referendums create more problems than solutions.
In your response you must:
compare and contrast the different opinions in the source
examine and debate these views in a balanced way
analyse and evaluate only the information presented in the source**
Using the source, evaluate the view that the Westminster Parliament exercises full sovereignty in the UK. [30]
This is a full marks response using a source from the Jenkins et al. textbook. (A copy of the source is included.)
Justification for the mark, using language from the mark scheme, is given at the bottom.
You can now find this free here: https://ahistoryteachershares.wordpress.com/edexcel-a-level-politics/
A model essay (1750+ words), rich with examples, answering the following question:
Evaluate the extent to which pressure groups succeed due primarily to their insider status. You must consider this view and the alternative to this view in a balanced way. [30]
A full-marks essay which answers the following question: Evaluate the extent to which constitutional reforms introduced since 1997 have been successful in achieving their objectives.
The following themes are examined in considerable depth with some excellent examples of evaluation:
devolution (Scotland and Wales, Northern Ireland, England)
the HRA
the Freedom of Information Act
This pdf includes nearly all the past paper questions for CIE IGCSE History. (‘Nearly’ because inevitably I will have missed one or two.)
I use these extensively to prepare my pupils for their Paper 1. (This year’s cohort achieved 68% A*-A/9-7.)
There are 13 pages of questions covering:
Were the peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?
Who was to blame for the Cold War?
How effectively did the USA contain the spread of Communism?
How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-1989?
Why did events in the Gulf matter c. 1970-2000?
Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-45?
What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
An editable version of an answer to a source question - including the source - for Edexcel A Level History (US Civil Rights, 1850-2009)
Assess the value of the source for revealing the aims of Reconstruction during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency and the problems experienced by the state of Louisiana. [20]*
A model essay answering this question in the style of an Edexcel Politics paper.
With reference to three general elections you have studied, evaluate the extent to which political parties can improve their electoral performance by changing their policies and party image. [30]
This editable word document includes nearly all the past paper questions for the most popular topics studied by CIE IGCSE History pupils. (‘Nearly’ because inevitably I will have missed one or two.)
I use these extensively to prepare my pupils for their Paper 1. (This year’s cohort achieved 68% A*-A/9-7.)
There are 13 pages of questions covering:
Were the peace treaties of 1919-23 fair?
To what extent was the League of Nations a success?
Why had international peace collapsed by 1939?
Who was to blame for the Cold War?
How effectively did the USA contain the spread of Communism?
How secure was the USSR’s control over Eastern Europe, 1948-1989?
Why did events in the Gulf matter c. 1970-2000?
Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1934?
How effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-45?
What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
**An editable PowerPoint version. **
A detailed knowledge organiser which covers the following areas:
Problems Labour faced in 1964
Labour and the economy
Foreign policy
Social issues
Key terms
Key people
Industrial relations
A detailed knowledge organiser which covers the following areas:
Problems Labour faced in 1964
Labour and the economy
Foreign policy
Social issues
Key terms
Key people
Industrial relations
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