History OCR GCSE exam tips!

That would be an A like me same score as well and you would be 2 marks off an A*

Actually one mark of an a*!!!!!!!!!!!- According to the grade boundaries the last few years

I got that - an A

For analysing sources in paper 2, our history teacher told us to *PANDA* or refer to the:

P -urpose (what was it used for? To inform people/amusement/persuade people etc.)

A -uthor (who wrote it and why? Would they be subjective?)

N -ature (what was it- was it an article/cartoon/government propaganda poster etc.?)

D -ate (when was it written and did this have any significance?)

A -udience (who would/was meant to see this at the time? What impact would it have on them?)

It depends on the actual question but those are some general things to look out for

Oh and you should *PEE* (Point Evidence Explain) when answering all questions hope that helps!


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do you know how to structure a 10 marker if its says "how far was ...." would u do 1st para on how it was, 2nd on how it wasn't, and then a judgment ?

Hey can somebody pretty please look at this 9 mark question on Why did the league fail in Abyssinia? And what mark it would be looking at?

"The league of nations failed in Abyssinia mainly due to their lack of army, slow decisions, structure and generally being weak. Economic sanctions would only work if imposed quickly and effectively which were two things that the League couldn't do, sanctions were pointless without the USA as the League lacked the authority to impose them. Although, they did impose a ban on coal exports to Italy but this backfired on them and 30,000 mimers lost their jobs. Also, whilst Britain and France were taking long to make their decisions, Italy were shipping vasts amounts of troops to Africa, taking the Leagues weakness to their advantage".

The League were also desperate to keep a good relationship with Mussolini who they saw as a potential ally against Hitler. They also didn't have an army so they had no chance of defending Abyssinia as much as the public wanted them to, this was maybe due to the fact that USA wasn't in the league. The USA could provide the League with the resources that they needed such as food, troops and money. Structure was possibly another reason why the League failed in this case, each Council member had a veto which meant they could prevent a decision from occuring, this made decisions quite hard to make. Also, the League failed to make an appropriate decision by not closing the Suez Canal which was an important pathway for the Italians to take to reach Abyssinia. The League of nations were too weak to deal with such major disputes. The Hoare Laval pact also ruined the Leagues reputation and was an act of treachery which involved Hoare and Laval giving Italy two thirds of Abyssinia without informing the League, they were eventually sacked which severely affected the Leagues momentum."

What grade would that be looking at, somebody please

gotta a* wat topics did you guys do for the coursework?

For the 4 Markers you need to briefly tell the examiner exactly what the question is asking. Please let me stress that you do not bullet point the answers but in a way list them with a small amount of explanation.

Hey, i'd estimate it at a 9. I think the main criticism is that you aren't going into enough detail with the points, you are "skipping stoning" them. My advice would be to take 3 points and rally go in depth for them. I would have done the Structure, how they couldn't enforce things like sanctions and I also would have done how the secret arrangements made by the league for Italy to take Abyssinia became publicized which caused them to appear weak to almost everybody and therefore failed.

Thank you very much

gotta a* wat topics did you guys do for the coursework?