English/History EPQ: ask me anything

Hello, yes I completely get what you mean when you say that people were taking a practically scientific approach. Actually, my coordinator was trying to discourage people from doing english based EPQs at all, all the while encouraging us to relate them to the degree we want to do (how silly). I’m going to do one anyways and so I had some questions if that’s alright:
1) What was your title/what was your topic on? And was it a ‘to what extent…’ or a ‘what is…’ or a ‘how does…’ etc. kind of question?
2) How did you manage to make sure to cover the mark scheme when taking a humanities approach when - at least according to my coordinator - EPQs tend to favour those who have hard facts and then evaluate them rather than subjective interpretations.
3) Relating to my previous point - does it matter if you include subjective analysis if you analyse them, and then use it to form an argument rather than use stats?
4) Are there any tips you’d give specifically to english relating questions?
Thank you!

Hello,
1. my question was “Is Shakespeares depiction of historical events and figures surrounding Henry VI accurate” so kinda like a to what extent.
2. While I did compare some “fact-like” things with the history side of it I also analysed language and characterisation so I made sure to mix both. Also with an EPQ they don’t just mark you on the essay and a lot of it is about the process
3. I don’t knoe for sure but I think it’s like an English essay where you make your point of your argument and use analysis to back it up instead of facts. What really helped me was the research element and finding critics so I could use that to either back up my analysis or contrast it, almost like those were the facts that i was either proving or disproving.
4. My tip would be to create a question with an element of debate so it isn’t just like a literacy review but can hold a strong structure!
I hope at least some of this helps- if you have anymore questions further down the line feel free to ask! I hope it all goes well

I just got my internal mark back for my EPQ (it hasn’t been off to be externally moderated yet but it shouldn’t change to much) and I will probably get an A (in the middle of the grade boundary which hasn’t changed drastically in a few years).
I did my EPQ on History and English and didn’t take the same almost scientific approach to it that many other people in my year were, even if they were doing English it was more like they were relying on different interviews or observations in a scientific way. When I was looking for help from people I found it difficult to find someone taking a humanities approach to this - if anyone has any questions I would be happy to help