What structure to use for 'to what extent' questions in AQA A-Level History Paper 1?

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it can be said that the government was able to retain control when rebellions and challenges to authority occurred

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This is shown with (evidence, eg Wyatt’s rebellion)

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Shows how government was able retain control and crisis to an extent, as they were able to control and effectively put down the challenges to authority

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However, it is clear that government was in crisis to a large extent as there was significant instability and the government was not in control, with rebellions occurring

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This is shown with (eg western and Kett’s rebellions and the Northern Rebellion)

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This shows how there was a crisis of government as major instability and not controlling uprisings and the population, also weakness of government with not understanding regional differences

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also to make sure that you can be in a L4/5 in the comment and balance section (and not L2) make sure that you don’t say “It could be argued that the government was not crisis, however it can be said that the government was in crisis”

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But instead say something like “Whilst the government can be said to not have been in total crisis, to a large extent the govt was in crisis” etc

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This is it’s about making sure it’s a balanced argument, not a balanced description (this is from the exam board on how to write balanced)

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Intro - Judgement, use the wording of the question

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1st Paragraph - Yes, agree with the question/statement, write like a regular paragraph (some version of the PEEL structure)

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2nd Paragraph - No, Disagree with the question/statement

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Conclusion - matching judgement w/ some reference to what you wrote in the essay, make sure you've actually answered what the questions asked