Examiner’s Specific Advice

This question requires a range of skills and a focus on explanation rather than description. You need to find a range of reasons (three or more) for the economic crisis and link those reasons explicitly to 1947. Be careful not to take too long over this 12-mark question – it is important to be concise and to judge the length of your answer to the marks allocated. In addition to explaining clearly a range of reasons, try to make links and judgements about the relative importance of the reasons given, or how they were interrelated. 

Exemplar Question

2 (03) Explain why Britain faced a severe economic crisis in 1947.[12 marks]

Plan

• Explain the context of the British economy 1945–47
• Produce a range of reasons why there was a severe crisis in 1947
• Consider in the conclusion any links that interrelate these reasons; or any judgements that differentiate which reasons were more decisive than others
• Remember that it is useful to explain, if you can, why things were especially bad in 1947, rather than the preceding years

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