Examiner’s Specific Advice

Answering this essay question requires a balanced argument, supported by accurate relevant evidence. It is more important to provide a direct response to the question than to set out comprehensive factual descriptions of events given, or how they were interrelated. 

Exemplar Question

2 (04) How far, by 1951, had the Attlee governments brought about a recovery from Britain’s post-war economic crisis? Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. [24 marks]

Plan

• Explain and evaluate the extent of the economic difficulties facing Attlee's government in 1945–47
• Consider the overall aims and objectives that guided Attlee's economic policies
• Identify and analyse policy successes
• Balance these successes against policies that partially or completely failed
• Evaluate the economic situation at the end of 1951 in comparison to the economic situation following the end of the war.

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