Examiner’s Specific Advice

This question is testing both your knowledge and your ability to use the source material provided. It is important that you do both. The key words are ‘Explain how far’, ‘differ’ and ‘people’s attitudes’. It is not enough just to describe the content of the sources – that will earn very few marks. You need to identify and explain the differences, but also identify and explain any similarities between the sources for a good mark. If you do that well and clearly address ‘how far’, you should get a high level. There is no need to write a full essay – two or three paragraphs should be sufficient.

Exemplar Question

Read the sources and then answer the questions that follow.

Use Sources A and B and your own knowledge.

1 (01) Explain how far the views in Source B differ from those in Source A in relation to the German people’s attitudes under the Nazis before 1939. [12 marks]

Plan

• Identify attitudes in both sources and identify differences and similarities.
• Use own knowledge to explain the content and the context.
• Make a judgement on ‘how far’.

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View Exemplar Answer 2