Examiner’s Specific Advice

This answer specifically requires a direct and linked comparison of the two sources set out in the question. Similarities and differences need to be drawn out to achieve a top level answer. Sources will have been chosen to enable a good contrast to be made. The comparison should demonstrate evaluation of such matters as authorship, date, usefulness and reliability. However, whilst these points provide a ‘toolkit’, students should not use them just as a checklist to run through without careful thought. Introductions and attributions of the sources should be used to develop an effective answer.

Exemplar Question - 1 (a)

1. (a) Study Sources A and B. Compare these Sources as evidence about why the USA decided to intervene in the Korean War (1950–54). [30 marks]

 

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