SHOULD – learn how to answer ‘Recall of key features’ questions. Saturday, 08 December 2018 HOW TO ANSWER ‘AMERICAN WEST’ QUESTIONS – QUESTION 5A & 6A LEARNING OBJECTIVES MUST– learn about the different types of question in the ‘American West’ exam. SHOULD – learn how to answer ‘Recall of key features’ questions. COULD – plan and write an answer on either the Plains Indians beliefs about warfare or the effects of the discovery of gold in California on the settlement of the American west

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READING SHEET – ‘Warrior Societies’

Indian Warfare

QUESTION 5a JANUARY 2011 Describe the Plains Indians beliefs about warfare (9 MARKS)

HOW TO MARK ANSWERS QUESTION 5(a) Level One = 1 – 3 Marks = Grades G/F Student offers a valid comment. Example – They did not want to kill; they did not have big battles Level Two = 4 – 6 Marks = Grades E/D/C Statements are developed with some support. Example – short raids; to capture horses and weapons; not to die; fought for honour; counting coup Level Three = 7 – 9 Marks = Grades B/A/A* Student explains reasons Example – emphasis was on survival rather than death; not to conquer; to gain honour; to capture horses and weapons

READING SHEETS – ‘What was the impact of the discovery of gold in the West?’ ‘The Gold Rush and the railways’

How did the discovery of gold encourage settlement of the American West?

How did the discovery of gold encourage settlement mining towns and the problems they created encouraged people to move west Led to roads and railways growth of the economy in the west How did the discovery of gold encourage settlement of the American West?

QUESTION 6a JANUARY 2011 Describe the effects of the discovery of gold in California in 1848 on the settlement of the American west (9 MARKS)

HOW TO MARK ANSWERS QUESTION 6(a) Level One = 1 – 3 Marks = Grades G/F Student offers a valid comment. Example – Many travelled to California in 1848, some got rich, towns grew up Level Two = 4 – 6 Marks = Grades E/D/C Statements are developed with some support. Example – Many migrated west; ‘forty niners;’ led to mining towns; led to more roads and railways; led to later discoveries Level Three = 7 – 9 Marks = Grades B/A/A* Student explains reasons Example – Increase in migration west; problems created by development of mining towns; growth of economy in the west; led to conflict with later discoveries