How do we mark the coursework? L/O: To understand what makes a good and bad coursework essay by marking other people´s work. Plan of essay – due in Tuesday 14th October Were Mao Zedong´s policies after he came to power significant for China?

What are we looking for? – breadth, depth, accuracy and of knowledge and information used relevance – command and understanding of the history topic – relevant deployment (writing) and organisation of information – focus on the question – understanding of significance – ability to use relevantly an understanding of causes, change, key characteristics of the time, links and comparisons – ability to construct and support descriptions, explanations, arguments and judgements – ability to reach and support conclusions. KNOWELDGE / CONTEXT STRUCTURE RELEVANCE SIGNIFICANCE LINKS EVIDENCE CONCLUSIONS

Were Mao Zedong´s policies after he came to power significant for China? 1) Look through the mark scheme for level 4 and level 5 Underline which parts of the mark scheme are looking for the particular skills. 2) Read through the China essay as a class and for each part discuss what they do well and what they do not. Your turn! Read through the Reichstag Fire essay and for each of the paragraphs decide what level you would give it and why.

Each points links to the next to improve flow INTRO! What is the question / problem? What is the context? What is the main argument you are going to make e.g. WSC was really significant WSC was mostly significant WSC was slightly significant WSC was not significant Point 1 to be discussed Here you could add a) Your strongest argument (and arguments against) b) Your short term impacts (and arguments against) c) Your decision! Point 2: Point 5: Point 4: Point 3: Each points links to the next to improve flow Each paragraph / point backs up your argument in the introduction