1. How to do “Describe…” questions
National 5 (KU1)

2. Describe questions… Are worth 4 marks.
Require you to describe an event from memory.
The points do not need to be in any particular order to get marks.
Need to be ordered into separate full sentences.
Are the easiest question type… if you have revised!

3. Example question and answer
Describe how the Jim Crow Laws affected black Americans. (4)
The Jim Crow Laws affected black Americans in many ways. Firstly, black children had to attend separate schools from white children. Black children had poorer resources and could not attend their local school. Also, in Florida, black and white couples were not allowed to marry. Furthermore, black people got poorer healthcare than whites in the south. Finally, black people could only go to separate areas of theatres and cinemas, where they got the poorest seats.