1. Friday, 26 April 2019 HOW TO ANSWER SOURCE QUESTIONS ON SURGERY QUESTION 1
Make sure you answer ALL Questions – especially Question 5 – this is worth the most marks.
2) Stick to a strict TIME LIMIT for Each Question as follows;
- Question 1 – 6 Marks = 10 Minutes
- Question 2 – 8 Marks = 10 Minutes
- Question 3 – 10 Marks = 15 Minutes
- Question 4 – 10 Marks = 15 Minutes
- Question 5 – 16 Marks = 20 Minutes
3) ANSWER QUESTION 5 FIRST AND THEN WORK YOUR
WAY BACKWARDS THROUGH THE PAPER.
3) PLAN your answers carefully – if the Question asks you to
Use 4 sources and your own knowledge – you should usually
write FIVE PARAGRAPHS – one paragraph on each of the
sources and one paragraph on your own knowledge.

2. Study Source A.
What can you learn from Source A about how operations were carried out before the nineteenth century? ( 6marks)

3. An eighteenth century painting of an operation.
DON’T
Use your own knowledge –the Question doesn’t ask for it!
Analyse if the sources are reliable – again, the Question doesn’t ask you to do this! DO
Write about what the Sources tell you – copy out lines from the source to support your answer.( If it is a written source.)
Write about what you can guess from the source.
An eighteenth century painting
of an operation.

4. An eighteenth century painting of an operation.

5. PLANNING AHEAD! Paragraph 1
Write about what SOURCE A tells you about how operations were carried out before the nineteenth century.
Paragraph 2
Write about what you can guess from SOURCE A about how operations were carried out before the nineteenth century.

6. SENTENCE STARTERS
I can learn from Source A that operations before the nineteenth century were…….
I can also guess from Source A that operations before .the nineteenth century were.....

7. Q.1 HOW TO MARK ANSWERS Level One = 1 Mark = Grade E
Answer selects relevant detail(s) from source. eg ‘The patient was held down’; or ‘They are wearing ordinary clothes’.
Level Two = 2 – 3 Marks = Grades D/C
Valid inferences (guesses) are offered, but without support from sources. eg ‘Surgery would be seen as a last resort’; or ‘Infection was a problem in surgery’.
Level Three = 4 – 6 Marks = Grades B/A/A*
Valid inferences (guesses) are made and supported from the source. eg ‘The fact that they are holding the patient down suggests that it must have been very painful’ or ‘The presence of spectators suggests that they were not worried about infection’.