1. YEAR 11 MOCK EXAMINATION
HISTORY FEEDBACK

2. COMMON ERRORS
Structure of answers – you can pick up marks by learning how to structure responses. E.g. agree/disagree/overall
Not describing what the source says/shows
No own knowledge
Not setting source in context of what was happening at the time
No cross-referencing – you can use other sources in paper to back up points you make (examiners like this)

3. Question 1: What is the Message of the source?
MAIN MESSAGE: Youths were violent thugs that should be punished (Be obvious – not ‘make things up’)
Evidence: weapons/ outfit/ ridden over policeman/ empty bottles/ comments by youth saying they’re just bored and shouldn’t be punished
Context: Clacton Riots of 1964 (also explained in Sources B and C) and other riots such as Margate (Source D)

4. Question 2: does B prove that C is wrong?
Structure:
B does prove C is wrong because –
B does not prove C is wrong because –
Overall:
Must include:
Details from the sources – what do BOTH say?
Provenance (just because C is written by a historian at a much later date doesn’t make it less reliable – it actually makes it more reliable – would have used a range of sources and it not caught up in the panic or emotion of time) Newspaper – there to sell papers - sensationalised!
Own knowledge/context/cross reference with other sources

5. Question 3: Why was this photograph taken?
You need to explain using details in the picture, the date it was produced and use own knowledge/cross reference to other sources (e.g. Source B)
Lots of youths on the beach – causing trouble. One teen is throwing an object, there is rubbish everywhere and deck chairs knocked over.
Obviously taken to show how out of control and violent youths were – to sell newspapers, so to make money and to go with reports of violence like the report in source B.

6. Question 4: Are you surprised by this source?
Structure:
Yes I am surprised because:
No I’m not surprised because:
Overall –
Need to use details of what the source says: e.g. you should be surprised by the students having a peaceful silent protest – as the traditional view of the time were protests were violent. You shouldn’t be surprised by the fact there were protests as students protested about many things e.g. Vietnam, nuclear weapons etc
Must refer to the provenance of the source and use own knowledge/cross-reference to other sources (e.g. Source G another peaceful protest (sit-in).

7. Many did not refer to source G at all!
Question 5: Do you believe source F about students in the 1960s (use F and G in answer)
Many did not refer to source G at all!
Structure: yes I do because….. No I don’t because……… overall:
Need to refer to details in source, add own knowledge, refer to context and provenance and cross reference particularly with Source G but can use other sources where appropriate.
Please note: just because source F was written later in a History book it doesn’t make it less reliable – a historian would have used a wide variety of evidence in research – newspaper articles at the time would have been exaggerated/sensationalised so are much less reliable!!

8. Question 6: Use ALL sources – ‘Young People in the 60s were out of control’ How far do you agree?
Structure:
Agree – young people were out of control: refer to sources: A,B and D add own knowledge to back it up and question these sources (newspaper articles/political cartoons and a photograph)
Disagree – young people were not out of control: refer to sources: C, E, F and G add own knowledge and comment on provenance of these perhaps more considered sources.
How far do you agree overall.
NEVER: go through source by source. ALWAYS use the sources that agree together and those that disagree together.