Year 11 December 2014 Mock Feedback LO: To identify how you gained marks and identify areas for improvement.
Grade boundaries 100 90% - A* 89 80% A 79 70% B 69 60% C 59 50% D 49 40% E 39 30% - F
Unit 1 International Relations Topics: 1. Origins of WW1 2. Peacekeeping and the League of Nations 3. Hitler s Foreign Policy
Describe the Schlieffen Plan [4] Level 1 Basic description / any general relevant comment = 1 Level 2 EITHER - Detailed description of limited aspects OR Limited description of a wider range of aspects = 2-3 Level 3 - Detailed description of several aspects = 4
Source A suggests a weakness of the League of Nations in 1935. Do you agree that this was the main weakness of the League of Nations? Explain your answer by referring to the purpose of the source, as well as using its content and your own knowledge. (6)
Level 1 - General response relying on source or learned response = 1 Level 2 - Uses general knowledge to agree/disagree with the interpretation/gives simple explanation of how the interpretation came about = 2-3 Level 3 - Agrees or disagrees either using source or own knowledge = 4-5 Level 4 Uses source and knowledge to reach conclusion = 6
Which was the bigger threat to European peace in the 1930s: - Anschluss with Austria? - The Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939? You must refer to both reasons when explaining your answer (10)
Level 1 - Simple descriptive comment and/or gives one reason = 1 Level 2 EITHER - Develops one cause, this starts with description at the bottom of the level, then explanation and assessment which focuses on the question OR covers both with some development or explanation. This will involve description or explanation of both with no analysis or assessment and little focus on the question = 3-6 Level 3 - A selective and structured account covering both bullet points, though one may be in greater depth, focused on the question or establishing some argument = 7-9 Level 4 - Balanced, well argued answer linking both parts, focused on the question = 10
Unit 2: 20 th Century Depth Studies Topics: 1. Weimar 1919-29 2. Hitler s Germany 1929-1945 3. Race Relations in the USA, 1945 1968
Use Source B and your own knowledge to describe events at Little Rock Central High School in 1957 [8]
Level 1 Basic description, using source and/or own knowledge = 1-2 Level 2 EITHER - Detailed description of limited aspects OR Limited description of wider range of aspects = 3-6 Level 3 - Detailed description of several aspects using source and own knowledge = 7-8
Alternative 8 mark question styles EITHER - Explain the effects of Nazi policies towards the Jews in the years 1933 to 1945. [8] (Explanation of key features) OR - Why did the Freedom Rides and Freedom Marches take place in the USA in the early 1960s? [8] (Knowledge and analysis of key features)
Level 1 - Simple descriptive comment or identifies one effect = 1-2 Level 2 - EITHER - Identifies several effects OR explains one effect = 3-6 Level 3 - Explains more than one effect = 7-8
The Freedom Rides and Freedom Marches in the early 1960s were the main reason why the Civil Rights movement made so much progress at that time How far do you agree with this interpretation? Explain your answer. (12)
Level 1 - Simple descriptive comment(s) = 1-3 Level 2 - Identifies several reasons or gives limited description = 4-6 Level 3 - Explains one or more reasons. The answer may attempt a conclusion on agreement/disagreement. Reward argument based on description as explanation = 7-10 Level 4 - Balanced detailed explanation, with judgment for top of level = 11-12
What does Source A suggest about the consequences of hyperinflation in Germany in 1923? (4) Level 1 - Answer that takes information from the source = 1-2 Level 2 - Answer that shows understanding and is able to make inference(s) from source = 3-4
Explain what Stresemann did to help the German economy recover in the years 1924-29. (6) Level 1 - Simple descriptive comment and/or identifies one reason = 1-2 Level 2 EITHER - Identifies several reasons OR explains one reason = 3-4 Level 3 - Explains more than ONE reason = 5-6
How useful is Source D for studying the reaction to the Night of the Long Knives? Use Source D and your own knowledge to explain your answer (10)
Level 1 EITHER - Accepts the content of the source at face value OR generalised or learned response which could apply to any source = 1-2 Level 2 EITHER - Comments on the usefulness or the limitations of the source based on information in the source and/or basic knowledge OR comments on the usefulness or the limitations of the source in terms of reliability or bias = 3-5 Level 3 EITHER - Developed explanation about the utility/limitations of the source using own knowledge OR developed explanation about the utility/limitations of the source focusing on its provenance = 6-9 Level 4 - Both strands above at Level 3 = 10