Empire and migration overview: Exam-style question walk-through
An introduction to the four question types in a GCSE AQA exam paper on 'Migration, empires and the people':
- How useful is this source ...?
- Explain the significance ...
- Explain two ways in which X was similar to Y.
- 'X was the key factor in Y.' To what extent do you agree?
The resource offers guidance on how SPaG marks are awarded. It provides handy dos and don'ts and a model answer for each question type. Students highlight or annotate the model answers to pick out the key components. They also work on what makes a good point for a significance paragraph or a similarities essay. Finally, they write an essay plan and a conclusion for a factors essay.
This resource can be used to follow on from the following series of lessons:
- A teacher’s overview of how this unit might be taught thematically (38-lesson plan)
- An overview resource for ‘Gaining an empire’
- An overview resource for ‘Losing an empire’
- An overview resource for migration
- An overview resource for developing English and British identities.
An extract from the model answer for the source question:
This reveals the violence with which Britain would defend its Empire, especially when ‘British citizens’ were seen to be in danger. That this source comes from Punch magazine but was a very serious cartoon shows how seriously the events were taken in Britain ...
