OCR essay questions
- Created by: Alasdair
- Created on: 08-06-17 21:15
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- OCR essay questions
- Timing
- Saxons and Normans
- 40 mins
- Cold War in Asia
- 40 mins
- Civil Rights
- 2 x 45 mins
- Saxons and Normans
- Clear introduction
- Refer to question in first sentence - question focus
- Clearly state your argument
- Outline factors you will use in argument
- Brief background if you have time
- Clearly state criteria by which you will determine your argument is valid
- Give detailed facts
- Specific names
- Statistics/numbers
- Quotes
- Dates
- Use mini conclusions to bring focus back on question
- Be balanced
- 3/4 factors
- Which factor is most significant
- Do not use 'I' (personalisation)
- No rhetorical questions
- Remain in dates of question if they are there
- Civil Rights thematic essay question
- Refer to factors from across era (ensure you refer to one from around 1865, one from in between, and one from 1980s/90-92)
- Depending on question (unless asking otherwise) refer to presidents, legislation, opposition, individuals promoting views, pro-groups, anti-groups
- Civil Rights significant event essay
- Always link back to question
- Why an event is more/less important than event in question
- Do paragraphs by key themes:
- Economic
- Social
- Political
- Cultural
- Describe both how event could be turning point in relation to this theme and could not be
- Use 3-4 other turning points within same paragraph to compare how they could be more/less significant than event stated in question in relation to paragraph theme
- Always link back to question
- Conclusion
- Refer to question
- Question focus
- Summarise argument referring to key points
- Do not add anything new to argument
- Final judgment
- Refer to question
- Timing
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