Structuring your answer to the historic environment question
I can understand ways to approach the 16-mark historic environment question.
Structuring your answer to the historic environment question
I can understand ways to approach the 16-mark historic environment question.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- The question will ask about either change, continuity, cause or consequence.
- Arguments about change, continuity, cause or consequence should be backed up with relevant evidence.
- The question will provide one factor to consider, to which you should add two more alternatives.
- Planning your answer helps to achieve a sustained judgement.
- It is always important to use specific knowledge about your historic environment in your answer.
Common misconception
Students commonly do not provide enough detail from their Historic Environment in their answers.
Try to back up your analysis of the question with specific facts and details from your Historic Environment.
Keywords
Second order concepts - ways in which questions about history are shaped
Continuity - when something continues without changing
Causation - why something happens, what its causes are
Consequence - the results or impacts of something
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
from the same time as something
a direct or first-hand piece of evidence from the past
what is happening at the time of a historical event
Exit quiz
6 Questions
the results or impacts of something
when something continues without changing
why something happens, what its causes are