Toolkit – History GCSE controlled coursework Level 1 - BASIC
Level 2 - SIMPLE
Level 3 - DEVELOPED
LEVEL 4 – COMPLEX – You need to challenge the interpretation set by the question “World War Two damage was much worse to life and buildings” TOOL ONE)
Vocab List
Have you EVALUATED the source thoroughly? See What Can You SEE!
Infer What can you work out?
TOOL 2) Have you analysed the source fully? How does the source fit into the question? TOOL 3) Does it challenge the statement? You HAVE to use all eight sources Include specialist vocabulary
Ask What else would you like to know?
Utility How useful is the source?
Ways to compare
Talking History
Alternatively ,
Valid/Validity
In contrast to……..
Value
Luftwaffe
Blitz
On the one hand/other hand,
Utility
Damage
Carnage
Destruction
Nature
Emotion
Sorrow
Loss
Origin
Response
Empathy
Reaction
Purpose
Immense
Terrific
Mass/Massive
Conversely, Similarly, In stark contrast to…
Limit/limited Primary
Pointing Things Out
Secondary
Suggests
Reliable
Depicts
Unreliable
Illustrates
Depicts
Signifies Emphasises Reinforces Supports Reveals Invalid Nonsensical False Inaccurate Over simplified Ill conceived
Key Words - Vocab
TOOL ONE This is a photograph which records the devastation in Liverpool after a bombing raid in 1940, being inflicted early on in World War Two. I can see that there is lot of damage to buildings and people could have died in all that rubble and would have certainly feared for their lives in the chaos. How far did this bombing raid extend? The source is somewhat limited in the sense that it only shows one part of the city and therefore we do not know the true extent of damage to the city or other smaller towns.
Source 1 An example of a visual source A photograph showing the devastation in Liverpool after bombing raid in 1940
TOOL TWO This source supports the interpretation that World War Two caused damage and destruction to some buildings. This would have had a immense impact on people’s lives. However, I we do not know the extent to which lives were damaged. The source does confirm the assertion that German air attacks on Britain took place and demonstrates to us that they were not fully confined to just London. TOOL THREE Source two further supports the interpretation of the effects of air raids on Britain. This was written as a secondary source from a book which suggests the experiences in World War one were very important in making Britain. Andrew Marr talks about destruction and the “lethal” attacks from the air. People would have experienced similar feared and shock as the Zeppelins attacked. You could argue that this would have been more terrifying as people would never have experienced such attack from air before. Therefore the interpretation that World Two was more immense and theWORDS assertion that USE OFWar TWO SOURCES – COMPARED = 250 the threat from the air was almost non –existent is illconceived.
Source 2 Parts of the south of England were raided by Zeppelins, causing fear and shock if not the devastation their commanders had hoped for. For people still getting used to manned flight, death from the air and the ‘baby killer’ Zeppelins were a terrible shock. Air raid warnings involved policemen on bicycles blowing whistles and displaying placards; people died praying beside their beds. Later still, London was attacked, more lethally, by Gotha bombers. This was not 1940: far fewer people were killed. But the psychological effect of fearing that the bombers might swarm over at any moment was deep and lasting. From The Making of Modern Britain by A MARR. It was published in 2009 and accompanied a BBC television series.