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Thematic Study and Interpretations (Unit 3)
Quick questions on Using historians on US civil rights - OCR A-Level History Unit 3
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What are the debate across the strands?Show answer
The same disagreement runs through every strand, which is useful when an interpretations passage covers a group other than African Americans:
What is framing a judgement?Show answer
The strongest answers use the debate to reach a nuanced judgement: typically that the two interpretations interact, protest (bottom-up) created the climate in which federal action (top-down) became possible, so the evidence supports a reading that combines them while leaning one way. This is more convincing than crudely choosing one school over the other.
What is q1?Show answer
Evaluate the interpretations in both passages and explain which is more convincing as an explanation of the role of grassroots protest in advancing civil rights. [shown at the 20-mark cap; the interpretations essay is worth 30 in the full paper]
What is q2?Show answer
What is the difference between a top-down and a bottom-up interpretation of civil rights? [2 marks]
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