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Quick questions on The individual study essay: planning and writing the WJEC NEA - WJEC A-Level History
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What is referencing?Show answer
Reference your sources accurately and consistently throughout, with footnotes or citations and a bibliography. Accurate referencing shows the depth of your research and is part of the assessment.
What is model planning paragraph?Show answer
Suppose the chosen question is "How far was the First World War the main reason the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917?" A strong plan would open by setting out the competing interpretations: the Soviet/structuralist line that the war merely accelerated an inevitable collapse, against the liberal view that contingent failures of the Provisional Government and Bolshevik agency were decisive. The body would then argue thematically, one paragraph testing the war's impact on the army and supply, another the failures of the Provisional Government (its continuation of the war, the July Days, the Kornilov affair), another Lenin's leadership and the April Theses.
What is a vague question?Show answer
A narrow, arguable question makes a sustained argument possible.
What are narrative paragraphs?Show answer
Lead with analysis and use evidence to support it, and engage the interpretations.
What is q1?Show answer
What kind of question suits the individual study best? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What two kinds of material should the study draw on? [2 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
How would you plan a "how far" individual study to reach the top band? [20 marks]
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