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This document is a guide for AQA History GCSE Paper 2, focusing on Britain: Health and the People and Elizabethan England. It outlines various question types, including source evaluation, significance explanation, and comparison questions, along with structured approaches for answering them. The guide emphasizes the importance of contextual knowledge and the use of specific paragraph structures to achieve high marks.

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This document is a guide for AQA History GCSE Paper 2, focusing on Britain: Health and the People and Elizabethan England. It outlines various question types, including source evaluation, significance explanation, and comparison questions, along with structured approaches for answering them. The guide emphasizes the importance of contextual knowledge and the use of specific paragraph structures to achieve high marks.

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AQA HISTORY GCSE

Question Types Guide


Paper 2

• Britain; health and the


people.
• Elizabethan England.

This booklet will guide you through the


different question types on Paper 2 for
Medicine and Elizabethan England. It will
also offer guidance on how to approach
these different questions.
Paper 2: Shaping the nation

Britain: Health and the people, c.1000-the present day

Question 1
Study Source A. How useful is Source A to a historian studying… Explain your answer using
Source A and your contextual knowledge.
(8 Marks)

Paragraph 1 – How is the content useful? Think carefully about what a historian could learn
from the source.
One way that the source could be useful is because of its content. For example…This is useful
because…I know from my own knowledge…

You need to consider the PROVENANCE of the source. Think about PANDA – Purpose,
audience, nature, date and author.
The Source could be useful to a historian because of its provenance. For example…This would
make it useful because…I know from my own knowledge that…

Conclusion-You need to reach a clear judgement. Explain how the source is useful the source
is to a historian.
Overall, the source is __________ useful to a historian because…

Provenance Panda says:


“All sources are useful! Even an incredibly unreliable source can
be useful. Sources can reveal the attitudes, values, concerns and
anger of the people from that time period and they allow us to
get into the mind-set of these people.

Question 2
Explain the significance of…
P E E
(8 Marks)
Top Tip
2 PEE paragraphs with consideration of how the event/person
is significant. Significance
You can consider the impact on medicine and health, whether means
it importance.
affected everyone or other countries, whether it led to To get top
problems or opposition, the long-term impact. marks, you
need to think
One way that________ is significant is in the short-
term/long-term. about the
For example,…. short and long
This would be significant because…. 10 mins term impact.
Paper 2: Shaping the nation
Britain: Health and the people, c.1000-the present day

Question 3
Explain two ways in which ________ and ___________were similar.
(8 Marks)

P 2 PEE paragraphs on similarities.


You need to provide evidence from both events/people mentioned in the
question.
You also need to compare the wider historical context by considering why
E there they were similar.

One way that _________ and ________ were similar was…


For example,….
This was similar because…..
E
10 mins
Has _______been the main factor in understanding…/ the
development of medicine since…? Explain your answer with
reference to… and other factors. Use examples from your
study of Health and the People.
(16 Marks + 4 SPaG Marks)
P
You must talk about 3 factors and 3 different time periods
in your essay. E
1) Write a PEEL paragraph agreeing with the statement
focusing on the factor given.

________ has been the main factor in the development of


E
public health.
For example,….
This was important because… L
Therefore, _________ was highly significant in the
development of public health as…
Factors
2) Write at least 2 PEEL paragraphs disagreeing with the Communication
statement looking at the role of 2 other factors. Economy
Government
2) Conclusion – write a balanced conclusion (explain how the Ideas and Theories
factors are all inter-connected and how their importance Key individuals
changes over time) then reach a judgement and explain it! Religion
Science and Technology
War
25 mins
Paper 2: Shaping the nation

Elizabethan England c.1568-1603

Question 1
How convincing is Interpretation A about…
Explain your answer based on your contextual knowledge and what it says in
Interpretation A
(8 Marks)

Paragraph 1 – Identify one way that the interpretation is convincing by comparing to your
own knowledge.
One way that Interpretation A is convincing is…For example the interpretation says “…”. This
makes the interpretation convincing because…(add detailed own knowledge).

Paragraph 2 – Identify another way that the interpretation is convincing by comparing to


your own knowledge.
Another way that Interpretation A is convincing is…For example the interpretation says “…”.
This makes the interpretation convincing because…(add detailed own knowledge).

Conclusion-You need to reach a clear judgement. Explain how convincing the interpretation
is.
Overall, the interpretation is__________ convincing because… 10 mins

Question 2
Explain what was important about…
(8 Marks)

2 PEE paragraphs with consideration of how the event/person


is important.
You can consider the impact on Elizabethan England, whether it
affected everyone or other countries, whether it led to any problems for
Elizabeth.
Top marks – for those students who show understanding of the importance of the
event within the broader historical context.

One way that________ is important is because……..


For example,….
This would be important because….
10 mins

P E E
Top Tip
Consider the social, political, religious,
economic impact.
Paper 2: Shaping the nation

Elizabethan England c.1568-1603

Question 3
Write an account of….

P (8 Marks)

You need to write about key causes, events and consequences in


chronological order. Try and use linking phrases.

E Clear explanation needs to be provided to show how the each event led to
the next.

Two-three PEE paragraphs.

E
Firstly,…
For example,….
This meant that/This led to/ This resulted in….. 10 mins

P
‘Statement.’
How far does a study of Francis Drake and the
circumnavigation of the globe support this statement?
Explain your answer.

E
(16 Marks)

ESSAY RESPONSE – 3 PEEL & CONCLUSION

E
1) Write a PEEL paragraph focusing on the given
statement.

______________has been __________ important in….

L
For example,….
This was important because…
Therefore, _________ was ________ important in the…

2) Write at least 2 PEEL paragraphs looking at other Top Tip


causes/consequences.
Show a sustained
3) Conclusion – write a balanced conclusion (explain how the judgement
factors are all inter-connected and how their importance
changes over time) then reach a judgement and explain it! throughout your
essay for top marks.
Use fronted
adverbials and
25 mins appositives.

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