Edexcel GCSE History | Paper 1: Medicine Through Time - Exam questions:

Q1:

Describe two features of.. (4 marks)

• You should spend around 5 mins on this question

Structure:

1. One feature of … was…

2. Detail to support the feature…

1. Another feature of … was…

2. Detail to support the feature…

Q2a:

How useful are Sources A and B for an enquiry into… (8 marks)

• You should spend around 15 mins on this question

Structure:

1. How source A is useful

2. How source A isn’t useful

3. How source B is useful

4. How source B isn’t useful

• These paragraphs should use the ASK structure:

A - Answer the question (One reason why Source … is(n’t) useful for an enquiry into … is…)

S - Source - Examples (Quotes, Accuracy of the source, Provenance)

K - Knowledge - Use your own knowledge to support your claim (From my own knowledge..)

Q2b:

Study Source … How could you follow up Source … to find out more about…? (4 marks)

• You should spend around 5 mins on this question.

Structure:

1. Detail - Quote a part of the source and link it to the question

2. Question - Ask a question about the source that links to the quote

3. Source I could use - Include a specific source that you can use to answer your question (e.g. RAMC medical records from that year)

4. How this helps to answer the question - Explain how it will help to answer your question

Q3:

Explain one way… (4 marks)

• You should spend around 5 mins on this question.

Structure:

1. Unifying sentence (One way in which… was that…)

2. Example 1 - First time period (For example, in…)

3. Example 2 - Second time period (However, in…)

4. Conclusion (Therefore, …)

Q4:

Explain why… (12 marks)

• You should spend around 15-20 mins on this question

Structure:

• 3-4 PEEL paragraphs, a conclusion isn’t needed

• You the bullet points provided as well as your own factor(s)

• Include specific knowledge and go into detail

Q5/Q6:

‘Statement’ How far do you agree? (16 marks)

• You should spend around 25-30 mins on this question.

Structure:

1. Agree

2. Agree

3. Disagree

4. Disagree

5. Conclusion (Overall, I agree/disagree with the statement because…)

   The amount of agree/disagree paragraphs may differ.

• Use PEEEEL structure (Point, Evidence, Explain, Evidence, Explain, Link)

• Include knowledge