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Exam tips  Comprehension- reading for understanding  Sides- Recoginse them. Key factors- (Historians) Successes and Failures.  Depth of Knowledge  Focus- relevance of information. Stick to answering the question. Don’t be fooled by the topic- Focus on the direction of the question  TO WHAT EXTENT Q’s: Focus= fully/partly/not at all, most Q’s= partly but with a most important and less important factor. Part A  Part B AO2b, source based questions  Identify what the sources are saying.  Use quotes from source to illustrate the point you’ve made.  Explain how the other sources support the first source- use quotes from the source to illustrate this point--Same process for how the source differs.  An overall how far judgement on the support or challenge that the sources have, in combination or separately.  This interpretation shows…  What point of view is it? Monetarist/Keynesian / progressive POV. Make sure you explain you are treating it as their own interpretation or view.  Show you understand that there is controversy surrounding the argument.  Clearly state HOW FAR???  Place a value on each source- X has more value than Y because…  Show that you understand that people and different historians have different opinions and views, which creates historical debates (write a sentence that would illustrate this point and be used in any essay involving controversy)  Orthodox= What everyone believes. Revisionist= trying to change the common belief, though it is not thoroughly been proved with enough evidence.

Phrases:  Historians and economists can argue indefinitely on what exactly caused the depression, in reality there is no real way to tell which is 100% true but all mentioned theories are valid and can be justified; it’s just the value that corresponding evidence gives to the interpretation which will give some theories more weight and orthodoxy than others. ...