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AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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Hodder Education Revision Lessons
Answering the ‘Describe …’ question
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AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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Your friend asks you where you went for your
holidays.
How do you answer?
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AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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You will almost certainly start by giving a
broad opening statement, such as:
‘Aw – I just went to the seaside with my parents.’
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‘Weyhey! We went to Florida!!!!’Click to
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Then, if your friend seems at all interested, you
will go on to tell him some of the boring details …
(how your father got arrested, how your sister
got eaten by a shark, etc.)
After two or three such anecdotes, your friend is
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You answer the ‘Describe …’ question
in much the same way!
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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You are going to get a question which asks you to
describe an issue or an event, for example: ‘German foreign policy is sometimes
blamed for causing the First World War.
Describe Wilhelm II’s policy of Weltpolitik.’
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Note that the first sentence is just ‘prompt information’ to jog your memory – the real question is the second part,
which tells you what to describe.
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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The mark scheme says that this is how you are going to earn the 4 marks for this question:
• 1 mark for a ‘basic description’• up to 3 more marks for ‘detailed description of
different aspects’.
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Note that the mark scheme says you need to give ‘at least two’ specific details to earn full marks … so try to give
three!
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You are advised to spend
7 minutes maximum
on this question.
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So, let’s begin …
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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Start by giving a ‘basic description’:
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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Weltpolitik (meaning ‘world politics’) was
Wilhelm II’s
aggressive, expansionist foreign policy.
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Start by giving a ‘basic description’: (from the fact sheet)
This will give you the basic first 1 mark.
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
Unit 1 Part 1 Lesson 1
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Weltpolitik (meaning ‘world politics’) was
Wilhelm II’s aggressive, expansionist foreign
policy.
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And then you add the two or three ‘details’:
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
Unit 1 Part 1 Lesson 1
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Weltpolitik (meaning ‘world politics’) was
Wilhelm II’s aggressive, expansionist foreign
policy.
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And then you add the two or three ‘details’: (these can include general background context)
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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Weltpolitik (meaning ‘world politics’) was
Wilhelm II’s aggressive, expansionist foreign
policy.
Many Germans wanted a strong German-
dominated
central European state (‘Mitteleuropa’).
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And then you add the two or three ‘details’: (for example …)
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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Weltpolitik (meaning ‘world politics’) was
Wilhelm II’s aggressive, expansionist foreign
policy.
Many Germans wanted a strong German-
dominated central European state
(‘Mitteleuropa’).
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And then you add the two or three ‘details’: (but you must also include specific facts …)
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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Weltpolitik (meaning ‘world politics’) was Wilhelm II’s
aggressive, expansionist foreign policy.
Many Germans wanted a strong German-dominated
central European state (‘Mitteleuropa’).
In 1898 he ordered Admiral Tirpitz to build up a strong
German navy.
In 1901 he publicly demanded ‘a place in the sun’ for
Germany.
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And then you add the two or three ‘details’: (for example …)
AQA (B) GCSE Modern World History
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Weltpolitik (meaning ‘world politics’) was Wilhelm
II’s aggressive, expansionist foreign policy.
Many Germans wanted a strong German-
dominated central European state
(‘Mitteleuropa’).
In 1898 he ordered Admiral Tirpitz to build up a
strong German navy.
In 1901 he publicly demanded ‘a place in the sun’
for Germany.Click to
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So your final answer looks like this:
And this will earn you the full 4 marks.
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Write your essay, remembering to:
•provide a sentence giving a ‘basic description’
and: • add two or three ‘details’ – including perhaps
background context, but certainly specific
facts.
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So …
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• provide a sentence giving a ‘basic description’?
• add two or three ‘details’ – including perhaps background context, but certainly specific facts?
Peer-assess each other’s essays. Did they:
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