A01: Cause & Consequence• Level 1: You identify a reason (cause) without explaining

it.

• Level 2: You describe reasons (causes) using relevant knowledge to support your answer. Saying how not why

• Level 3: You explain why. Giving reasons (causes) backed up by your own knowledge.– You need a conclusion. – You may start to show importance, links, long/short-term,

themes.

• Level 4: You produce a sustained argument which reaches a clear conclusion, backed up by your own knowledge and evidence. Showing a clear organisation of ideas using importance, links, long/short-term or themes.

A02: Sources• Level 1: You identify information in the sources and write

it what it tells you. • You might match evidence in one source to another

source.

• Level 2: You describe what the sources say and you can show what this suggests (infers) by using your own knowledge.

• You can compare two sources and show how they are similar or quite different.

• Level 3: You analyse what the sources say and what they do not say. You link the sources together and explore them in full.

• You can compare sources and show degrees of similarity and degrees of difference and then reach an overall view.