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How toanswer 12 mark questions.

Keywords:
Resolutions-a
formal
expression of
opinion or
intention

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Learning Objectives:
To create a 12 mark answer.

Key areas
What was life
like in South
Africa before
1948?

Why did the

National Party
win?

How did they

implement
apartheid?

How did
African
nationalism
develop?

12 mark practice

How to answer 12 mark

questions
12 mark guidance
Have you identified the key
message(s) of the source
material?
Have you assessed the
language/tone used?
Have you used your own
knowledge to
support/challenge the
message of the source?
Have you referred to the
provenance of the source?
Have you made a judgement

Step 1. Look at the question. What do

you know about the question focus?
How much weight do you give the
evidence of Source 4 for an enquiry
into the role of the anti-apartheid
movement in the 1950s?
Explain your answer using the
source, the information given about
it and your
own knowledge of the historical

Step 1. Look at the question. What do

you know about the question focus?
How much weight do you give the
evidence of Source 4 for an enquiry
into the role of the antiapartheid movement in the
1950s?
Explain your answer using the
source, the information given about
it and your

Step 1. Look at the question. What do

you know about the question focus?

Role of the antiapartheid movement in

the 1950s

Step 2. Look at the provenance. What

assumption(s) would you make?

Step 2. Look at the provenance. What

assumption(s) would you make?

Would we
expect him to
be objective?

What is the
intended
purpose of the
source?

What was
happening at
the time of his
writing?

Step 3. Read the content. How is the

source linked to the question focus?
Role of the anti-apartheid movement
in the 1950s

Step 4. Read the content. Can you

build on the message given?
Role of the anti-apartheid movement
in the 1950s

Step 5. Read the content. Can you

challenge the message given?
Role of the anti-apartheid movement
in the 1950s

Step 6. Overall, how much weight

can you give the source?

Possible structure
What is your overall judgement
of the source material?
(Benefits/Limitations)
What the source fails to tell you?
(+OK)
Have you assessed the
origin/nature of the source?
What is the intended purpose of the
source? (C+OK+P)
What does the source suggest you?
(C+OK)

You have 30
minutes to
complete the
question.

How much weight do you give the evidence of Source 4 for

an enquiry into the role of the anti-apartheid movement in
the 1950s? (12 marks)
Explain your answer using the source, the information
given about it and your
own knowledge of the historical context.