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History Lecture Notes
CHOOSING QUESTIONS
2. Carefully read through the questions on the paper and pay particular attention to THEMES
your teacher emphasized and the section restrictions on the paper
Be very careful to observe the section restrictions
Browse through questions to get an overview of themes
4. Read widely!
To develop grammatical skills
Question: when, why, how, where, who
Think
Talk
Write
CHOOSE QUESTIONS YOU ARE ABLE TO COMPLETELY ANSWER AND BEST ABLE TO
RECALL INFORMATION!!!
1. Quickly make short notes on what you would like to write. Do this for all the questions
before you begin to write
2. Choose only information to answer the questions before you
3. Organize the information effectively before you begin to write
EPICS – economical, political, ideological, cultural, social
Social Class
Colonial Empire (arrival of independence in parts of the Caribbean etc)
Geography (Americas, Caribbean/West Indies, Mainland vs Island, Greater Antilles vs
Lesser Antilles, Europe, Africa, Asia)
Time/Period/Chronology/Sequence
Race/Ethnicity
Colour
Nationality/Place of Birth/Origin
Gender
Factors of Production – plantation society, sugar rev, amalgamation of estates, labour
consequences (capital to export, restrictions, need for pre-export processing as cane could
not reach mother country in time)
TIME MANAGEMENT
To what extent......?
How does...?
How effective was...?
How significant was....?
THE RATIONALE
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Conclusion – summary of discussion, relate to research questions (DO NOT ADD NEW
POINTS)