Notes for Combined Humanities (Social Studies/Elective History)

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HOW TO DO AN O LEVEL ELECTIVE HISTORY PAPER. (Confirm plus chop A1)

Hi, this is a suggested way of doing an Elective History Paper. Using this way, I had mastered the skill of doing the paper and scored a massive 45/50 for my Prelim Paper this year!

  This is ONLY for Prelim Papers and the Actual O Level Paper, where you have ALL five skills learnt and examined for that examination.

CONFIRM PLUS CHOP A1!

Time	Description	Use
0 to 7.5 mins	Start on the Source Based Case Study. Analyse the case study and infer ALL set sources based on the Evaluation judgement. Write it all CLEARLY on the question paper.	This is to help you gain the minimal passing marks for the Case Study. This will help you TREMENDOUSLY.
7.5-10 mins	Do the inference question, be it the Inference Basic, Inference Purpose or Inference Tone question.	This question is the easiest to score a distinction. Just infer the source with the keyword, like ‘tell’, ‘message’, and you will score at least 3-4 marks guaranteed.
10-25 mins	Using a spare blank foolscap. Do the EVALUATION question. Infer ALL source set. Do ensure that each paragraph has the keyword and an inference of one source ONLY. For example if 6 sources are set “Khrushchev was responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis.” Using all the sources, how far do these sources support the statement? Explain your answer.” Paragraph 1: Source _The sources that support support the statement. Paragraph 2: Source __ support as it tells me that…message… (Evidence and Explanation) Paragraph 3 and beyond: Follow the same format for the ‘support’ sources. Paragraph 4: Source _The sources that do not support do not support the statement. Paragraph 5: Source __ does not support as it tells me that…message… (Evidence and Explanation) Paragraph 6 and beyond: Follow the same format for the ‘does not support’ sources. Last Paragraph (Only if you have time): Question reliability of one source based on Contextual Knowledge Cross Reference ONLY	These fifteen minutes are the most important 15 minutes in the entire examination. The evaluation question is an 8 mark question that is easy to score by sacrificing a bit of time.   Just evaluating 5 sources would allow you to gain the maximum 8 marks. The Last Paragraph is a backup 1 marks if one source fails to be successful in evaluation.   The keyword is essential, or else 0 marks will be awarded. ALL sources must be evaluated for backup purposes. That way, 8 marks will definitely be yours. BTW, now 11 marks will be yours now.
25-40 min	For the remaining sources, answer ALL the other sources by inferring all the sources in the questions.   Just use the keyword of each question and then infer the source.	Like previously in the blog, it is said that pure content will be able one to score partial credit for the question. The remaining questions are worth 22-24 marks. Just inferring the score will allow one to get another 11 marks, making the grand total 22 marks!
40-80 min	Answer the Structured Essay Question. Write at least a 1.5 page essay for part (a), with no leaving line for both paragraph, with 50% of the essay explanation of both paragraphs. (20 min) Write at least a 2.5 page essay for part (a), with no leaving line for two paragraph, one for each stand (AGREE and DISAGREE, etc.), with 75% being explanation of both paragraphs. (20min)	Explanation is key in the SEQ, worth 14 mark in total (4 marks in (a), 10 marks in (b).) Explanation clearly and long windily to gain exceptional explanation of factor AFTER elaborating the point with evidences. This will allow one to gain at least 16 marks, with your total marks now at least 38 marks.
At this point of time, the timing of the examination may vary due to your speed of writing. Do not be too obsessed with the length of your essays because your handwriting may be very small. The main concern is the clarity of factor explanation.   Do remember to use the keyword of SEQ (b) question to not risk failing the question due to lack of assertion.
80-95 min	Answer the rest of the source based question. For all the question except inference question and evaluation question, go into depth and interpretation of the source and question, writing the further interpretation as your second paragraph of each question. Example reliability question: How reliable is Source B? Explain your answer. Paragraph 1: Source B may be reliable in telling me that Khrushchev arrogance caused the Cuban Missile Crisis. (Evidence and Explanation) Paragraph 2: However, I can conclude that it is not reliable as it has a hidden motive. As it was from an American newspaper, the two countries were under the state of Cold War during the Cuban Missile Crisis and hence I would have expected the source to discredit and criticise Khrushchev. This is because of USSR being their opponent and hence Khrushchev, the leader of USSR at that time, discredit by USA. As the source meets my expectation of criticising Khrushchev, it decreases the reliability of the source, making it unreliable.	This helps you to gain the extra marks that allows you to gain extra marks for a higher A1.
95-100 min	Write a brief, but clear and elaborated conclusion of the Essay (b) question. (IF YOU HAVE TIME)	This helps you to gain the extra marks that allows you to gain extra marks for a higher A1.
Lowest possible score: SBCS: 22 marks SEQ: 16 marks Total : 38 marks (A1)