The three key tips I learned marking A Level History exams

In this video I give the three key tips from my experience as an examiner for A Level History.

Any questions or requests, please leave a comment below.

#history #alevel #exam #essaywriting

[TOMMY-ypwn]

Thanks Mr Gunn :) Super helpful, always looking through your videos to help me along with Britain and Russia

[WilliamJulianTaranu-Lee]

Hi Mr Gunn!

My history teacher recently recommended your History A-level essay structure video, and I am incredibly grateful for the resources and advice you openly share. Your videos have been put to beneficial use and have helped me settle into History A-Level in year 12, as you have answered many questions I had.

There is one question I would like to ask: is it too early to start reading around the topic of your coursework in year 12?

My coursework will be based on the Vietnam War, so I plan to start some wider reading around the Vietnam War gradually to reduce the workload in the long run. I have watched your videos on coursework, and they are incredibly useful.

[MFA-SpL]

if you’re low on time starting the last essay, what are your tips? say you have around 20-30 minutes

[amanitc]

I really loved the video and I have a question: I am busy with CIE A level history and I was wondering if there are any significant differences in how the exam papers are marked and therefore if any of the 3 takeaways are changed?

[gourikabanerji]

Hello, Mr Gunn, I am planning to take my A-level history next year, and I am doing it on my own. I was wondering if you have any books/textbooks you could recommend that I can use to learn and study for the exam. I have chosen the (European option, Depth Study 1: European history in the interwar years, 1919–41) Thanks in advance. I really like your content, it helped me in my As-level as well!

[JoshuaWilliam-zbsx]

Hello,

Have you done any videos on how to mark questions? I want to learn to be very assiduous at marking my exam answers.

[shahinashah]

Can you please do a video on how to write Paper 3- Interpretation answer?

[TheCentralAffairs]

When marking essays all on the same thing, does it make a difference when you are marking a paper whereby the student has a less generic tone/answer to the question which is still equally as valid?

[bluesteelgame]

Can you give an example of criteria for judgment? :]

[g.l.k]

How much evidence do examiners expect for an A star??

[meera]

What differs a top band (L5) answer from a regular answer? As an examiner what stands out to you and makes the question top band.

[oligoodkind]

Roughly how long should a conclusion be ?

[johannesdegarlandia]

'Criteria' is plural. 'Criterion (what you meant to say) is singular.'