Source technique - Edexcel A Level History Paper 3 Section A

In this video I discuss how to approach the source question in Edexcel A Level History Paper 2 Section A.

Intro: 00:00
The mark scheme: 01:06
Example question (2019): 02:45
Example sources (2019): 03:38
Suggested structure: 04:57
Approach in the exam: 09:51
Comment from the examiners report (2019): 11:09
Key takeaways: 14:27

Exemplar answer for the question discussed in the video;

My video on general tips when approaching source questions at A Level;

My video on Paper 2 source questions;

Please let me know if you have any comments or suggestions.

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[cassie]

I am in my second year of history a level, as much as I love history I have been struggling so much through last year knowing I can achieve so much more, I am so glad i find your videos thank you!

[bdebs_]

Been helpful for all the exams, thank you sir, you're the goat

[habiba]

hi sir. i just want to say thank you for saving my life. i will forever be grateful for your vids. i only survived paper 1 exam because of you. thanks so much 🤧

[lfc-jpdp]

Hi sir, with the 2024 a level history exmas over, do you have any idea on what the potenital grade boundaries? For instance, do you think they will be higher than last years?

[monaaffara]

Hi, are you planning on doing a revision live for paper 3 British Experience of Warfare 1790 - 1918?

[janeeire]

How many marks would you lose if you did summaries after the two enquiries and provenance but didn’t do an overall conclusion as you had been summarising throughout anyway? Could you still get into the top band?

Also, please could differentiate between “illuminating the source through contextual knowledge” and “using the source to illuminate contextual knowledge”?

[alexlythe]

How should third paragraph be set out? is it as simple as just going through each factor I.e talk about nature then straight to the origin ?

[gflmaster]

Could you please give an example of the judgement part

[Lolololo]

wondering if you do a revision live for edexcel paper 3 option 35.1 britain losing or gaining an empire, or option 2g.1 fascism in italy ? thanks

[koolunicorn]

Hi could you please give examples of criticisms that could potentially come up be used broadly, thank you so much this video is also a life saver btwww

[omo]

Im struggling to revise for stuarts, mainly because i find it hard to have evidence for my point.

[TheCentralAffairs]

Thanks sir! Do you have any advice for the breadth Q also? Thanks!

[midnighteddy]

Hi I was just wondering would you think this is an effective structure? Intro, 2 paragraphs on one then 2 on the other and then a conclusion?
my teacher has unexpectedly left for the year for personal reasons so I don’t really have anyone to double check with. I’ve used this method before in the mock and it worked.

[suniallen]

hello mr gunn, do you have timings for each of these paragraphs, would it be 10 minutes planning, then 10 minutes each paragraph and 5 mins for conclusion. Thanks very much

[Zecos]

Hi these apply to Al history cie p3 too right? Or are there any specifics that I should keep in mind?

[poppy]

I was wondering if you have done witchcraft revision?

[malyaraasghari]

Hi sir, the live you did for paper 1 was really helpful and you 'predicted' the first question very accurately! I was wondering if you could also do one for paper 3 nearer to the exam? If that is alright with you. Thanks for all the help!!

[LindaAndrews-lyqf]

You say not to criticise the source for leaving something out but can you criticise it for inaccurately saying something based on contextual knowledge?

[krishfnm]

You should do video on thoughts of the paper 😊