5c+-+CONTROLLED+ASSESSMENT

__**CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT (COURSEWORK) **__ Counting towards **25% of your GCSE** is your Course Work (Controlled Assessment) which will be conducted in the classroom under exam conditions. In order to help you prepare for your final **2000 word** write up there are a series of documents below which we suggest you have a close look at to help you prepare suffciently. The Highfield History students will be entered for Controlled Assessment, the option that we have gone for is known as Option 4: A study in Depth. This requires us to study an on-going relationship over a period of about twenty years. For this we have chosen to study the **first half of the Cold War** and it’s origins during the Second World War. Therefore our student will study relations between American (Capitalist) and Russian (Communist) societies/countries, in depth between 1941-1963. Details and notes of this topic can all be found on pages **2a**, **2b** and **2c** in the right hand column.
 * __CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT: A Study in Depth__**

**Students should:** - study different features of the US and Soviet societies and their **diversity. Social, economic, political and cultural issues** should be studied where appropriate. The **values and beliefs of different groups** should be studied as well as the relationships between the USA and USSR. The importance of **individuals** (such as Stalin, Truman, Khrushchev and Kennedy) should also be known. **Change and continuity**, and their **causes**, between these countries society should be studied.  **The issues listed above should be studied through:** - the critical use of a range of source material and by **considering a range of representations and interpretations** of the societies. The reasons for the different interpretations and representations should also be considered (e.g. Why does an American historian say negative things about the Soviet Union?)

The task will test all assessment objectives. It will require students to carry out an historical enquiry using their findings from a **range of sources, interpretations and representations**. They will have access to earlier work completed in class and other resources such as books, photographs, primary sources and the internet.

Every year we are sent a slightly different question to which we will adapt it to fit our chosen study. The sorts of tasks that we will ask you do for your final essay might ask you to: - explain why there was tension between different groups within the society. - assess how far the relationship between the societies changed over a period of time. In completing the task candidates should use their knowledge and understanding of the societies, and should support their arguments and conclusions by a critical use of historical sources as evidence. Overall this is about a 2000 word essay that will be completed in exam conditions in lesson time over a two week period. This is to be conducted in the **Summer Term of Year 10**. We receive the question during the Easter Holiday, by which point we will have covered most of the topics that you will be writing your Controlled Assessment on. For students who would be entitled to additional time in the exams, you will likewise be offered additional time to complete the essay.

Below is a copy of the markscheme that we have devised in the department, you can see the different assessment objectives and how you can progress in each one. Our suggestion is that if you're aiming for a grade C, you should include at least two sources per topic discussed, if you're aiming for a grade B then at least three per topic and you'll need to include around four sources per topic if you're aiming for a grade A or A*.



To help you think about how to write up your answer and to see what the examiner wants, have a read through the two examples of an answer to the question:

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">//**Did changes in relations happen at the same rate between 1953 and 1962?**// <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Have a look at the differences between these answers and see what you could do that is the same to get the grade that you want. Compare these answers to the markscheme, what has each of these essays done well, and where could they improve. One of the best ways to improve your own ability to write well is to come up with suggestions for improvement on someone else's work.

__<span style="display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">**CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT QUESTION:** __ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">**2012-2014 COHORT** **<span style="display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">2011-2013 COHORT ** **<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">How far was the building of the Berlin Wall the most important development in creating ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">**2010-2012 COHORT**  **<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Why was there unresolved hostility between the USA and the USSR during the period 1945-1965? **  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">**CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT PRACTICE QUESTIONS:** <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">How far was the Berlin Blockade the most important event in causing the Cold Warbetween the USA and the USSR during the period 1945-1949? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">How important was Stalin in worsening relations between theUSSR and the USA between 1945 and 1953?
 * <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">tension between the USA and the USSR during the period 1941-1963? **

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">To what extent was the Cuban Missile Crisis a victory for either the USA or the USSR? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: justify;">**CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT DOCUMENTS:**

= __Threats to Peace 1950-1961: What was the greatets threat to international peace, 1950-61?__ =

Evidence for Korea, Hungary and Space Race:


**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">SOURCES FOR YOU TO USE IN YOUR ESSAY **  <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">WEBSITES WORTH VISITING TO DO SOME RESEARCH AND GATHER SOURCES: **

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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">STRUCTURING YOUR ANSWER **

**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">NOTES TO HELP YOU ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">EXTENSION ARTICLES FOR YOU TO READ ABOUT THE COLD WAR ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'trebuchet ms',helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: left;">

<span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**RULES FOR THE WRITE UP:** <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">**INSTRUCTIONS FOR CANDIDATES**
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Time Control: 8 hours.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Word Recommendation: 2000 words.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Complete essay on lined paper in Black or Blue ink.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Essay must be handed in to invigilating teacher at the end of each session
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">You will need to select from all the information you have which will be most useful for answering the question. Leave out material that is not relevant to the question.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Then you need to plan your answer
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Remember – the most important thing you must do is answer the question. Do not simply write down everything you know about the Cold War. Try to keep to the question all the way through your answer.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">You have to reach a judgement about why the Americans and Soviets were in conflict with each other.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">You will need to explain a number of reasons why they were both in conflict. Do not try to write about too many reasons e.g. it is better to explain 3 reasons properly than explain 7 or 8 reasons very briefly. Be careful not to write a chronological account.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">You should also try to explain if you think any of your reasons are more important than others. Why are they more important?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Throughout your answer you should support your arguments with evidence from sources. You should also try to evaluate these sources and explain how useful they have been in helping you answer the question.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">There will be different views about why these groups have been in conflict. You should try to bring some of these interpretations and representations into your answer. How and why do they differ? Do you agree with them?
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">You will need to write a conclusion summing up your main views about the question – why were the two groups in conflict (this includes explaining which are the most important reasons)? You should have made clear, and supported, your views about this before you come to the conclusion. Make sure you support your conclusion with evidence.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">Focus on the causation dimension rather than describe the nature of the hostility