GCE History Teachers' Guide - Unit 3 - WJEC

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HOW ARE THE UNIT 3 ASSIGNMENTS APPROVED? GCE AS and A HISTORY UNIT 3 Teachers' Guide 5 Centres must submit a valid proposal form including their titles, associated marking schemes and the initial pack of documents to be used by candidates, to the Awarding Body for approval, at least six weeks before candidates commence their assignments. A proposal form is available from the Awarding Body to standardise submissions. Centres must not set an assignment to candidates until formal written approval has been given by the Awarding Body Chief Moderator. Once approval has been given, approval will continue for the remaining years of the four year cycle. WHAT ABOUT MARK SCHEMES? It is vital for centres to develop their own mark schemes to suit their chosen assignment questions. There is a proposal form to submit questions for approval and this contains a generic mark scheme which can be customised to suit the specific question (s) set. A copy is at the back of this guide. WHAT SHOULD THE DOCUMENT PACKS CONSIST OF? Centres will need new starter packs of documents to begin to prepare their candidates for the set assignments. The document packs should include only 8 – 10 sources. The starter pack should include: • a range of varying primary evidence such as written accounts, statistics, oral evidence and visual material, where appropriate • sources which present and reflect the historical interpretations or debate about the issue concerned All sources chosen should be of an appropriate length, but not exceed one side of A4 paper. All sources should be given the appropriate attributions containing reference to name of author, author's role, type of source, title of book or source, intended audience and date of publication / production. There are examples of three documents packs at the back of this guide. Centres should look to follow the style laid out in these exemplars in their submissions.
GCE AS and A HISTORY UNIT 3 Teachers' Guide 6 WILL CANDIDATES BE EXPECTED TO DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH? Candidates must progress to investigate the historical issue through analysis and evaluation of a range of additional sources. These must be identified independently by the candidates. This further research of materials relating to the issue or problem might include: - historical descriptions and analyses of the issue; - contemporary first-hand descriptions or accounts; - contemporary analysis or opinion; - other accounts, including more than one view or interpretation of the historical issue; - the use of video, film or museum representations It is essential that candidates consider the historiographical context of at least two differing or contrasting historical interpretations in their response. This element will need to be researched and set within the context of appropriately selected sources. It is also important that candidates select no more than 12-15 sources to analyse and evaluate in their assignment. The greater number of these should be from those identified by the candidate through additional research. Candidates should be encouraged to use ICT in their research and in the presentation of their assignment. UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS MUST THE TASK BE UNDERTAKEN? The assignment must be written by the candidate under approved coursework conditions over a period of time specified by the centre. The emphasis that candidates undertake independent research and utilise ICT means that some work will have to be done away from the classroom. However, it is essential that the bulk of the work for HY3 is tackled under the supervision of the class teacher in class-based sessions. It is not acceptable for candidates to be given all or large parts of the assignment to be done outside class with minimal supervision. Teachers should encourage candidates to retain any rough notes and materials as evidence of work done independently. Teachers and candidates will be expected to sign a declaration stating that the work produced is entirely the work of the candidate.
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