<p>These writing frames or ‘Desk Mats’ provide the following for every exam question type on Paper 1 and Paper 2:</p> <ul> <li>Question wording e.g. ‘How useful is Source A to a historian studying…?’ or ‘Write an account of how … led to an international crisis.’</li> <li>Overall guidance on what is required in the question</li> <li>Sentence starters</li> <li>Timing advice</li> </ul> <p>Whilst these Desk Mats are specifically geared towards America 1920-73, Conflict and Tension 1918-39, Elizabethan England 1568-1603 and Power and the People 1170-present day, the above guidance applies to all papers so minimal tweaking will be needed.</p> <p>This resources is perfect for anyone looking to provide stronger exam structure advice to GCSE History students on the AQA exam.</p>

<p>These Primary Source Deliberate Practice Worksheets provide students with scaffolded guidance on how to reach developed analysis of primary source usefulness. They include:</p> <ul> <li>Guidance on how to make inferences about usefulness based on content and provenance</li> <li>Clear sentence starters for each paragraph</li> <li>Sentence starters and criteria for a Judgement paragraph for Level 4, Complex judgements</li> </ul> <p>In conjunction with my AQA GCSE History Desk Mat for Power and the People, these deliberate practice sheets help students to build an independent framework for their source analysis.</p>