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15 exam-style questions with model answers, plus 20 quick multi-choice questions — every question on the site for this standard, grouped by the 5 pages of notes they come from.
Write a full answer before you reveal the model one — that comparison is where the marks come from. Every block links back to the notes that teach it.
Describe what the AS91438 examination requires, and how the grade ladder works.
Explain in depth why a candidate who has done well at Level 2 History can write a strong AS91438 essay and still be awarded Achieved.
Comprehensively analyse what "understanding of the complexity of the causes and consequences" requires at Excellence, and why a confident, decisive essay can fall short of it.
Describe the rules AS91438 sets for choosing an event, and the advice the assessment reports give.
Explain in depth why the assessment reports single out disasters as poor choices for AS91438, when disasters are undeniably significant events.
Comprehensively analyse the tension between choosing an event narrow enough to analyse and one large enough to be significant, and how a candidate should resolve it.
Describe the four categories of cause and consequence AS91438 names, and the two tests you should apply to a consequence before using it.
Explain in depth why candidates confuse causes with consequences in an exam, when the distinction is obvious in the classroom.
Comprehensively analyse the counterfactual test — "would this have happened anyway?" — including where it works, where it breaks down, and what a candidate should do at its limits.
Describe how you would structure an AS91438 essay within the 800–900 word target, and what each section must do.
Explain in depth why the 800–900 word limit is a constraint on the argument rather than on the writing, and what it forces a candidate to decide in advance.
Comprehensively analyse why historiography is required for Excellence in AS91439 but explicitly not in AS91438, when both are Level 3 essay externals with the same format, length and grade ladder.
Describe how AS91438 exam questions are constructed, and how you would use practice questions effectively.
Explain in depth why planning many questions is better preparation for AS91438 than writing a few full essays.
Comprehensively analyse what it means that the question leaves "important" undefined, and how a candidate should exploit rather than resent that.