Setting the Scene
📖 Setting the Scene
DNA Discovery, Crash Course (12 mins) Antibiotic Resistance Crisis, TED-Ed (5 mins)
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📝 Exam Technique: Thematic Study Overview
For "How much change?" essays across the whole period:
🏫 Edexcel Medicine in Britain, c1250 to present (Paper 1, Option 11): This topic is tested in Paper 1 Section B (the thematic study), alongside the Western Front historic environment in Section A. Edexcel question types differ from AQA:
- Section B, Question 3 (similarity or difference): Compare how two things were alike or different over time, using specific evidence from both. Questions normally span at least a century. Describing features is tested in Section A, the Western Front historic environment, not in the thematic study.
- "Explain why..." (12 marks): Explain two or three reasons with specific evidence. Level 3 (7 to 9 marks) requires explained reasons; Level 4 (10 to 12 marks) requires explanation showing how factors connect or reinforce each other.
- "How far do you agree that..." (16 marks + 4 SPaG): Extended writing. Two sides: evidence FOR the statement, evidence AGAINST. Reach a supported judgement. Level 4 (13 to 16 marks) requires a consistently argued judgement. SPaG marks reward accurate spelling of key historical terms.
Date range note for Edexcel: Edexcel's specification is titled Medicine in Britain, c1250 to present. AQA's thematic study, Health and the people, runs from c1000 to the present day. Check your own specification for exactly which recent developments are named.
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Quiz · Question 1 of 8
In which year did Watson and Crick discover the structure of DNA?
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