KS3 History Mark Scheme

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KS3 History Mark Scheme

Some features of level 3


• Lists facts about events, people and changes
• Describes changes across periods, (but not within them)
• Provide some reasons/results
• Make deductions from a historical source
• Answers are relevant but not structured

Some features of level 4


• Demonstration of factual knowledge
• Awareness of changes within periods, as well as across periods
• Ability to describe events, people and changes, not just show knowledge of
them
• Understanding of reasons and results of events
• Ability to select and combine information from historical sources
• Beginnings of structured writing

Some features of level 5


• Ability to make links between events, changes and features of past societies.
• Starting to evaluate the usefulness of sources.
• Selecting and organising information to produce structured work.

Some features of level 6


• Can make links between features within and across different periods.
• They examine and explain the reasons for, and results of, events and changes.
• They identify and evaluate sources of information, which they use critically to
reach and support conclusions.
• They select, organise and deploy relevant information to produce structured
work.
• Pupils describe, and begin to analyse, why there are different historical
interpretations of events, people and changes.

Some features of level 7


• They use links to analyse relationships between features of a particular period
or society, and to analyse reasons for, and results of, events and changes.
• They explain how and why different historical interpretations have been
produced.
• They sometimes reach substantiated conclusions independently.
• Pupils show some independence in following lines of enquiry, using their
knowledge and understanding to identify, evaluate and use sources of
information critically.
• They select, organise and use relevant information to produce well-structured
narratives, descriptions and explanations, making appropriate use of dates and
terms.

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