0470 · June 2024
History
Candidates displayed sound knowledge and understanding of their chosen topics to answer the questions. Many candidates communicated their ideas clearly and accurately, whether explaining the reasons for past events and historical features or building an argument to reach a balanced historical…
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Key examiner messages
Top priorities from the principal examiner before you revise
Successful responses are dependent upon candidates reading the questions carefully.
This will help them to understand exactly what is being asked and will give them the opportunity to write focused and balanced responses.
If candidates are asked to compare two given factors or individuals, identified in the question, answers should be focused on these specified factors or individuals.
Any given dates in the question should be carefully noted to help ensure that responses only include relevant details.
In more extensive responses, candidates should organise their points into distinct paragraphs.
This should help to avoid separate points becoming blurred together and in maintaining focus on the original question.
Candidates need to read the question carefully before starting their response to ensure that they focus on the issue in the question.
Any given dates in the question should be carefully noted so that responses only include details within the time span of the question.
Question difficulty map
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0470/11
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0470/13
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0470/21
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Question choice intelligence
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Deep insights
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Command word playbook
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Syllabus traceability
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Topic heatmap across years
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Mark intensity
Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start?
The Nazi regime (Germany, 1918–45)
What was the impact of Stalin’s economic policies? (Russia, 1905–41)
How far did the US economy boom in the 1920s? (The United States, 1919–41)
Why was there stalemate on the Western Front?
How did the Bolsheviks gain power, and how did they consolidate their rule?
How far did US society change in the 1920s?
What were the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash?
Difficulty trend
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Paper comparison
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Marks you can still earn
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Practise what examiners flagged
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Self-diagnostic checklist
Key actions before you sit this paper — copy and tick off as you revise
- 1Message
Successful responses are dependent upon candidates reading the questions carefully.
- 2Message
This will help them to understand exactly what is being asked and will give them the opportunity to write focused and balanced responses.
- 3Message
If candidates are asked to compare two given factors or individuals, identified in the question, answers should be focused on these specified factors or individuals.
- 4Message
Any given dates in the question should be carefully noted to help ensure that responses only include relevant details.
- 5Message
In more extensive responses, candidates should organise their points into distinct paragraphs.
- 6Message
This should help to avoid separate points becoming blurred together and in maintaining focus on the original question.
- 7Message
Candidates need to read the question carefully before starting their response to ensure that they focus on the issue in the question.
- 8Message
Any given dates in the question should be carefully noted so that responses only include details within the time span of the question.
Teacher briefing pack
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June 2024 2024
History
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education 0470 History June 2024 Principal Examiner Report for Teachers © 2024 HISTORY Paper 0470/11 Structured Questions Key messages Successful responses are dependent upon candidates reading the questions carefully. This
Successful responses are dependent upon candidates reading the questions carefully.
This will help them to understand exactly what is being asked and will give them the opportunity to write focused and balanced responses.
If candidates are asked to compare two given factors or individuals, identified in the question, answers should be focused on these specified factors or individuals.
Examiner insights
General comments
- •Candidates displayed sound knowledge and understanding of their chosen topics to answer the questions.
- •Many candidates communicated their ideas clearly and accurately, whether explaining the reasons for past events and historical features or building an argument to reach a balanced historical…
- •There were few rubric errors and most candidates had used the time allocated effectively and completed the paper.
- •Part (a) answers should focus on description and only include relevant details.
- •Answers therefore should be precise, as explanation is not required.