GCSE History Paper 2 Section A/A - Britain: Health and the people - c1000 to the present day - Question Paper

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GCSE History Paper 2 Section A/A focuses on Britain’s health and the people from c1000 to the present day. The paper requires answering four questions, including an evidence-based analysis of Source A on 18th and early 19th-century methods of treating disease, a question on Islamic medicine and surgery, and a comparison of Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming. The final question evaluates whether government was the main driver of public health development, using examples and assessing extended writing and SPaG.

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CategoryExam

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Pages16

Reading Time40 min

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Question 01

Source A utility for historians

Question 02

Significance of Islamic medicine and surgery

Question 03

Comparison of Pasteur and Fleming

Question 04

Government as the main factor in public health development

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Candidate signature | | | | GCSE HISTORY Paper 2 Section A/A: Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day Thursday 6 June 2019 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours Materials For this paper you must ensure you have: • A Sources Booklet (enclosed) . • The other optional Question Paper/Answer Book and Interpretations Booklet for the Paper 2 Section B topic you are entered for. You will have 2 hours to complete both papers. Instructions • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. | For Examiner’s Use | | | --- | --- | | Question | Mark | | 01 | | | 02 | | | 03 | | | 04 | | | TOTAL | | • Answer all four questions. • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s) . Information • The maximum mark for this paper is 44. • The marks for the questions are shown in brackets. • Extended writing is tested in Question 04. • Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) will be assessed in Question 04. The marks for SPaG are shown below the mark allocation for Question 04. Advice • You are advised to spend about 1 hour on Paper 2 Section A and about 1 hour on Paper 2 Section B. | Answer all four questions. | | --- | | Study Source A in the Sources Booklet.
0 1 How useful is Source A to an historian studying the methods of treating disease in the 18th and early 19th centuries?
Explain your answer using Source A and your contextual knowledge.
[8 marks]

| outside the box | Extra space
| | | --- | --- | | | | | | 8 | 0 2 Explain the significance of Islamic medicine and surgery. [8 marks] | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | outside the box | Extra space
| | | --- | --- | | | | | | 8 | | | | 0 3 Compare the work of Louis Pasteur with that of Alexander Fleming. In what ways were they similar? Explain your answer with reference to both individuals. [8 marks] | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | outside the box | Extra space
| | | --- | --- | | | | | | 8 | 0 4 Have governments been the main factor in the development of public health in Britain? Explain your answer with reference to the role of the government and other factors. Use a range of examples from across your study of Health and the people: c1000 to the present day. [ 16 marks] [SPaG 4 marks] | | | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | outside the box

FAQs

What is Question 01 asking students to do with Source A?

Judge how useful Source A is for a historian studying methods of treating disease in the 18th and early 19th centuries, explaining using Source A and contextual knowledge.

How do Questions 02 and 03 differ in focus?

Question 02 explains the significance of Islamic medicine and surgery, while Question 03 compares Louis Pasteur and Alexander Fleming, including how they were similar.

What does Question 04 assess and how should answers be structured?

Question 04 asks whether governments were the main factor in developing public health in Britain, requiring reference to government and other factors with a range of examples, with extended writing and SPaG marks.

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