December+Exam+Review

It is Exam Time and then break! But first some revision.....

 

The exam format is: 1 hour 40 mins Part 1) Document Based Questions (Unseen Source Analysis) 50% 45 mins (You will be asked questions about the text. You will need to refer to the text in your answers and use your own knowledge). Part 2) Essay 50% 45 mins Below is the Essay Rubric for the exam essay.

This blank template may help you organise your ideas in preparation for the essay section of the exam. Use the Key Questions sections of review notes and the 'big ideas' we have discussed in class and create a mindmap or use the 5 paragraph essay template to organise your ideas. Or do both! Mindmaps are great for remember and developing ideas about how factors link.

  **Revision Techniques ** Everyone has different revision preferences but remember as John D Clare advises...

THE ONE MUST "Never just read your notes. You must always be DOING something with them to FIX the information <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff00ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 18px; text-align: center;">in your brain."

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is a great website for creating your own flashcards and turning them into a quick quiz or your own review sheet![]Or click on the logo for the free Ipad app!

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Create your own revision timetable - check out this sample from CGP Revision books. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The following sites and documents offer good advice about revision, study and memorisation techniques.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|http://www.cambridgestudents.org.uk/examtime/revisiontips/index_html#1] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Unit 2: Ancient Civilizations






<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">These are the review documents I handed out in class.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Blockbusters: Ancient Civilizations] GAME

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Mesopotamia]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Geography of Mesopotamia]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Fertile Crescent map]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Geography of China]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|China]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|The Qin & The Han Dynasties]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Unit 3: Ancient Government and Social Organization
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This includes Hammurabi's Code <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">General material for Greece <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Athens <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Sparta <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">These are the review documents I handed out in class.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Blockbusters: Greece] GAME

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Ancient Greek Democracy]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Ancient Greek Democracy part 2]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Athens & Sparta]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Geography of Greece]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Greece Map]



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Blockbusters: Rome] GAME

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Geography of Rome]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Roman Republic]

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Review Games]