IGCSE Coursework
The coursework is 27% of your final grade and is based on the New Deal. You will complete a practice coursework
in Year 10 and complete the final piece in Year 11. Check the syllabus for guidance on the place of the coursework in the overall IGCSE History course. 2000 words.
Practice coursework
Practice coursework further sources
Use your text book too, and any other sources you might find, including other books!!
Final coursework
After your first draft has been returned, look at this guidance
LOOK AT THE PARAGRAPH BELOW...IT IS THE EXAMINERS COMMENTS FROM THE 2023 ST GEORGES EXAM GROUP. WILL YOU BE ONE OF THE 'BEST CANDIDATES' OR A 'WEAKER STUDENT'? YOU DECIDE......
The students have worked hard to deploy their detailed knowledge and understanding of this period of American history to an examination of significance. The best candidates have been able to explain the different ways in which the New Deal Agencies were more or less significant for different groups, in different places and at different times. The weaker students however had a tendency to spend too much time describing what the different agencies did without giving enough detailed consideration to how significant these changes were.
Final coursework sources guide
1) Make notes - basics: DONT try to cover every New Deal agency, choose perhaps three or four. Create separate notes pages for each agency focusing on WHAT they did. Use your text books as a starting point and REMEMBER to always keep a note of WHERE you collected the information (book or article name and author and page number if a book)
2) ADD to your notes to create more depth. USE the history books available in Room 70, some of the articles below and / or the sources in the Coursework booklet. REMEMBER to keep noting down WHERE you got the info from.
3) The BEST and HIGHEST GRADE courseworks will not just describe, their focus will be on assessing different levels of SIGNIFICANCE. LOOK at the coursework guide and ensure you KNOW what this means.
4) GO THROUGH your notes and highlight WHERE you have possible areas of significance (e.g economic, social, regional) THEN underline in two different colours where there is GREAT significance and where there is LIMITED significance.
5) Create a PLAN for your essay draft - intro (context - WHY the New Deal?, main agencies and areas of significance to be explored), main paragraphs, conclusion. WHAT will be the focus of each paragraph? You might decide to organise based on theme of significance (economic, social...) OR by New Deal agency (AAA, TVA...) For your word count think about 5 main central paragraphs plus intro and conclusion.
6) You only have ONE draft with feedback then the final piece is due. This is part of your final grade so focus and determination now will give you a huge confidence boost before the final exams.