Social Studies STRUCTURE ESSAYS Explaining and Evaluation

Explaining
Structured Essay Question

Explanation Questions

These are questions that will usually ask you "Why" or to explain something.
These questions do not ask you to recall and describe your knowledge, or to ask you questions such as "What happened......"

In these questions, you will have to explain the given factor and make a connection with at least two other factors.

Identify the key words that guide you in how you should approach the question.

Question: Divided Loyalties was the most important factor in causing the conflict between the catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland.

The questions requires you to make some form of judgement based on the investigation or discussion of several factors. You will need to explain(not describe) the given factor in question and explain other factors that led to a particular outcome.

In your answer, send strong signals to the examiner that you are explaining the importance of the factors by using words such as because, thus, as a result, therefore

You will have to identify and explain other factors that contributed to the tensions between the catholics and the Protestants (2 Other factors)