Paper 3: What's the worst that can happen?

Year 13 spent time in lesson today thinking about their worst case scenarios for the upcoming Paper 3 exam.

Year 13’s Top tips for Paper 3:

• In your revision plan questions across all 5 time periods for the depth study questions. You have a choice of 2 questions in Section B. The source question will be from one of the depth studies.
• Know the difference between the depth and breadth topics and the style of questions.
• For Section C: be prepared to answer a question on geography or media, as the exam paper could give you a choice of two questions from the same breadth study topic.
• When using the source always discuss the NOP. (Nature, origin and purpose.) Use the provenance.
• Start with Section A as you can spend time reading the source and annotating.
• Section B questions are depth knowledge questions that focus on detail. You can be asked about one year e.g. 1964 or asked a question across two depth studies e.g. How far did the Jim Crow laws revert black Americans to their quality of life pre-13^th amendment?

How NASA hired its first black women 'computers'

For Paper 3 USA race relations we have examined the civil rights movement of the 1960s and the steady impact on de facto treatment of black Americans.





The film 'Hidden Figures' is out in cinemas at the moment and features some pioneering black women who were influential during the space race. This film is highly tipped at the Oscars this weekend, although it has to beat 'La La Land.' I can definitely recommend it as an entertaining watch and it demonstrates the influence of Jim Crow.


Further reading:

• BBC article about the real story behind the film
• Hidden Figures official website