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=Section D: Tips=

Advice
▪ This is the main part of the study, and should be written in the same format as an IB essay. You could follow this format 1. **Different interpretations**: What are the main debates between historians and commentators on your subject? In other words, what are the most obvious points of disagreement between the sources you have used in Sections B and C? (remember quotes and footnotes!) 2. **Critical analysis of evidence**: In the context of the debates outline above, outline the strengths and limitations of the sources you have used in Sections B and C. __Accurately footnote each and every source using the Harvard Author-Date system__. 3. **Historiography and philosophy in history**: Does the study raise any fundamental problems of history? Refer to your TOK sessions on causation and sources here to help. For example: how films necessarily simplify issues; how biographies are too subjective; how statistics are open to interpretation. || ** 650 ** ||
 * **6** || **D. Analysis** || ** ANALYSIS (b) Essay skills **
 * **2** || **E. Conclusion** ||^  || ** 200 ** ||

Examiner's Markscheme

 * ** D. Analysis ** || 0 || There is no analysis. ||
 * ^  || 1–2 || There is some attempt at analysing the evidence presented in section B. ||
 * ^  || 3–4 || There is analysis of the evidence presented in section B and references are included. There may be some awareness of the significance to the investigation of the sources evaluated in section C. Where appropriate, different interpretations are considered. ||
 * ^  || 5–6 || There is critical analysis of the evidence presented in section B, accurate referencing, and an awareness of the significance to the investigation of the sources evaluated in section C. Where appropriate, different interpretations are analysed. ||