QUESTION 1: SIMILARITY OR DIFFERENCE: 4 marks
Timing = 6 mins
Length = 1 paragraph
You will be given TWO time periods to think about. One will be from an earlier time period and the second will be from a more recent time period. The idea is that you will be able to explain a similarity or difference between the two eras about a particular aspect of medicine.
You must:
- Identify a similarity or difference (whichever the question is asking for)
- Refer to both time periods (something precise and specific such as a particular belief, treatment or action taken by people from both time periods)
- Explain why there is a similarity or difference – why did something change or not change?
Useful Vocabulary
- One reason for the change between the two time periods was….
- One aspect that changed from X era to the X period was…
- An element of difference that can be seen between the time periods was…
- This similarity came about because…
- The major difference was due to…
- People believed the same thing in both periods because…