Assess the local and global environmental and social impacts of climate change. [8 marks]
AO1 (published assessment objective): Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas; select and synthesise evidence from different texts (English Language). For Literature: read, understand and respond to texts, maintaining a critical style, developing an informed personal response, and using textual references including quotations to support and illustrate interpretations. For Geography: demonstrate knowledge of locations, places, processes, environments and different scales. For History: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the periods studied.
AO2 (published assessment objective): Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views (English). For Geography: demonstrate geographical understanding of concepts and how they are used in relation to places, environments and processes, and the interrelationships between places, environments and processes. For History: explain and analyse historical events and periods studied using second-order historical concepts.
AO3 (published assessment objective): Compare writers' ideas and perspectives, as well as how these are conveyed, across two or more texts (English Language). For Literature: show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written. For Geography: apply knowledge and understanding to interpret, analyse and evaluate geographical information and issues to make judgements. For History: analyse, evaluate and use sources (contemporary to the period) to make substantiated judgements.
Assessed against AO1, AO2, AO3 using Revision Robin's own level descriptors below. These are not the exam board's mark scheme. Every quotation in the feedback is checked against your answer before you see it, and a teacher's mark overrides ours.
| Level 3 · 6 to 8 | Demonstrates thorough and accurate knowledge and understanding (AO1/AO2) of local and global environmental and social impacts of climate change. Applies knowledge and understanding to interpret, analyse and evaluate these impacts, making clear, well-supported judgements (AO2/AO3). Presents a well-developed line of reasoning which is clear, logical and fully substantiated with relevant, accurate, and place-specific detail/evidence (AO1/AO2/AO3). There is a clear and logical structure with effective use of specialist terminology. |
| Level 2 · 3 to 5 | Demonstrates reasonable knowledge and understanding (AO1/AO2) of some local and global environmental and social impacts of climate change. Applies knowledge and understanding to interpret, analyse and/or evaluate some of these impacts, making some supported judgements (AO2/AO3). Presents a reasonably developed line of reasoning which is mostly clear and logical, with some substantiated and place-specific detail/evidence (AO1/AO2/AO3). There is a clear structure with good use of specialist terminology. |
| Level 1 · 1 to 2 | Demonstrates basic knowledge and understanding (AO1/AO2) of limited environmental and/or social impacts of climate change. Applies limited knowledge and understanding, with limited or unsubstantiated judgements (AO2/AO3). Presents simple ideas, with limited detail or evidence (AO1/AO2/AO3). The response lacks structure and/or uses limited specialist terminology. |