QUOTE (smarty @ Jul 7 2009, 03:55 PM)

also my teacher said we should always write answers in points can you explain that a bit clearly
This is the difference between NARRATIVE history and ANALYTICAL history.
Narrative history is just when you tell the story. This is how small children answer History. If they are asked a question they simply 'tell the story'.
Analytical history is where you think of a nunmber of 'points' to answer the question. if you are asked, for instance, the causes of the French Revolution, you don't answer it as a list of dates, but as a list of FACTORS which contributed to the outbtreak of the revolution, for example:
1. the poverty of the people
2. the disrepute of the court
3. the growth of the middle classes
4. new ideas about religion and politics
etc.
What you do when you answer a question in this way, is to give a paragraph to each 'point'.
In it you '
PEE' -
first you make the
Point simply
next you put the facts/dates/
Evidence which proves the point happened
finall you
Explain how this factor caused a revolution.