Monday, December 26, 2016

J14P11 MSQn9(a) Describe the political situation in Germany at the end of the First World War.

Level 0 No evidence submitted or response does not address the question [0] 

Level 1 General answer lacking specific contextual knowledge [1] e.g. 
‘There was a lot of unrest.’ 
‘There were uprisings.’ 

Level 2 Describes the political situation [2–5] 
(One mark for each relevant point; additional mark for supporting detail.) 
e.g. 
‘Kaiser Wilhelm fled the country/abdicated.’ 
‘Ebert, one of the leaders of the Social Democratic Party, announced that Germany was now a republic.’ 
‘The new republic was to be democratic.’ 
‘There were attempted coups from the communists and extreme right.’ 
‘The Spartacists were suppressed.’ 
‘Elections were held for a National Assembly which would draw up a new constitution.’ 
‘As there was unrest in Berlin, the National Assembly met at Weimar.’ 
‘The constitution drawn up was called the Weimar Constitution.’ 

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