It is important to structure a response appropriately so that your points can be made as clearly as possible. This scaffold has been designed to give you an a clear idea about appropriate structuring in a historical response. Remember, history is more than just spouting facts; it is a process of investigation and interpretation that requires you to make a source based judgement. Therefore, it is imperative that you learn to construct and maintain a strong thesis in your historical responses.
Whenever you are writing for an HSC assessment, be it an assessment task or an examination, you need to keep in mind the marking criteria. Each question that has been made available for you on this website has a link to specific marking criteria and marker feedback that will help to guide you in constructing your strongest response. Also, some questions include a link to the HSC Standards packages. Use these to compare your written response to the samples that are provided. This will help you to make a judgement regarding your own performance and what you need to do in order to improve for the HSC examination later this year.