Criterion A: The student clearly stated an appropriate and specific question for the historical investigation

Comment: The student stated the question: "To what extent can the 'Clean Hands' scandal be defined as a revolution of Italian politics in the years between 1992 and 2012?"

Criterion A: The question selected has a clearly defined scope in terms of dates, significant historical figures, and historical events

Comment: The student presents a clearly defined scope by mentioning a particular historical event, being the Clean Hands scandal. Furthermore, the student focuses on the specific idea of the revolution in Italian politics and provides a clear time scope, from 1992 to 2012

Criterion A: The question selected has a clearly defined scope in terms of dates, significant historical figures, and historical events

Comment: The student presents a clearly defined scope by mentioning a particular historical event, being the Clean Hands scandal. Furthermore, the student focuses on the specific idea of the revolution in Italian politics and provides a clear time scope, from 1992 to 2012

Criterion A: The question selected has a clearly defined scope in terms of dates, significant historical figures, and historical events

Comment: The student presents a clearly defined scope by mentioning a particular historical event, being the Clean Hands scandal. Furthermore, the student focuses on the specific idea of the revolution in Italian politics and provides a clear time scope, from 1992 to 2012

Criterion A: The student clearly stated an appropriate and specific question for the historical investigation

Comment: The student stated the question: "To what extent can the 'Clean Hands' scandal be defined as a revolution of Italian politics in the years between 1992 and 2012?"

Criterion A: The question selected has a clearly defined scope in terms of dates, significant historical figures, and historical events

Comment: The student presents a clearly defined scope by mentioning a particular historical event, being the Clean Hands scandal. Furthermore, the student focuses on the specific idea of the revolution in Italian politics and provides a clear time scope, from 1992 to 2012

Criterion A: The student clearly stated an appropriate and specific question for the historical investigation

Comment: The student stated the question: "To what extent can the 'Clean Hands' scandal be defined as a revolution of Italian politics in the years between 1992 and 2012?"

Criterion A: The question selected has a clearly defined scope in terms of dates, significant historical figures, and historical events

Comment: The student presents a clearly defined scope by mentioning a particular historical event, being the Clean Hands scandal. Furthermore, the student focuses on the specific idea of the revolution in Italian politics and provides a clear time scope, from 1992 to 2012

Criterion A: The student clearly stated an appropriate and specific question for the historical investigation

Comment: The student stated the question: "To what extent can the 'Clean Hands' scandal be defined as a revolution of Italian politics in the years between 1992 and 2012?"

Criterion A: The student chose appropriate and relevant sources for the topic of the investigation

Comment: The student, as seen by the bibliography, also incorporated other important sources like articles from well-known journals. Furthermore, two main sources were chosen: a critical essay by a political scientist about anti-corruption policies and an address to Parliament by Bettino Craxi

Criterion A: The student chose appropriate and relevant sources for the topic of the investigation

Comment: The student, as seen by the bibliography, also incorporated other important sources like articles from well-known journals. Furthermore, two main sources were chosen: a critical essay by a political scientist about anti-corruption policies and an address to Parliament by Bettino Craxi

Criterion A: The student explained the nature of the chosen sources by stating the form of the primary or secondary source.

Comment: The student explains that the first source is an address to parliament and the second is an essay

Criterion A: The student chose appropriate and relevant sources for the topic of the investigation

Comment: The student, as seen by the bibliography, also incorporated other important sources like articles from well-known journals. Furthermore, two main sources were chosen: a critical essay by a political scientist about anti-corruption policies and an address to Parliament by Bettino Craxi

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Criterion A: The student clearly explained the relevance of the sources to the topic of the investigation

Comment: The student has not explained the relevance of the sources when it is important to state why they may be valuable for the investigation. The student is advised to add a sentence showing the importance of each source after introducing it. For example, the student may formulate the sentence like this: "This source is relevant to the investigation as it focuses on..."

Criterion A: The student explained the nature of the chosen sources by stating whether the source is primary or secondary.

Comment: The student does not state if the sources used are secondary or primary. The student is advised to state that the first source is primary as it is an address to parliament, that happened at the time of the scandal

Criterion A: The student explained the nature of the chosen sources by stating whether the source is primary or secondary.

Comment: The student does not state if the sources used are secondary or primary. The student is advised to state that the second source is also primary as the scholar discusses events that happened during his lifetime and his own take on them

Criterion A: The student explained the nature of the chosen sources by stating the form of the primary or secondary source.

Comment: The student explains that the first source is an address to parliament and the second is an essay

Criterion A: The student explained the nature of the chosen sources by stating the form of the primary or secondary source.

Comment: The student explains that the first source is an address to parliament and the second is an essay

Criterion A: The student chose appropriate and relevant sources for the topic of the investigation

Comment: The student, as seen by the bibliography, also incorporated other important sources like articles from well-known journals. Furthermore, two main sources were chosen: a critical essay by a political scientist about anti-corruption policies and an address to Parliament by Bettino Craxi

Criterion A: A precise analysis and evaluation of the values and limitations of the origin of the two selected sources is present

Comment: The student fails to analyze and evaluate the values and limitations of the first source. They are advised to do it in the same way they did for the second source where the student explained that the second source's origin is valuable as the historian is highly educated however the fact that he is living at the time of these events may make him biased

Criterion A: A precise analysis and evaluation of the values and limitations of the purpose of the two selected sources is present

Comment: The student does not include any limitations about the purpose of the second source. The student explains that the first source's purpose was in fact to protect his party from prosecution by suggesting that, if it was to blame and face consequences, then were all parties. The student is advised to also show how this is a limitation

Criterion A: A precise analysis and evaluation of the values and limitations of the purpose of the two selected sources is present

Comment: The student does not include any limitations about the purpose of the second source. For the second source, the student adds that its purpose was to investigate and inform about the corruption policies after the Tangentopoli scandal referring to subsequent reforms and data. The student is advised to add the limitations here too to ensure the mark

Criterion A: A precise analysis and evaluation of the values and limitations of the content of the two selected sources is present

Comment: The student is advised to discuss what was said or presented within the source, which is its content. This is advised to be done in detail. The student is then advised to explore the values and limitations of this. A value of the source may be its useful descriptions but a limitation of a source's content may be its overall irrelevance

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Comment: The student, as seen by the bibliography, also incorporated other important sources like articles from well-known journals. Furthermore, two main sources were chosen: a critical essay by a political scientist about anti-corruption policies and an address to Parliament by Bettino Craxi

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