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Example question: How far were economic pressures a decisive factor in persuading Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait in 1990?

As this is an A-Level question, the cand...

One of the most important things to consider when approaching a source based question, is to consider the context of the text. This can be done by thinking 'who, what, when, and where?' 

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The conclusion is your own judgement, so collect everything you've written throughout the main argument and combine it with your own opinion of the argument and emphasise it while always referring to t...

Basic Structure: 

1. Intro: Keep this short. Briefly place the question in context, lay out your structure, explain your main argument.

2. Main body: You can base it around ...

I always followed a very simple structure which appeared to work very well; the introduction would include two opposing historical views (quotes from historians to support them are great but not essent...