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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...

When it comes to source evaluation, do not under-estimate the power of COP. 

By this I mean Content, Origin, Purpose. I will go through each one.

Content: They are pretty se...

Essay questions are a very tough, but very common section of any A-Level exam. 

My first tip is to look at the question as a broad outline, so if the question is along the ...

Historiography is a term that in my experience unnecessarily frightens some people studying at A-level. In some ways it does represent a shift from simpler primary source based analysis, but in reality...