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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 themes e.g. political, economic, so...

The best way to tackle a source based question is to use CATPAD. In this: C: Content, i.e. what is actually in the source A: Author, i.e. whow wrote it, if they had any pre-exisiting beliefs you know about T...

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 essential), ...

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 self-explanatory as to what they mean...

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 lines of "to what extent did A ...