AQA A2 HISTORY HIS3B: The Triumph of Elizabeth, 1547-1603. 10th June 2016

Do you write plans or do you just hop right into it? If you do write plans what would your structure be?I'm never short of content or arguments/historiographical debate but I struggle to hit the top grades due to my erratic structures.

With such a structure as above, would you be more tempted to simply do the 3 for/3 against in order or would you follow a for/against, for/against, for/against structure? I do the second but my teacher says it's confusing.

Hi everyone, hope the last minute preparation is going well!

Any suggestions as to how you would structure this question: "rebellions were largely religiously motivated between 1547-1558"?

Thanks

Hi everyone, hope the last minute preparation is going well!

Any suggestions as to how you would structure this question: "rebellions were largely religiously motivated between 1547-1558"?

Thanks

Do you write plans or do you just hop right into it? If you do write plans what would your structure be?I'm never short of content or arguments/historiographical debate but I struggle to hit the top grades due to my erratic structures.

With such a structure as above, would you be more tempted to simply do the 3 for/3 against in order or would you follow a for/against, for/against, for/against structure? I do the second but my teacher says it's confusing.

I would either do a paragraph for each motivation, e.g. economic/social, government and religion. Or maybe a paragraph for each rebellion.

If i'm going to write a plan i will literally write three words at the top of the page so i don't forget my themes lol eg
religious
socio-economic
political
I don't think there's any time to write plans in this exam personally.

Ok so if we got a question on to what extent MQS was a threat my themes would be:

Her domestic religious threat
Her domestic political threat
Her international links as a threat

So say for example I was arguing that MQS was a threat to Elizabeth, then in each paragraph, I would show how MQS was a threat, counterbalance it with a different interpretation, then knock down this alternative interpretation. This way I am offering a balanced argument without weakening my judgement in the essay.

Eg for part of my political paragraph:

MQS posed a political threat to Elizabeth’s position as she was a figurehead for Catholic conspiracies against her. For example, the 1583 Throckmorton Plot aimed to kill Elizabeth and replace her with Mary; this was a challenge to Elizabeth’s political position and personal safety. Indeed, in the words of John Bossy, this plot was a ‘fairly near thing’ which seriously threatened the regime. Although it can be argued that Walsingham, acting as Elizabeth’s spymaster general, was able to uncover the plot due to his contacts in the French Embassy before it escalated into a threat, the 1584 Bond of Association which followed it shows that it was indeed considered a threat by Elizabeth’s government; Cecil and Walsingham, in drafting this legislation,were clearly concerned that the plots centred on MQS were posing a challenge to their monarch’s position.

Has anybody got any idea on predictions for this year or what to focus on for last minute revision?

do you think it's likely aqa will repeat same/ similar questions as they have used in previous years as it is the last official year?

Go and read the examiners reports, they are usually a very good source to guess what they will set.

What do you mean by that? Read all of the examiners notes from every past paper or just from last year? thanks

Both, especially last year's though.

Do you think it will be most likely the questions answered poorly will be asked again as opposed to the questions answered well?

Thanks so much for your help!