A Level History Coursework Help

I've never really used The Student Room before so I'm not sure if I've placed my question in the right area but oh well. My Alevel History question is "To what extent was religion the primary cause of the English Civil War?"
How do I structure the essay? I'm struggling to create an introduction.
Thanks

In your introduction you'll want to think about what the other causes were and outline them, and perhaps briefly talk about your hypothesis too Then do a paragraph on each of the causes, linking and evaluating them as you go. In your conclusion you'll then link back to your intro hypothesis, summarise and evaluate all of the factors and answer the question.

Is this your A2 personal study coursework?

In your introduction you'll want to think about what the other causes were and outline them, and perhaps briefly talk about your hypothesis too Then do a paragraph on each of the causes, linking and evaluating them as you go. In your conclusion you'll then link back to your intro hypothesis, summarise and evaluate all of the factors and answer the question.

Is this your A2 personal study coursework?

you should have clearly shown TS how to come up with an essay format instead of typing out a reply in the way you did. otherwise how would you know if TS has gone away having understood your solution correctly? and if he does badly in the essay will you be able and willing to be held accountable for the low mark given to him?

you should have clearly shown TS how to come up with an essay format instead of typing out a reply in the way you did. otherwise how would you know if TS has gone away having understood your solution correctly? and if he does badly in the essay will you be able and willing to be held accountable for the low mark given to him?

Do you have to evaluate different historians' opinions, too? I'm currently doing my coursework and we have to research 3 historians with 2 different sources & make a judgement based on those opinions & our own.

If not, I actually have a blog with some exam essays on (but it's on a different topic).

The main things to put in your introduction:
- outline a clear argument, e.g. if you agree or disagree with the question. This is pretty important for an intro - be quite straight to the point.
- briefly mention other factors/causes of the civil war (so what topics your paragraphs are going to cover).

For the first paragraph, support the question. So talk about why religion was the cause. Make sure you stick to the question - I do that by making sure the first and last sentence of each paragraph links back to the question (so "I believe that religion was the cause because.....(religion led to disputes, or whatever your argument is) therefore, religion was the most important cause of the civil war.

For the next couple of paragraphs, mention the other causes and if you think they're a bigger cause than religion or not.

Then the conclusion is to bring your whole argument together, explaining whether or not you think religion was the main cause & your own opinion.

(Sorry, I don't know anything about the civil war haha! But I hope that helped)


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It's alright, I just wanted a rough structure. I'll ask my teacher for an in depth one when I get back to school. I don't think I'll fail on the basis of a person telling me the wrong format 6 months before it's needed to be handed in but oh well.

Thanks this was really helpful, it's seems like your standard essay structure then.
Thanks again

I can add to my original advice given that it's your coursework (when I did my one I achieved very close to full marks).

My structure was this:
- Intro: outline the debate and define any key words, showing how you will judge the question
- Main body paragraphs: I did 5 main paragraphs, each on a different theme/area of the debate. (Mine was on Cromwell's Irish campaign so they were whether there were many civilian deaths in Drogheda; whether these were intentional; whether Cromwell was to blame for deaths at Wexford; whether the actions can be considered brutal in the context of the time; whether Cromwell's motives affected his methods). In each of these I went back and forwards between the arguments and counter arguments, backing up my points with historians and analysing the validity of the historian viewpoints, as well as linking back to the original question
- Conclusion: weighing up both arguments and bringing together the key point from each of the paragraphs to reach a decision on the question

Thank you this is really helpful
Did you do yours on the causes of the English Civil War as well?
I have a few books as of right now and I've yet to see some of the facts that you wrote about in any of the books .

so you see, if not for my interjection you would not have gotten a clearer more helpful answer to your question. thanks for the rep though