A-level Revision

I did OCR History. I'm predicted an A*, got A* in my Year 12 mocks (we sat the 2019 A2 papers) and an A in the most recent mock.

In terms of revision for History, I pretty much crammed. For me, what works best is to go into class and take as many notes as possible so I know that my books have all the information that I need when I go to revise. My exam technique is very good, so I never bothered too much about that, just cramming information.

Everyone works differently, however. Some people like flashcards, or blurting. For me, I like to have my books on me and I like to read them page by page and cram all the important information. So, I would recommend just waiting until you start your course and just take as many notes as possible.

You'll also need to write a piece of coursework. I recommend maybe reading around what you would like to do it on, and perhaps linking it to what you want to study at university - you can talk about this in your personal statement. I applied for Economics and I did my coursework on the Roaring Twenties and economic growth during that time. Granted, I didn't actually have the space to write about this in my PS but I enjoyed researching it and writing that piece of work.

Oh, okay. Now I know how it is like but do you have any PDF books are like any revision books on history topics like the later tudors, Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany and russia and it's rulers. Thank you for responding.

Oh, okay. Now I know how it is like but do you have any PDF books are like any revision books on history topics like the later Tudors, Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany and Russia and it's Rulers. Thank you for responding.

I did OCR History. I'm predicted an A*, got A* in my Year 12 mocks (we sat the 2019 A2 papers) and an A in the most recent mock.

In terms of revision for History, I pretty much crammed. For me, what works best is to go into class and take as many notes as possible so I know that my books have all the information that I need when I go to revise. My exam technique is very good, so I never bothered too much about that, just cramming information.

Everyone works differently, however. Some people like flashcards, or blurting. For me, I like to have my books on me and I like to read them page by page and cram all the important information. So, I would recommend just waiting until you start your course and just take as many notes as possible.

You'll also need to write a piece of coursework. I recommend maybe reading around what you would like to do it on, and perhaps linking it to what you want to study at university - you can talk about this in your personal statement. I applied for Economics and I did my coursework on the Roaring Twenties and economic growth during that time. Granted, I didn't actually have the space to write about this in my PS but I enjoyed researching it and writing that piece of work.

Hi i'm in year 12 right now doing history A level having to learn it at home. I'm really struggling to remember all the content aswell as my exam technique being pretty dubious but we havent done any mocks this year due to finishing earlier and im really nervous for next year. I got an 8 at GCSE from cramming which i found really helped just like you. Howevr i just cant remember all the specific details for A level- GCSE you just needed a rough idea and you could get by! Did you make notes u revised from or did u just cram from the textbooks? thanks!

Hi! Don't worry too much about finding it hard right now, you have a long time to secure a good grade. All throughout year 12 I would get B's and the occasional A on my homework essays (22/30) , (15,16/20) but ended up with A*'s in the end of year A2 mocks.

I made sure to make detailed notes in every lesson, taking down all the important bits of information, and because our teachers are subject specialists and mark for OCR, I knew that the lessons would be sufficient. So when I crammed, I used my books which had my notes in them because I knew that they had all the information that I needed. I didn't use the textbooks at all. I did, however, use the Revision Guide notes (you know, that white book?) because it had exam questions and sources in it.

It would be worth practicing your exam technique!! That's going to make life so much easier for you because then you dont need to worry about the essays because you know your quality is really good, it's like painting by numbers. You have the framework there, now it's just time to fill it in with your knowledge and analysis.

Hi, thanks for replying.

I'm also currently on the look out for any online revision resources for a level history but I cant find any? Did you find any relevant podcasts of videos or anything which was helpful towards your revision? As well as this, to help me with my exam structure do you know where i can find how to structure each question for the ocr "Nazi and dictatorships in Germany" and "Early Tudors" paper. As every time i have attempted a question I'm always contemplating the structure. For gcse i knew it and thats how i did so well but without a good structure its really detrimental to your grade!