do you need historian quotes for AS history??

Not necessarily, but if you’re trying to hit the highest grades then I’d say learn some and put some in

Just say that so and so argues this about your topic which is backed up by this evidence. Then you can either say this is backed up by —— insert evidence or there’s more evidence against it —— insert evidence

can you include it in your conclusion?

someone tell me!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey there!

i sat my as history last june and came out with quite a high a grade on results day. my school requested my papers back and i had a quick look at them after i saw this thread just to make sure my answer was accurate!

i sat my history exams with the northern irish board (ccea) and did not include any historian's quotes or ideas, apart from when i was quoting the sources/interpretations in the necessary questions. however, if you would like to give yourself a little bit of extra work (lmao) you could potentially really impress your examiner if you were able to use a relevant quote in your answer - however, it really is not necessary and your quote revision may go to waste in case it doesn't fit with the question :/

hope this was helpful + good luck with your exams!

i thought you might be because ccea isn't a very popular option for history.

i've looked at the aqa papers though and the questions seem to be the same (mainly source based/some own knowledge) so everything i said previously is still okay! maybe even see if there is a particular historian who is well-known for their research in your period of history and learn one or two quotes from them if you would like but again - not necessary at all.

hope this helps

how did you revise for history? and what structure did you use for the source questions?