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a-level history is ending me send help

Hey guys,
does anyone have any tips for AQA A-level history success? for reference my courses are Cold War and Stuart Britain. My last mock I got a D, 11/25 for my essays, and I can't seem to improve no matter how many practice essays I write. If anyone has any advice or successful practice essays for AQA they could help me out with, it would be much appreciated :smile: (PMs r open)
Thanks !

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by sophia_._
Hey guys,
does anyone have any tips for AQA A-level history success? for reference my courses are Cold War and Stuart Britain. My last mock I got a D, 11/25 for my essays, and I can't seem to improve no matter how many practice essays I write. If anyone has any advice or successful practice essays for AQA they could help me out with, it would be much appreciated :smile: (PMs r open)
Thanks !

Hey, have you tried contacting your teacher (assuming you're in college/sixth form) as they'll be able to give you more personal feedback and have access to previous years exams questions and their marks. The exam board itself may also have examiner reports for you to look at to figure out where people scored and lost marks

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by FairyPeriapt
Hey, have you tried contacting your teacher (assuming you're in college/sixth form) as they'll be able to give you more personal feedback and have access to previous years exams questions and their marks. The exam board itself may also have examiner reports for you to look at to figure out where people scored and lost marks

I have given both my history teachers multiple essays, and they tend to give very generic feedback like 'just focus on analysis' without giving anything specific. So, if anyone has any AQA advice im all ears!

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by sophia_._
I have given both my history teachers multiple essays, and they tend to give very generic feedback like 'just focus on analysis' without giving anything specific. So, if anyone has any AQA advice im all ears!

That sucks, I also do AQA and wrote a whole article on revision techniques and did a guidelines to answering questions so I don't know if that'd be any use to you?

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by FairyPeriapt
That sucks, I also do AQA and wrote a whole article on revision techniques and did a guidelines to answering questions so I don't know if that'd be any use to you?

yes that would be super helpful thank you!

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by sophia_._
yes that would be super helpful thank you!

https://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/hive-articles/history-a-level-examnea-structure-help-revision-techniques

That's the link to it, hope revising goes well

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by sophia_._
Hey guys,
does anyone have any tips for AQA A-level history success? for reference my courses are Cold War and Stuart Britain. My last mock I got a D, 11/25 for my essays, and I can't seem to improve no matter how many practice essays I write. If anyone has any advice or successful practice essays for AQA they could help me out with, it would be much appreciated :smile: (PMs r open)
Thanks !
is stuart britain that bloke from down the pub? if so i can ask him a few questions over A [ppint!!🍺😜💪

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by FairyPeriapt

thats a shame i dont 🤠

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