OCR A-level History A Paper 1 - 6th June 2025 [Exam Chat]

The paper you do for this unit will be one of the following:
Y101 Alfred and the Making of England 871–1016 (Enquiry topic: Alfred the Great)
Y102 Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest 1035–1107 (Enquiry topic: Norman England 1087–1107)
Y103 England 1199–1272 (Enquiry topic: King John 1199–1216)
Y104 England 1377–1455 (Enquiry topic: Richard II 1377–1399)
Y105 England 1445–1509: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII (Enquiry topic: Wars of the Roses 1445–1461)
Y106 England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors (Enquiry topic: Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558)
Y107 England 1547–1603: the Later Tudors (Enquiry topic: Mid Tudor Crises 1547–1558)
Y108 The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660 (Enquiry topic: The Execution of Charles I and the Interregnum 1646–1660)
Y109 The Making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760 (Enquiry topic: The Glorious Revolution 1678–1689)
Y110 From Pitt to Peel: Britain 1783–1853 (Enquiry topic: Peel and the Age of Reform 1832–1853)
Y111 Liberals, Conservatives and the Rise of Labour 1846–1918 (Enquiry topic: England and a New Century c.1900–1918)
Y112 Britain 1900–1951 (Enquiry topic: England and a New Century c.1900–1918)
Y113 Britain 1930–1997 (Enquiry topic: Churchill 1930–1951)
Post below with which one you are studying.
Many years ago I sat the Pitt to Peel unit, I'm happy to help answer questions about that.
Discussions for other units on this course:
OCR A Level History Unit 2
OCR A Level History Unit 3

anyone got any predictions for y113 churchill / britain?

any predictions for early Tudors chat

does anyone do pitt to peel?

Yes but 8 years ago
How have you found it?

oh wow, to be honest it's not been too bad. I definitely prefer the 20 marker over the interpretation question though 😭. I've improved on the interpretation question but the only thing i'm struggling with is anaylsing provenance which is what's bringing my mark down. My teacher has given us points on what to say (like advocating for a specific political agenda, exaggerated e.t.c) but i'm not sure on how to improve?

Guys I'm so scared that I won't be able to understand any of the sources for the 30 marker because they're written in like old archaic English.

1377-1455
Richard II
Henry IV-VI

Oof, rather you than me.
Have you done much practice with the source questions?

Yes and I misread them a lot and my teacher has to correct me

Who is the source coming from? Is it only 1 perspective? Is that perspective quite narrow?
Is the source limited to a certain physical location? E.g. a report about 1 workhouse in the midlands - it's not necessarily applicable to all workhouses unless the inspector has visited all of them, which is not usually information we are given.
Or look at source content to describe the source as limited: are there elements of the enquiry that the source doesn't include. E.g. an enquiry into workhouse conditions and the source talks about the quality of food but doesn't indicate the amount of food, or talks in detail about food but doesn't mention the cleanliness of the environment.
Which topic are you studying?

thank you! roughly how much should i aim to write for the provenance section of my paragraphs?