History study guides

A complete overview of the historical skills and coursework in Edexcel A-Level History. Explains the three assessment objectives, how to evaluate primary sources (AO2), how to analyse historians' interpretations (AO3), and the requirements of the Paper 4 coursework enquiry worth 20% of the A-level.

A complete overview of Edexcel A-Level History Paper 1, the breadth study with interpretations. Explains the structure of the paper, how the breadth essays and the interpretations question work, and ties together the popular options of communist states, Britain transformed and the Cold War interpretations debate.

A complete overview of Edexcel A-Level History Paper 2, the depth study. Explains the structure of the paper, how the primary-source question and the depth essays work, and ties together the popular options of the German Democratic Republic, the USA civil rights and Mao's China.

A complete overview of Edexcel A-Level History Paper 3, themes in breadth with aspects in depth. Explains the three-part structure that tests sources, breadth essays and interpretations together, and ties together the options of Britain protest and power and the witch craze, plus the source and historian skills.