History study guides

A complete overview of the historical skills CCEA A-Level History tests: evaluating primary sources, analysing historians' interpretations, and structuring an analytical essay. Explains what each skill rewards and how to practise it across the AS and A2 units.

A complete overview of CCEA A2 1 Change Over Time. Covers the long-period options, including the clash of ideologies in Europe 1900 to 2000 and nationalism and unionism in Ireland 1800 to 1900, and the change-and-continuity skill that distinguishes A2 from AS.

A complete overview of CCEA A2 2 Historical Investigations and Interpretations: the document and interpretations paper that tests the historian's craft. Explains how the source and interpretations questions work, how the partition of Ireland controversy is set, and how to evaluate competing interpretations to reach a substantiated judgement.

A complete overview of CCEA AS 1 Historical Investigations and Interpretations. Covers the most popular options (Germany 1919 to 1945, Russia 1914 to 1941 and the USA 1917 to 1945), the source-based and essay questions, and how to revise this AS unit for top marks.

A complete overview of CCEA AS 2 Irish History, covering Ireland from 1789 to 1925. Spans the United Irishmen and the Act of Union, Catholic Emancipation and the Great Famine, and the Home Rule crisis, Easter Rising and partition, with the source and essay skills the unit tests.