aqa a level history source essay structure

How to structure AQA A-level History Essays

  • Dr Janet Rose
  • December 14, 2019

For AQA History , at both AS and A level, you need to know how to write two types of essay – a block essay and a point-by-point essay.  To be able to structure AQA history essays you’ll need to know these essay styles and where to use them.

Introductions

You don’t really need an introduction for the source questions.  In the exam you will be pressed for time so it is sensible to just start with your analysis of extract A.  However, for the essay questions you will need a short, clear introduction that references the question and states your line of argument.

The most helpful tip I can give you is this; write the introduction last .  Why do I advise this?  Because if you state your line of argument and what you intend to include, you then have to make sure your whole essay and conclusion matches your introduction.  Obviously you should have a plan to follow but it is far, far easier to write the body of your essay and your conclusion,  then make the introduction fit the essay you have just written.  It makes writing the introduction a breeze because you will know exactly what you have argued, which evidence you have used, the order you have presented your material and what you have concluded.

No Surprises

Remember there should be no surprises for your marker or examiner in history.  You are not writing a best seller where you build up the tension and then do a dramatic ‘ta da’ reveal.  That will only confuse your examiner and lose you marks – potentially a lot of marks.  What we want is a nice, clear format where we can see exactly what you are arguing, exactly what evidence you are using, and exactly what you have concluded.  Importantly, we want to know this at the start of the essay.  If you make your marker or examiner keep stopping, re-reading chunks, and going back and forth to try and understand your argument, you’ll just end up with an unhappy and frustrated reader.  And this is the person who is going to award your marks!  Be clear.  Be concise.  Get to the point quickly.  Give evidence to back up your points.  Reach a judgement.

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Block Essays

For AQA you use these for the extract questions; the two sources for AS and the three sources for A level.  You write the essay in blocks of text which are focused on one area.

For the source questions you don’t need to get too clever with hopping back and forth between sources and points. Decide and plan what you need to say and then write it clearly, with a clear assessment of each source, in big chunks of work. Do not worry about an introduction– just get straight into the analysis. First address Source A in a block, then Source B in another block and (for A level) Source C in a final block.

Remember that you need to assess the sources.  Keep doing that all the way through.  Assess each source as you write the block and do a mini summary at the end of each section.   You can then bring the sources together in a very short conclusion at the end (no more than a couple of lines) where you can summarise your convincing/valuable assessment of the sources.  It is very important that you make a clear judgement for each source, as that is what the question asks you to do.

By the way, when we talk about blocks it does not mean you have to cram everything into one enormous paragraph. If you have plenty to say (and hopefully you will) you should use a sensible paragraph structure. The reason it is called a block essay is that you deal with one section completely, in this case each source, before moving on to the next section.

Point-by-point essays

Point-by-Point essays are much trickier to master but are well worth the effort as, done properly, they tend to achieve higher marks. For AQA you can use this style for everything that is not a source question. The key to an excellent point-by-point essay is all in the planning; it will only come out well in the writing if you know exactly what you are going to argue and the order in which you are going to introduce evidence and points. So it is crucial that you make yourself a good plan!

Essentially, all the AQA essay questions at both AS and A level ask you to argue ‘for or against’ a hypothesis. They will look something like this:

‘Victorian governments in the years 1867 to 1886 had little interest in social reform.’ Explain why you agree or disagree with this view.

‘Henry VII had successfully established monarchical authority by 1509.’ Assess the validity of this view.

Your job, therefore, is to find evidence from your course for both sides of the argument i.e. both ‘for’ and ‘against’ the hypothesis. You absolutely must have evidence for both sides – not just one side. The evidence goes down on your plan, divided into ‘for’ and ‘against’ the hypothesis. Whichever side you end with more evidence for, or more convincing evidence for, that is the side you will conclude is most persuasive.

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Imagine it like a tennis match

Imagine it like a tennis match, where the ball starts on one side of the tennis court, is played and then sails over to the opposing side.  A point-by-point argument is like this – it is oppositional, with two opposing sides. You should aim to bounce back and forth between the points and the two sides of the argument. Begin with one of the points from your plan, either for or against the hypothesis. Deal with the point in detail, using clear examples as evidence and linking it firmly to the question.  That’s your opening shot.

Next, pop straight over to the opposing view and deal with that point, again using clear examples and linking to the question. Repeat this ‘back and forth’ technique until you have covered all the points and evidence in your plan.

To do this really well it is usually better to put up the side of your argument that you will oppose first. You outline the ‘other’ side of the argument and show that you understand the opposing view. Then you switch over to the other side of the hypothesis, i.e. ‘your’ argument, and use powerful evidence to back it up. Remember this is all about argument and analysis.

Back to our tennis match analogy; the ball is your argument, which bounces back and forth between the players, but you need ‘your’ side to end each point with the big shot – the one that wins the game.

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The Conclusion

You must conclude in line with the most persuasive and convincing evidence you have included in your plan.   This sounds really obvious, but I have lost count of how many A-level history essays I have marked that argue effectively for one point of view, but then conclude in favour of the other side.  The most common reason for this happening is that the student has moved off their plan when writing up the essay.  Follow your plan!

At the end of the essay your conclusion should sum up all the main points of argument and then should reach a judgement.  Don’t sit on the fence, no matter how tempting it is.  You need to make a judgement.  The conclusion should mirror your introduction and the main points of argument in the body of the essay, so the work ends up as a coherent, clear argument from introduction to conclusion.

The point-by-point essay takes practice, so it will help if you can get some feedback from your teacher or tutor, or even a parent who will be able to tell you if your argument is clear and makes sense to the reader. Do persevere, however, because when you get the technique right it will gain you more marks in the end.

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How to get full marks on source questions in History A Level: 1. Using the content of the source (C grade)

How to get full marks on source questions in History A Level: 1. Using the content of the source (C grade)

August 10th, 2017 Last updated: October 21st, 2022

Source questions are often the aspect of A-Level History that students find most difficult, but can also be one of the most exciting aspects of the course. Every source provides a window into the ideas, emotions, and thought processes of past human beings. Andrew covers the basics of writing about the information drawn from the source.

NB: Exam boards and schools

I have organised this post article around the general skills required in most A Level specifications. In each section, I have tried to indicate which criteria these skills help to fulfil on the mark schemes of different exam boards. If you’re looking for something specific, use ctrl + F to search for specific words from your exam board’s mark scheme. Different schools and teachers explain how to analyse sources in different ways: ‘Content, Origin, Purpose’, ‘What? When? Who? Why?’, ‘Interpretation, Knowledge, Provenance’, etc. When I tutor, I always try to develop the approach that a student has been taught in school, so that we build on existing skills, rather than starting from scratch. When using this guide, try to do the same yourself, by working out how the skills below correspond to what your teacher asks you to do in lessons.

1. Use short quotations

This will help you achieve the following mark-scheme criteria: AQA : ‘Shows a very good  understanding  of all three sources in relation to both  content  and provenance’ ‘present a balanced judgment… for the particular purpose given in the question ’  Edexcel : ‘ Interrogates the evidence  of both sources with confidence and  discrimination ’  OCR : ‘a convincing, fully supported analysis of [the sources]’

Identify the particular part of the source which tells you something. A good historian can learn a lot from individual words. Avoid quotations that lift full sentences, like this one about the Emperor Charlemagne, who died in 814:  ‘The source tells us that Charlemagne “will be remembered for the tempered severity with which he subdued the iron hearts of Franks and barbarians.” This suggests that Charlemagne’s greatest success was conquering other peoples.’  Instead, pick out particular words:  ‘The reference to subduing “barbarians” suggests that Charlemagne’s greatest success was conquering other peoples.’  Not only is this more skilful, but it’s shorter, saving you precious time in the exam.  

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2. Make inferences

This will help you achieve the following mark-scheme criteria:   AQA : ‘Shows a very good  understanding  of all three sources in relation to both  content  and provenance’  Edexcel : ‘ Interrogates  the evidence of both sources with confidence and discrimination’ ‘making reasoned  inferences  and showing a range of  ways the material can be used’   OCR : ‘engage with the sources’ ‘convincing, fully supported analysis’

This means learning something beyond what is actually written or shown. Imagine your source is Magna Carta, an important document from the year 1215:  ‘The source tells us that the king would no longer levy taxes without “the common counsel of our kingdom”.’  If you followed up like this, you aren’t doing any more than understanding the words in the source itself:  ‘The source tells us that the king would no longer levy taxes without “the common counsel of our kingdom”. This means that the king was not going to take money unless his people advised him to do it.’  Instead, you need to learn something that was not written in the source. For example:  ‘The source tells us that the king would no longer levy taxes without “the common counsel of our kingdom”. This suggests that there was anger at the taxation King John had levied, and this may have caused conflict between the king and his barons.’  The following sentence-starters may help to show that you are doing this:

  • This suggests that…
  • This implies/might imply that…
  • This gives the impression that…

3. Make sure your inferences are  relevant  to the question

This will help you achieve the following mark-scheme criteria:  

AQA : ‘present a balanced argument on their value for the  particular purpose given in the question ’ Edexcel : ‘Interrogates the evidence of both sources with confidence and  discrimination ’ 

OCR : ‘The answer has a very good  focus on the question  throughout’

Your inference must be something related to the topic you are asked about. Imagine you are faced with a source produced by General Douglas MacArthur, an American general in the 1940s and 1950s, and have to answer this question:  ‘With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the consequences of Soviet expansion.’  The following statement would be irrelevant, as it is about the USSR’s  aims , not the  consequences  of expansion:  ‘General MacArthur’s reference to preventing “global conquest” implies that the USSR expanded in order to build an empire.’  As the question is about  consequences , this would be better:  ‘General MacArthur’s reference to preventing “global conquest” implies that Soviet expansion may have provoked a reaction from the USA.’

If you make sure that you have followed these tips, you are showing the examiner that you have a solid grasp of how to handle sources.

  • Use short quotations
  • Make inferences
  • Make sure your inferences are relevant to the question

In his next article, Andrew will set out how to go that bit further and achieve an A grade in the Source questions. 

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A Level History Coursework AQA – A Guide

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This guide shows you how to plan, research and write A Level History Coursework for AQA using ideas, resources, examples and structure. This coursework is weighted in the following format. Assessment Objective One (AO1) 10% (20 marks), Assessment Objective Two (AO2) 5% (10 marks) and Assessment Objective Three (AO3) 5% (10 marks). For AQA coursework this gives a total of 20% (40 marks) divided as shown above across all three of the A Level History Assessment Objectives.

A Level History Coursework AQA – Ideas, Examples and Resources

Choosing an Issue and Question – You are required to identify an issue or topic that you wish to study and develop a question from this. This gives a broad scope for potential questions. There are however two specific requirements of the question.

  • The question must not duplicate any of the content that you are studying for examination assessment in components 1 and 2.
  • The question must place the issue or topic in the context of approximately 100 years of history.

Question Ideas, Example and Selection

There are two potential ways to ensure that you cover the 100 year requirement for this coursework. You could identify an issue and related question which traces development over approximately 100 years. Alternatively, you could focus on a narrower issue but place it in the context of a 100 year period. Lets look at a couple of examples below to make this clear.

  • Q1. Q. ‘Despite a period of unprecedented economic and social change, British women remained marginalised and downtrodden’. During the period 1760-1867, assess the validity of this view. – This is the perfect example of a broad issue and question from which you could analyse development over the time period.
  • Q2. In the context of the period 1905 to 2003, to what extent was the Cuban missile crisis the biggest turning point in the relationship between Russia and the USA? – This question highlights a more specific issue (the Cuban missile crisis) and places it in context of the relationship between the two countries over the c100 year period.

There are some key points to consider when selecting a question for your coursework.

  • Question formulation – Students are advised to use the type of question formulations seen in AQA examinations and shown in the examples above.
  • Historiographical debate – There needs to be a scholarly debate around the question or issue. This means differing views on the question from different historians. This makes it easier to select appropriate works to analyse and compare.
  • Primary sources – Is there a range of primary sources and primary material available to support the coursework? These primary resources need to be accessible to the student.

Coursework Resources

  • Library – school, local, college, university – you should be able to borrow appropriate works.
  • Teacher – your teacher should be able to provide you with copies of appropriate resources to use.
  • JSTOR – www.jstor.org – contains a large collection of journal articles from historical publications covering numerous topics. These will often engage in the historical debate by replying to opposing views.
  • Purchase Books – many second-hand books are available to purchase at very cheap prices through Amazon or similar sites.

A Level History Coursework AQA – Structure and Planning

First section – introduction to the question (c. 350 words).

Introduction to the overall topic. You need to put the question into context by providing relevant information regarding what was happening at the time. You then need to define any key terms in the question. For the British women example question above you would need to define ‘remained marginalised and downtrodden’ .

This we could do by defining;

  • remained as showing continuity rather than change
  • marginalised as a group treated as insignificant and peripheral. 
  • downtrodden as a group oppressed or treated badly by those in power.

You would then need to set-out valid criteria by which the question can be judged in order to provide an accurate answer. These criteria will go on to become your factors as you can see in the plan below.

For the British women example question, we could potentially use the following criteria to judge whether they remained marginalised and downtrodden. Did women’s lives change for the better, during the period, in the following different areas?

  • Socially and Culturally
  • Legally and Politically
  • Education and Work

Second Section – Historians Viewpoints (c. 800 words – 400 each)

In this section we look at the viewpoints of two different academic historians. In order to achieve the highest marks, Level 5 (9-10 Marks) we need to do the following:

  • Show a very good understanding of the differing historical interpretations raised in the question.
  • Convincingly evaluate the interpretations with reference to time, context and/or limitations placed on the historians.

Using the example Cold War question shown above, you could analyse the views of a US historian writing after the Cold War has ended, with a Soviet historian writing during the period. This would enable you to contrast the content of both works and evaluate the interpretations given. This would also show how the time period affected the works, how limitations affected the works, how purpose affected the works, amongst many other issues that help to explain the authors differing viewpoints.

Third Section – Factor 1 and Source 1 (c. 650 words Factor 1 and 350 words Source 1)

In this section you cover the first factor that you have identified from your criteria in the introduction, as well as one of your primary sources that matches with this theme. So for the British women example question this section would concentrate on the Socially and Culturally factor that we are using as criteria to answer the question. Crucially you have to cover the time period and show your understanding of change and continuity as illustrated by the mark scheme detailed below.

  • Level 5 (17-20) marks – Very good understanding of change and continuity within the context of approximately 100 years.

You then add to this section your evaluation of your first primary source that matches with this theme. So for the British women example question you would have a primary source that related to the Socially and Culturally factor being covered here.

Fourth Section – Factor 2 and Source 2 (c. 650 words Factor 2 and 350 words Source 2 )

In this section you cover the second factor that you have identified from your criteria in the introduction, as well as one of your primary sources that matches with this theme. So for the British women example question this section would concentrate on the Legally and Politically factor that we are using as criteria to answer the question. Crucially you have to cover the time period and show your understanding of change and continuity as illustrated by the mark scheme detailed below.

You then add to this section your evaluation of your first primary source that matches with this theme. So for the British women example question you would have a primary source that related to the Legally and Politically factor being covered here.

Fifth Section – Factor 3 and Source 3 (c. 650 words Factor 3 and 350 words Source 3 )

In this section you cover the second factor that you have identified from your criteria in the introduction, as well as one of your primary sources that matches with this theme. So for the British women example question this section would concentrate on the Education and Work factor that we are using as criteria to answer the question. Crucially you have to cover the time period and show your understanding of change and continuity as illustrated by the mark scheme detailed below.

You then add to this section your evaluation of your first primary source that matches with this theme. So for the British women example question you would have a primary source that related to the Education and Work factor being covered here.

Sixth Section – Overall Conclusion (c. 350 words)

In the final section you need to produce an overall conclusion that fully answers the coursework question. So for the British women question you would be answering ‘did they remain marginalised and downtrodden during this period?’. This will take into account everything you have considered throughout the piece of work including your criteria, the viewpoints of the academic historians, the primary sources and the factors that you have covered from your criteria. In reaching a final judgement and conclusion, you need to take into account the entire period considering continuity and change across it, as you should have done throughout the rest of the coursework.

A Level History Coursework AQA – Primary Source Analysis

A Level History Coursework AQA

Looking at the primary source mark scheme table from the AQA website can help you to understand the requirements. Firstly, you must ensure that three sources are used and that there are a minimum of two different types (can be two different types of written source). To achieve the highest marks you must then ensure that a range of relevant and well supported comments are made on the value of the sources. Finally, you must provide a balanced and convincing judgement on the merits of each source in relation to our question.

Assessing Your Primary Sources

  • Provenance – The five W’s of Who, Why, What, When, Where; can help you to identify the provenance of a primary source and assess its value or limitations.
  • Tone and Emphasis – How does the tone and emphasis impact the value of the source. Is it impartial, critical, formal, aggressive, empathetic, mocking, candid etc?
  • Content – What is the actual content of the source saying? How true is this in terms of your contextual knowledge? Is there value in the inaccuracies of the content?
  • Value/Limitations and Judgement – The above three points ( Provenance, Tone and Emphasis and Content ) can be used to assess how much we can learn from the source, by weighing up value and limitations, as well as giving judgement on the merit of the source.

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    This overall A Level History essay structure ensures a balanced essay that also reaches judgement. Furthermore, we have now broken down each individual part of Content/Factor. This can be seen as a mini essay in its own right. The Content/Factor is introduced and linked to the question as well as being concluded and linked to the question.

  5. How to get full marks on source questions in History A Level: 1. Using

    2. Make inferences. This will help you achieve the following mark-scheme criteria: AQA: 'Shows a very good understanding of all three sources in relation to both content and provenance' Edexcel: 'Interrogates the evidence of both sources with confidence and discrimination' 'making reasoned inferences and showing a range of ways the material can be used'

  6. History Unwrapped: How to structure AQA A-level History Essays

    For AQA you use these for the source questions; the two sources for AS and the three sources for A level. For the source questions you don't need to get too clever with hopping back and forth ...

  7. How would I structure a 30 mark source style essay?

    Source style essays typically focus on the utility and reliability of around three sources, both comparing and contrasting one another to assess how convincing the arguments are. There are two main approaches I would suggest to effectively articulate your knowledge and ideas to the examiner. The first approach would be to address the essay ...

  8. A Level History Essays: Understanding the Questions and ...

    This video goes through how to do A Level History essays. I start by looking at types of question (cause, consequence, change, continuity, similarity, differ...

  9. AQA

    A-level. At A-level, there are three assessment components. Component 1 assesses students' understanding of breadth and of historical interpretations. Component 2 assesses understanding of depth and of the value of primary sources. Component 3 is a Historical Investigation (non-exam assessment).

  10. A Level History: How to do a Source Questions on Unit 2

    This video explains how to do a Source question from AQA A Level History paper 2 (depth studies). I go through the technique that we teach our students on h...

  11. How to Answer A level Essay Questions (AQA)

    In this video we shall look at how to answer A level History Essay Questions. Subscribe for more on Extract Questions and Source Questions.SUPPORT THE LEARNI...

  12. AQA

    4. Showing 619 results. Answers and commentary (A-level): Component 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Englightenment, 1682-1796 - Sample set 1 New. Published 14 Mar 2024 | PDF | 1.4 MB. Answers and commentary (A-level): Component 2D Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529-1570 - Sample set 1.

  13. A Level History Coursework AQA

    A Level History Coursework AQA - Structure and Planning First Section - Introduction to the question (c. 350 words) ... how to most effectively answer any A Level History extract, source or essay question. Please click the following link to visit the site and get access to your free preview lesson. www.passalevelhistory.co.uk.

  14. AQA

    A-level students must take assessments in all three of the following components in the same series: Component 1: Breadth study. Component 2: Depth study. Component 3: Historical investigation (Personal study) Students must: study the history of more than one country. study a British history option for Component 1 or 2.

  15. How do I structure an A level history source question

    9. Hey, I do AQA. My structure is kind of: Introduction. Paragraph 1: Source 1. - Analyse the content, maybe pick a quote to focus on. - Back up the content with your own knowledge. - Find a piece of the content which isn't correct or doesn't match with one of your own examples. - Assess the limitation of it.

  16. PDF A-level History 7042 Guide to the extract question on Component 1

    Introduction. This Guide has been produced to show how the mark scheme for the Component 1 extract question (Question 1) will be applied and to illustrate approaches to assessment, to assist teachers in preparing their students for the examination. The responses have been kindly provided by schools and were written by students in the course of ...

  17. A-Level History Essay Question Planning and Structure Sheet Guide

    docx, 23.2 KB. This resource is a planning sheet, setting out the structure required for an AQA A-Level History essay. This planning sheet may also be applicable for other exam boards such as OCR, WJEC and Edexcel but I would refer to your mark schemes for some more clarity. I have used this exact structure to get 25/25 on multiple essays and ...

  18. AQA A Level History Past Papers

    AS History (7041/2G) - The Birth of the USA, 1760-1801 - Component 2G The origins the American Revolution, 1760-1776. Q A. AQA. June 2017 AQA A-Level History Past Papers (7041 and 7042) AS History (7041/2H) - France in Revolution, 1774-1815 - Component 2H The end of Absolutism and the French Revolution, 1774-1795. Q A.

  19. AQA

    4. Mark schemes. Component 2. Showing 111 results. Mark scheme (AS): Component 2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945-1980 - June 2022. Published 14 Jul 2023 | PDF | 200 KB. Mark scheme (AS): Component 2L Italy and Fascism, c1900-1945 - June 2022. Published 14 Jul 2023 | PDF | 233 KB.

  20. PDF Answers and commentary (A-level) : Component 1H Tsarist and ...

    This resource is to be used alongside the A-level History 1 H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855-1964 June 2022 Question paper and inserts. A-LEVEL HISTORY - 7042 - 1H TSARIST AND COMMUNIST RUSSIA - ANSWERS AND

  21. AQA

    Email: [email protected]. Subscribe for updates. ... AS and A-level History. 7041, 7042 Find all the information, support and resources you need to deliver our specification. Teaching from: September 2015: Exams from: 2016 (AS), 2017 (A-level) ... These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, so we can measure and improve the ...

  22. PDF Answers and commentary (A-level) : Component 1C The Tudors ...

    History. Answers and commentaries A-level (7042) 1C The Tudors: England, 1485 — 1603 Marked answers from students for questions from the June 2022 exams. Supporting commentary is provided to help you understand how marks are awarded and how students can improve performance. Version 1.0 September 2023.

  23. AQA A-Level History 25 Mark Essay Template

    25 Mark Essay Template for the AQA A-Level History Specification Source analysis template for paper 1 30 marker is available to download at: https://www.tes.com/teac