GCSEs can be hard, and it is often difficult to know where you should start with your revision. History is a really interesting subject to study, but how are you going to memorise all of the content?

develop a critical appreciation of the concept of historical significance and why some people, events and developments are seen as historically significantYou are responsible for ensuring that, prior to the use of the Service by your employees, agents or students, all such parties are notified of and agree to the terms of this Agreement.

Access to a wide range of free digital resources, including content created and published in house, This is the Agreement for accessing CGP Online Editions (the Service). The Service provides online access to a range of titles published by Coordination Group Publications Ltd. (CGP). This Agreement covers access to the Service regardless of the device or network you access it through. By using the Service you agree to be bound by this Agreement. That being said, it is not only the use of flashcards for self-testing that is effective revision. The act of making the flashcards will help you greatly, especially in identifying the areas where you have gaps in your historical knowledge. Therefore, it is incredibly important that you make your own flashcards! If you are unsure on how to go about doing this, here’s a useful article on how to make effective flashcards . However, it is essential that you don’t only do the questions provided in class by your teacher. You need as much practice as you can get with exam questions – your technique for each question type contributes to your grade more than you may think.An example of a question and answer that you may want to put on a flashcard (for the Medicine Through Time topic) is: Specific aspects of the past in depth (short term), and breadth (medium and long term) history in three geographical contexts: local, British and European and/or Wider World settings continuity, change, cause, consequence, significance and similarity and difference over different periods of time both short term, medium term and long term the nature and purpose of history as a discipline. history from three eras: Medieval (500-1500), Early Modern (1450-1750) and Modern (1700-present day)

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This free online revision course includes the Russian Revolution of 1917, Tsar Nicholas II, the New Economic Policy, Stalin and his rivals, the cult of Stalin, the gulags/kulaks and much more. Cambridge iGCSE WJEC GCSE History Changes in Health and Medicine, c.1340 to the present day and Changes in Crime and Punishment, c.1500 to the present day Whiteboard eTextbook In cases where you want to use past papers to practice exam technique, you may want to write your responses (under timed conditions) with the information in front of you, so that you are practicing one skill at a time. However, it is important that you stop doing this once you have mastered the basic structures for each question type. Mind maps are a great way of summarising your knowledge. They allow you to make links between information, and this is extremely useful when you are trying to get as much detail into your GCSE History answers as possible.Throughout your GCSE History course, your teacher should be showing you how to structure the wide variety of questions that you will be required to answer in the exam. Hopefully, they will provide you with practice questions whilst you are learning the content. If you are wanting the short answer to the question of “What is the Pomodoro technique?”, here it is: You could create a mind map for each of these topics, while also splitting them up into time periods, which are clearly set out in the textbook. In this case, they are: When colour coding your History notes, my advice would be – keep it as simple as possible. Decide how you would like to organise your revision resources, and think about what you are struggling to link together the most – whether that is historical individuals, time periods, events and their consequences or places.