Question: To what extent were key individuals responsible for the gains made by African-Americans in their struggle for equality between 1863 and 1965?
A level history revision resource on the Five Year Plans under Stalin.
Considers the priorities, context, aims, achievements and failures of each Plan.
Includes 6 AQA English Literature Modern Times Feminine Gospels exemplar essays:
-Explore the ways in which Duffy presents aspects of femininity
-The title of the collection suggests Duffy’s agenda is to challenge traditional male ideas about the “gospel truth”. Examine this view
-Examine the view that Duffy presents the female body as the key aspect of female identity in Feminine Gospels
-Examine the view that this collection ‘excludes men as subjects and makes no attempt to engage them as readers
-Examine the view that the collection shows us clearly what women most want
-Examine the view that Duffy’s purpose is to rewrite history from a female perspective
‘Typically, texts about husbands and wives present marriage from a male point of view’ In the light of this view, discuss how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Othello and Desdemona in this extract and elsewhere in the play
-Essay Question: ‘The years 1547 to 1558 constituted a mid-Tudor crisis’ Asses the validity of this view.
-Considers the existence of a political crisis, economic crisis, religious crisis and foreign policy crisis in mid-Tudor England
-Essay Question: ‘The consolidation of royal authority, in the years 1487-1509, was due to Henry VII’s control over the nobility’ Assess the validity of this view
-Considers: Henry VII's control over the nobility, calculated financial policy and use of foreign policy in order to consolidate his power
AQA English Literature Modern Times Feminine Gospels
Essay Question: Examine the view that this collection ‘excludes men as subjects and makes no attempt to engage them as readers’
-Essay Question: ‘Despite the need to secure his dynasty, it was the desire to extend England’s overseas trade that underpinned Henry VII’s foreign policy’. Assess the validity of this view.
-Considers overseas trade, securing the dynasty through marriage and using diplomacy to stop pretenders
-Essay Question: ‘Changes in religion in the reign of Henry VIII up to 1540 occurred because of Cromwell’ Asses the validity of this view
-Considers: Cromwell, Protestant ideas and reformers and Henry VIII's greed for money and power in developing the English Reformation
A level History essay, exploring the extent to which Henry VIII's foreign policy could be considered 'consistently weak'. Considers relations with France, relations with Scotland and the use of diplomacy
A level History revision resource on achievements and failures of Somerset and Northumberland (under Edward VI). Considers foreign policy, religious policy, government, financial policy and the economy
AQA English Literature Modern Times,
Feminine Gospels (Duffy),
Essay question: Examine the view that the collection shows us clearly what women most want
-Essay Question: ‘Protestant ideas were responsible for the development of the English Reformation in the years 1529-1547’ Asses the validity of this view
-Considers: Protestant ideas from reformers, Henry’s financial greed and political factors
A level history revision considering the existence of a mid Tudor crisis. Considers the existence of a political crisis, economic crisis, foreign policy crisis, religious policy crisis and a crisis in law and order under both Edward VI and Mary
A level History essay ‘foreign policy was the key reason for the consolidation of Henry VII’s authority’. Considers foreign policy, marriage to Elizabeth of York and controlling the nobility
-Essay Question: ‘Rebellions were the greatest challenge facing Henry VII’s rule’Assess the validity of this view
-Considers: challenge of rebellions, the threat posed by the nobility and the instability created by weak finances