A-Level History: NEA Skills (USA Civil Rights)

This editable PowerPoint is designed to support students completing the AQA A-Level History Non-Exam Assessment (NEA). It provides structured activities to develop AO1, AO2 and AO3 skills, giving students the tools to analyse evidence, engage with interpretations and produce substantiated judgements in their coursework. The topic is focused around African American Civil Rights.

The lesson includes:

• Clear success criteria and learning intentions linked to the AQA NEA mark scheme.

• Guided source analysis tasks focusing on provenance, content and value.

• Activities to practise evaluating historians’ interpretations and applying historiography.

• Structured scaffolding for planning and writing NEA sections.

• Higher-order questioning to promote critical thinking and independent research.

• Opportunities for peer and self-assessment.

Suitable for:

Year 12/13 NEA skills lessons.

Coursework writing support.

Revision of source and interpretation skills in preparation for final submission.

Format: PowerPoint (fully editable).