Scaffolding tools for history

Source analysis and interpretation advice and essay planning support to help history students answer exam style questions at GCSE and IGCSE level

Tes Resources Team

Historical sources being used to support students in their GCSE and iGCSE exams

Support your students' history skills with these source analysis tips and essay plan ideas

Interpreting historical sources and answering essay style questions are two key skills that are essential when studying any period of history in order to adequately prepare for GCSE or IGCSE assessment and exams. We’ve selected these templates, prompts question scaffolds and exam question technique resources to help you provide learners with the tools they need to demonstrate their understanding and accurately address exam style questions.

Supporting essay-style questions 

IGCSE History Paper 1 model answers and techniques
StuartRatcliffe

IGCSE History Paper 1 model answers and techniques

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This is a guide to the IGCSE History Paper 1 exam. It contains a breakdown of each type of question - a), b) and c). It contains mind maps and model answers for every unit for Option B, with Germany 1918-45 as the depth study. It also contains useful facts, quotes and statistics for each unit. All m...
How to decode a history question
anna jordan

How to decode a history question

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Guide for students to help them work out what is being asked in a history exam question and recognise the basic structure of the answer required. \[to help them write the answer, see 'how to help students write essays' on TES\]
Exam Technique Bookmark AQA GCSE History [2020]
Catherine Allsop

Exam Technique Bookmark AQA GCSE History [2020]

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Double-sided bookmark on exam technique tips for AQA GCSE History. Includes question stems, recommended time to spend on each question and tips on answering the questions. Covers the AQA topics: Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship; Norman England 1066-1100; Health and the People 1000-prese...
Writing Quilts - History Academic Writing Support
hmstrange

Writing Quilts - History Academic Writing Support

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Students often find the more formal academic style of writing used in history difficult to use. These quilts aim to support these students and to encourage MA and HA to stretch and improve their writing styles. There are 3 versions included - two aimed at KS3, two aimed at GCSE students, and one a...
GCSE Edexcel 9-1 History Exam Technique Structures Booklet
Lcu

GCSE Edexcel 9-1 History Exam Technique Structures Booklet

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A booklet which looks at each style of exam question on the Edexcel History specification. Alongside suggested timings, each question the following information: - introduction to the question - how to gain marks - example question - suggested structure - things to remember It is based on the option...
Factors Exam Question Practice
PilgrimHistory

Factors Exam Question Practice

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AQA GCSE 9-1 Britain: Health and the People c1000 to present The aim of this lesson is to make the factor question (4) more accessible to students. A question that we think is an easy one for them to answer in fact causes the students the most difficulty. I find students begin to panic and forge...