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History A - H105
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Free History A - H105 study notes for Cambridge OCR AS Level students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Unit group 1: British period study and enquiry
Y136 England 1485–1558: the Early Tudors
Y137 England 1547–1603: the Later Tudors
Y138 The Early Stuarts and the Origins of the Civil War 1603–1660
Y143 Britain c.1930–1997
Unit group 2: Non-British period study
Y243 The French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon 1774–1815
Y249 Russia 1894–1941
Y251 Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919–1963
Y252 The Cold War in Asia 1945–1993
Y253 The Cold War in Europe 1941–1995
Exam skills
Source enquiry: analysing and evaluating three contemporary sources (AO2)
Period study essay: substantiated judgement on key features (AO1)
Evaluating a historian's interpretation: strengths and limitations (AO3)
Second-order concepts: cause, consequence, change, continuity, similarity, difference, significance
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