The shop is full of high level resources targeting top grades in English Literature, History and French. Resources have been thoroughly researched and put together by a current undergraduate at the University of Oxford in order to contain optimum detail and apprehension. Revision can be challenging to say the least, but these resources have been designed to make it enjoyable and as 'easy' as possible.
The shop is full of high level resources targeting top grades in English Literature, History and French. Resources have been thoroughly researched and put together by a current undergraduate at the University of Oxford in order to contain optimum detail and apprehension. Revision can be challenging to say the least, but these resources have been designed to make it enjoyable and as 'easy' as possible.
Want to aim high with A-Level English Literature? Want a good grade for your Othello essay? This is most certainly the resource for you in order to gain a great understanding of the a truly fantastic play!
A 40-page document with detailed analysis of the most important themes, characters and symbols of the play. Critics (A05) and quotations are included throughout the document to ensure thorough understanding and analysis.
*Example Content for Jealousy:
*Jealousy should not be confused with envy. In the very first scene of Othello, Iago clearly shows his envy of Cassio because he believes that Cassio has been promoted to lieutenant in his place. Iago had more experience of soldiering and was angry that the younger Cassio, whose only virtues seemed to be those of coming from a higher social class and of being better educated, should have been preferred above himself.
‘I am worth no worse a place,’ Iago says to Roderigo, and there is some justification for his envy of Cassio. However, that does not make this attitude acceptable - Shakespeare’s audience would be familiar with the last of the Ten Commandments which prohibited the discontent which springs from the fierce desire for another’s good fortune. *
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well. Please find a sharable PDF copy along with an editable word copy to best suit your needs.
Hopefully you will find this resource very useful, but should you have any questions regarding this resource or the course in general, do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
Want to aim high with A-Level English Literature? Want a good grade for your Othello essay? This is most certainly the resource for you in order to nail essay writing and planning. Pleased to say that this essay received full marks from an Edexcel A-Level Examiner, thus it could be used as an ‘exemplar’.
Deception and Manipulation:
‘Cunning manipulation and deception is key to the tragedy in Othello’. In the light of this statement, explore Shakespeare’s presentation of duplicitous scheming and plotting in Othello. In your answer, you must consider relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
Included: Introduction, Iago the Deceiver, Victims of Deception and Deceptive Women.
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well.
Hopefully you will find this resource very useful, but should you have any questions regarding this resource or the course in general, do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
Civil Rights in the USA : Trade Unions Revision Notes
57 pages / 16,000 words of content for Trade Unions in the USA.
Revision Notes broken up into themes and sub-themes for ease.
For example:
Topic: The Position of the Trade Unions and Organised Labour
To what extend did the position of unions change in the period 1865-1992?
Subtopic: The Position of unions and labour at the beginning and end of the Period
• Issues around the position of union and labour rights
o Right for unions to exist
o Recognition of unions
o Involvement of unions in negotiations overpay and working conditions
o Establishment of systems for mediation
o Freedom of workers to withdraw their labour without fear of punishment
• Progress not continuous
The sources used to create this resource include the following:
OCR Textbooks and Revision Guide for this unit
America’s Women (Gail Collins)
Massolit Lecture Videos (Subscription required)
America’s Dream (Garson)
Included in this resource is a PDF editable copy as well as an editable Word Document. Furthermore, an incredibly helpful Youtube Resource on the Trade Unions, which informed the resource, has also been included.
Thank you very much for your interest in this resource.
Any further questions please email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 Extensive and Useful Essay Plans for the Thematic Questions.
Although content revision (taken from various textbooks) can be very useful, I decided to write ‘skeletal’ and memorable essay plans for many possible questions that could come up for the thematic side of the exam (two 25-mark essays).
The Essay Plans have been written for 32 ‘made-up’ possible questions (questions that have not yet come up in an exam paper, but have come up in textbooks written for this course). Nature of Government: 14 questions, Economy and Society: 12 questions and Wars: 6 questions .
The Plans have been designed so that when you enter into the exam, you already know how to tackle the question: Introduction (establish criteria and set out three to four themes); Theme Paragraphs (what is the sub-theme and then synthesis across the period followed by interim judgement) and finally coming to an overall judgement at the end by bringing together your themes, factors and criteria.
Hopefully these exam plans will be very useful for active revision, but should you have any questions regarding this resource or the course in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com. If you do like this resource, a review would also be greatly appreciated.
Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 Synthetic Content for Each Individual Ruler of the Period - OCR A-Level History.
Synthesis is a highly important approach with the thematic module, so these notes will be just what you need to nail this essential element!
Two to Three detailed summary pages for each ruler: Alexander II 1855-1881, Alexander III 1881-1894 , Nicholas II 1894-1917, Provisional Government (Kerensky) March 1917-October 1917, Lenin 1917-1924, Stalin 1928-1953 and Khrushchev 1953-1964.
Each Synthetic Analysis explores Reform (Political, Social, Economical with an overal summary - was reform positive or negative), Opposition, Response to Opposition, Administration, Attitude towards the Peasantry, Personal / Political Freedom and War under the Ruler as well as the impact/influence.
Should you wish to have more detailed notes, please have a look at the huge 101 pages worth of notes for this course also available. Please be aware that this resource really targets the synthetic element. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/russia-and-its-rulers-1855-1964-revision-notes-history-a-level-101-pages-12687154
If you have any questions regarding this resource, or the course in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com. Please also feel free to leave a review if you like this resource, it will be much appreciated.
The Crusades and Crusader States FULL Revision Notes (OCR and the majority of the AQA A-Level History courses).
These revision notes (PDF and Word versions included) are incredibly detailed and extensive to ensure thorough knowledge of the the First, Second and Third Crusade as well as the Crusader States. This resource contains two revision packs - one with detailed notes for the First Crusade and Crusader States, the other is for the Second and Third Crusade.
Revision Notes have been laid out in a clear way (topics and sub-topics) and have been written in accordance with the A Level specification requirements.
*Example: *
Why did the situation in Western Europe encourage Crusading?
Theoretical issues: Just War / The Truce of God and the Peace of God movements
Practical motives: Desire of the Popes to bolster their power, the wish to defeat the Muslims threatening Europe and the need to preserve the position of the eastern Roman Empire.
The Issue of Religion: Religion and the Church had a great hold over peoples’ lives which were often short and brutal. Hell was a very real fear and the offer from the Church to shorten your time there or avoid it altogether by undertaking pilgrimage of a crusade appealed to many.
Subtopic: The Just War
One of the reasons why crusading became an acceptable, and even desirable, duty for a Christian knight was that it was seen as morally justified. This belief in a Just War or holy war was derived from a number of sources.
• The Bible, especially the Old Testament, was full of examples of fighting heroes, such as Joshua and King David. The victories of the Israelites over their enemies were viewed as triumphs for God over heathen people.
• The Greek Philosopher Aristotle had used the phrase ‘Just War’ to describe war, which was, as he put it, ‘for the sake of peace.’
Thank you for your interest in this source. Should you have any questions concerning this resource, or the course in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
Henry VII and Henry VIII Top-Graded Essays for the Early Tudors Module (History A-Level OCR)
Do you struggle to write essays for the Early Tudors Module of the History A-Level? Then, this resource is most certainly the one for you!
32-pages of essays (roughly 1.5-2pages per essay) covering all four themes for the Early Tudors paper.
These essays could well be used as exemplars or broken into essay plans to help you revise the content.
Thank you for your interest in this resource. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 Exemplar Thematic and Synthetic Essays.
A series of entire exemplar essays for past paper questions (and a few made-up questions) that achieved full-marks for the A-Level OCR History course. These essays will hopefully, in full, show you have to tackle a question, the ‘formular’ that is required of you, and the level of detail involved in the time limit. Hopefully you will see through these essays, the criteria that needs to be established, synthesis used to come to an interim judgement, and then an overall judgement at the end.
20 pages of detailed FULL essays - roughly 1.5 pages per thematic essay.
Do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com should you have any questions regarding these essays or the course in general. If you do benefit from this resource, it would be much appreciated to give this resource a review.
Highly recommended to have a look at the exam markscheme alongside these essays. Included in this bundle are the essays (PDF and Word form) and a markscheme.
No et Moi by Delphine De Vigan French A-Level Extensive Revision Notes
Aiming High? These are the notes for you!
47 pages of total detailed analysis of every single aspect of the novel. These notes have been formulated using a variety of sources, textbooks and independent study/analysis.
Included (editable word version and a sharable PDF version):
‘Personnages’ Study (Lou, Nolwenn, Lucas, Anouk, Bernard, Monsieur Marin, Axelle Vernoux and Lea Germain, Madame Cortanze, Tante Yvonne and Tante Sylvie, La femme du kiosque à journaux, Les sans-abris, Suzanne Pivet, Madame Ribéry, Thaïs, Loïc et Geneviève). The range is between four to one pages of analysis per character; analysis being broken up into sub-topics for ease and includes all page numbers.
‘Techniques’ Study (La structure et intrigue, La narration à la première personne, Le style and Poétique).
Thèmes (La famille, L’amitié, L’amour, L’éducation, Les sans-abris, L’adolescence, L’apprentissage, La solitude et La tristesse)
Quotation Analysis with Page Numbers!
Also included in this bundle is a long list of important vocabulary for this novel, detailed context analysis as well as a revision summary mat, which has been made from the notes.
Book used to make these notes: No et Moi Le Livre de poche.
I hope that you find these notes useful. Should you have any questions regarding this resource, or the novel in general, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com.
Merci mille fois pour votre intérêt et bonne chance à l’examen!
Civil Rights in the USA : Synthesis Tables (Women, Trade Unions, Native Americans and African Americans)
Revision Notes broken up into themes and tables for synthesis. Highly useful resource for the thematic and synthetic style questions.
Colour Coded:
Red - Negative Change
Green - Positive Change
BOLD - Highly Significant Event
The tables for Women and Trade Unions have been thoroughly filled out with significant amounts of detail. Due to the nature of the 2022 exams, however, the Native Americans and African Americans tables are less detailed with space for you to add your own facts. Please use the tables for Women and Trade Unions as a guide (although the colour coding still applies to the latter tables).
Space to fill in your own ideas / thoughts / facts !
Also included are extra tables to complete for your own active revision.
The sources used to create this resource include the following:
OCR Textbooks and Revision Guide for this unit
America’s Women (Gail Collins)
Massolit Lecture Videos (Subscription required)
America’s Dream (Garson)
Martin Luther King (Highly recommend In Our Time for extra detail)
Thank you very much for your interest in this resource.
Any further questions please email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com (or if you would require a preview before purchase).
Civil Rights in the USA : Women’s Rights Revision Notes
68 pages / 28,000 words of content for Women’s rights in the USA.
Revision Notes broken up into themes and sub-themes for ease.
For example:
Topic: Period for Women’s Rights: The Civil War and the Gilded Era (1865-1900)
Subtopic: The Position of Women before the Civil War (1861-1865)
• Women were increasingly active in several ways in 18th Century
o As a result of a growth in religious enthusiasm women were often active in church societies, Sunday schools and religious meetings
o Women participated in the campaign against slavery and were often ardent abolitionists, supporting the end of slavery in the South
o Some (like former slave Harriet Tubman) played a heroic role in rescuing slaves and helping them to reach free territory in the North
o Promotion of temperance – discouraging the drinking of alcohol
o Development of a movement for women suffrage
• There was a link between the social concerns that women took an interest in and organised themselves to promote the wider political issue of suffrage
• In order to promote change women needed to have a political voice at national, state and local level
• The sheer number of organisations for such causes shows that before the Civil war women were expanding their interests outside the home
The sources used to create this resource include the following:
OCR Textbooks and Revision Guide for this unit
America’s Women (Gail Collins)
Massolit Lecture Videos (Subscription required)
America’s Dream (Garson)
Included in this resource is a sharable PDF copy, a editable Word Document and a very helpful video on women’s rights and the 19th amendment.
Thank you very much for your interest in this resource.
Any further questions please email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
The Handmaid’s Tale Detailed Notes for A-Level English Literature Revision. This notes could be used in conjunction with a comparative text or for preparation if writing a piece of coursework.
33 Pages of thorough notes in total looking at themes, characters, context, critics, language, form and structure in the utmost detail.
Want to aim high with A-Level English Literature? Want a good grade for your Othello essay? This is most certainly the resource for you in order to nail essay writing and planning. Pleased to say that this essay received full marks from an Edexcel A-Level Examiner, thus it could be used as an ‘exemplar’ (added elements from critics and websites included that can easily be cut if needed).
Desdemona:
Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents Desdemona in Othello. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors and ideas from your critical reading.
Introduction, Chasteness, Rebellious Nature, Loyal Devotion and True Victim.
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well.
Hopefully you will find this resource very useful, but should you have any questions regarding this resource or the course in general, do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 A-Level History Revision Notes
50 Slides of Thematic Revision Material targeting the following themes:
Nature of Government
Impact of dictatorial regimes on the Economy and Society
Impact of War and Revolution on the development of the Russian Empire and the USSR
Impact on the Minorities and Satellite States
Rulers include: Alexander II, Alexander III, Nicholas II, Lenin, Stalin and Khrushchev.
Each Revision Slide in targeting the element of synthesis, which is vital to achieve the top grades in the A-Level Russia History Exam. For example, if you received a question on ‘Opposition to government’, the revision notes have been structured to explore the themes in relation to the methods used by government in order to prevent opposition: Police, Army, Censorship and Propaganda. In addition, the revision notes have an element of synthesis as they explore each ruler of the period.
The material used to write these revision notes have come from the following sources:
Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 A-Level OCR Textbooks and Revision Guide
Orlando Figes’ Useful Website ‘Revolutionary Russia’ (Subscription Required)
Soviet Union Primary Source Material
Robert Service’s Books : ‘The Last of the Tsars’, ‘Lenin’ and ‘Stalin’
Orlando Figes’ ‘A People’s Tragedy’
Simon Sebag Montefiore’s ‘Romanovs’ and ‘Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar’
William Taubman’s ‘Khrushchev: The Man and his Era’
Russia and its Rulers Lecture Series on Massolit (Subscription Required)
John Laver ‘Personalities and Powers’ (Stalin, Lenin and Trotsky)
BBC Russia and its Rulers Documentary Series
Thank you very much for your interest in this source.
Any queries over the source, or course in general, please do not hesitate to email me at alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 Depth Study A-Level History Revision Notes
Depth Study Revision Material targeting the following themes:
Alexander II, Provisional Government and Khrushchev.
Rulers include: Alexander II, Kerensky, Lenin (Civil War 1917) and Khrushchev.
The material used to write these revision notes have come from the following sources:
Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 A-Level OCR Textbooks and Revision Guide
Orlando Figes’ Useful Website ‘Revolutionary Russia’ (Subscription Required)
Soviet Union Primary Source Material
Orlando Figes’ ‘A People’s Tragedy’
William Taubman’s ‘Khrushchev: The Man and his Era’
Russia and its Rulers Lecture Series on Massolit (Subscription Required)
PERSONAL CONTACT/INFORMATION WITH WILLIAM TAUBMAN AND NINA KHRUSHCHEVA (Granddaughter of Khrushchev)
Thank you very much for your interest in this source.
Doctor Faustus In-Depth Language Analysis!!!
Breaks the play down into** acts and scenes. **
Highlights the most important quotes within each act and each scene.
Table Structure:
1.Quote / Theme (what theme does it fit into) / Language Analysis
2.Language and Structural Techniques linking to AO2 (writer’s craft). Furthermore, contextual links are also made in order to fulfill AO3.
Included in this resource is a very helpful video that informed my notes.
Thank you very much for your interest in this resource.
Should you require any further information either about this resource or the course, please do not hesitate to email me at alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
Early Tudors and Mid-Tudor Crisis HUGE Revision Bundle (11 separate documents in total)!
All the notes required for all four of the themes : Henry VII’s Government and Domestic Policies, Henry VII’s Foreign Policy, Henry VIII and Wolsey and Henry VIII’s government after 1529.
*Example Layout:
Central Government
The King’s Council:
• Council chosen by the King. Most of the members were either members of the nobility or the church. However, some important members came from the gentry.
• However, one change Henry imposed was that he drew his chief advisors from the lesser landowners, rather than from aristocratic families.
• Although there were over 200 councillors during his reign, meetings were attended by a much smaller number, and he often relied on an inner group so that the efficiency of the central government was improved.
• The inner group included: Lord Chancellor, Morton; the Lord Privy Seal, Fox; the Lord Treasurer, Dynham; and five others.
Henry also used smaller committees from within the Council, but made the practice more frequent, with the establishment of a Court of Requests, Court of General Surveyors and the Court Learned in the Law.
• Court of Requests: This was part of the Royal Council and dealt with individual requests from ordinary people and hence gained the nickname ‘Court for Poor Men’s Causes.’
• Court of General Surveyors: This checked the revenue coming in from crown lands and those lands of which the king was feudal overlord.
• Court of Learned in Law: Its task was to deal with problems concerning royal lands and rights. It was important in enforcing bonds and recognisances, so that by the end of Henry’s reign it was feared and hated. *
Essay Structure Sheets and ‘Cheat Sheets’ for the Themes Essay and Source Question.
All notes for the Mid-Tudor Crisis : Stability of Monarchy, Religion and Rebellions.
Included is an incredibly helpful and interesting video on Henry VII, the Winter King. This video was used in order to inform the notes.
Thank you for your interest in this resource.
Should you require any further details regarding this resource, or the course in general, please do not hesitate to email me at alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
A-Level Doctor Faustus (A-Text) Revision Pack for English Literature.
All you need to get an A* in the Drama Paper for Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. Designed my a student who achieved full marks in this paper 2022.
Included:
In-depth and Critical Act and Scene Analysis (78 pages in total and covered the entire play THOROUGHLY);
AOs Revision Guide (Language);
Critical Interpretation Revision Guide;
Critical Interpretations Powerpoint;
Faustus extra reading (very important if you are aiming for the high grades);
Exemplar A* Response;
Themes Analysis;
Cambridge University A* Analysis Revision Guide;
Fantastic article on Black Magic, Black Humour and the Comic Mask in Faustus;
Course Hero Doctor Faustus Guide (Over 40 pages worth looking at symbols and meanings - although NOT produced by myself, a very useless resource).
Included are also some helpful videos to really get to grips with the play.
I thoroughly enjoyed studying ‘Doctor Faustus’, so please do send me an email at alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Want to aim high with A-Level English Literature? Want a good grade for your Othello essay? This is most certainly the resource for you in order to nail the A02 ‘Writer’s Craft’ or Language element of the paper.
A 27-page document with detailed analysis of the most important scenes of the play. Starts off with a skeletal overview of all of the scenes before going into great detail of the most important scenes that you should have knowledge of before going into the exam.
Although tailored to the Edexcel course, this resource is great for the AQA, OCR and WJEC courses as well.
Hopefully you will find this resource very useful, but should you have any questions regarding this resource or the course in general, do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com
A* Khrushchev Interpretation Essays for Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 Study (History A-Level OCR)
Are you looking to achieve a good grade in the Russia and its Rulers unit of the OCR History A-Level? Are you worried about the interpretations question and how to write a top-grade answer? Then this resource is certainly the one for you!
Included in this resource is…
Khrushchev passages for all four themes. You could use these passages as practice. You must summarise the passages and then look at the main argument, quotes and what can be inferred.
Essay on Khrushchev and De-Stalinisation.
Essay on the Cold War.
Essay on the Economic and Social Reforms under Khrushchev.
Essay on the Sino-Soviet Split / Mao.
Thank you for your interest in this resource. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com