Hi I have recently just done my A Levels, having achieved 3A*s in Religious Studies, History and Politics and now doing History At the University of Bristol, and now just want to share all my notes, essays and essay plans that really helped me achieve these grades.
Hi I have recently just done my A Levels, having achieved 3A*s in Religious Studies, History and Politics and now doing History At the University of Bristol, and now just want to share all my notes, essays and essay plans that really helped me achieve these grades.
This is a fantastic resource containing, notes, essays and essay plans from the OCR A Level Religious Studies topic of Arguments From Observation, including notes on Thomas Aquinas’s and William Paley’s teleological argument from design.
The arguments look at the evidence of design and purpose in the world that we live in to conclude that there must have been a designer or a higher being that created the world and is in control of all purpose, that must have been the God of Classical Theism.
many of the questions that tend to come up include the extent to which the Teleological is better the Cosmological, and whether the teleological s still convincing in the face of new scientific discoveries such as Evolution and Swinburne’s Anthropic Principle.
These notes also include a wide range of Scholarly views that are essential to use in order to attain those A-A* level Grades in essays.
A fantastic resource of the causes and impact of the February Russian Revolution, including the Tsars own personality, as well as World War One.
It includes the Tsars inability to lead the War effort effectively and decision to leave Rasputin as quasi Tsar and de facto leader of Russia at home. It also includes the Tsars inability to work with the Duma thereby alienating the elites who eventually turned on him.
This is an extremely detailed analysis of whether the UK Parliament is an effective check on government and its powers, looking at the processes of scrutiny including the importance of the legislative process, opportunities for backbenchers and Prime Ministers Questions and the nature of the effective scrutiny that takes place, as well as the scrutiny and composition of the House of Lords.
This document also looks at the importance of Parliamentary arithmetic and how the composition of the Commons impacts the level and detail of scrutiny of the government, again impacted by various factors including role of the whips and desire for MPs to ‘climb the greasy pole’.
This document has extremely well detailed paragraphs with headings of each point and what each paragraph entails, with another paragraph for a compatible counter argument, and then a quick interim judgement.
This is a fantastic resource bundle of notes, essays and essay plans of Aquinas 1-3rd ways, known as his Cosmological Argument, whereby he attempts to find an explanation for the creation of the world as we know it.
This is extremely helpful for those studying OCR Religious A Levels and comes under the Philosophy unit.
The notes refers to how Aquinas looks at the evidence of change, motion and causation in the world to conclude that there must be a first being to what he referred to as the ‘Unmoved Mover, or Uncaused Cause’.
This is an extremely detailed and useful resource and also covers a range of scholarly views which is extremely important to use in order to hit those A-A* level marks in essays.
This is a fantastic bundle of resources containing, notes, essay plans and essays, all of A-A* level, from the A level, OCR Religious Studies knowledge of God Topic, including notes on Revealed and Natural Theology as well as questions on what is more helpful in gaining knowledge of God and the importance and impact on the Fall of Adam and Eve in disrupting this knowledge.
It also contains notes on Calvin and his idea of the Sensus Divinitas within every human being.
This is a fantastic resource of notes and essay plans covering the topic of Euthanasia for OCR Religious Studies A Level, that include sub topics such as the importance of sanctity of life/ quality of life, and includes the different angles on the issues of Euthanasia from the different perspectives whether that be through Natural Law or Situation Ethics or even Utilitarianism.
It also includes a large range of scholarly views that are extremely important to use in order to obtain those high A-A* level marks in essays.
This is a fantastic resource containing notes from the OCR A Level Religious Studies topic of Conscience including the views of what Conscience is from Aquinas and Freud as it looks at both the differences and strange similarities of taking either a theological or Psychological approach to the questions of Conscience.
The Notes covers Aquinas’s understanding of Ratio and Ignorance as well as Freud’s understanding of Conscience as the relationships between the Id, the Ego and the Super Ego.
The notes also covers a range of other scholarly views on conscience such as Fromm and Piaget.
This is a fantastic resource containing essay plans and notes for the Meta Ethics Topic of Religious Studies A level, including notes on Ethical Naturalism, Intuitionism and Emotivism, and answers questions such as the extent to which ethical language is meaningful.
There is also a wide range of Scholarly views from G.E Moore and Phillipa Foot which are extremely important to use in order to obtain those A-A* level marks in essays.
This is a fantastic resource that includes detailed notes and essay plans on Stalins Dictatorship and rise to power including his position in the party and his political skill. These resources also include Stalins dictatorship and use of terror, party trials and Propoganda to create his cult of personality and ensure compliance.
These notes also include Stalins economic policy including collectivisation, Dekulakisation and the 5 year plans
This is a fantastic mixture of notes and essays covering the Politics Democracy Topic, including notes on Pressure Groups and how and how well they function and how beneficial they are to a pluralistic democracy in the UK, as well as notes and essays on rights and how well these are being protected and upheld in the UK, including notes on the role and powers of the UK Supreme Court.
These notes are absolutely fantastic covering a range of issues and possible Question angles, all at A-A* level, with notes typically structured in essay style with both a for and against/ counter paragraph and so is extremely helpful when thinking about how to structure an essay and what points will be used.
it includes questions such as the importance and limitations of elitism and money within Pressure Groups, as well as the ability of the the UK Supreme Court to adequately protect rights when it is only an appellate court and Parliament remains Sovereign.
The notes also includes questions on the participation crisis and benefits of greater use of Direct Democracy such as Referenda to combat this potential crisis and signs of a democratic deficit in the UK.
Some of these notes also include a document purely dedicated to possible examples and evidence over the last few years that can be used in essays regarding democracy and pressure groups that really assists on the Ao1 and A02 Marks.
This is a fantastic resource containing notes and essay plans for the OCR Religious Studies A level Topic of the Problem of Evil including notes and essays on the logical and evidential problem of Evil as well as Augustine’s theodicy and Hick’s vale of Soul making.
It includes numerous essay plans on these topics as well as the large range of scholarly views that are essential to use in order to attain the higher A-A* level marks in essays.
This is an extremely helpful resource containing notes, essays and essay plans from the Religious Studies OCR A level Topic of Sexual Ethics, including the issues of Homosexuality, pre-Marital sex and extra marital sex, as well as the various views on these issues from the different ideologies including Utilitarianism, Kantian Ethics, situation ethics and Natural Law.
These notes also include a wide range of Scholarly views that are absolutely essential to obtaining those higher A-A* level marks.
This is a fantastic bank of notes covering the person of Jesus topic, including general notes as well as essay plans covering questions such as Jesus awareness of his divinity and the extent to which he was merely just the Son of God, or merely just a political liberator and teacher of Wisdom.
The Topic also covers the importance of the miracles and the reliability of the Gospel account.
There are a range of Scholarly views which is extremely important to utilise in the essays for the A-A* mark.
This is a fantastic resource including notes, essays and essay plans of all the 1917 revolutions, including the causes and impact of the February Revolution, as well as the causes and role of the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution.
includes very detailed notes in essay like form set out in paragraphs with a for and against argument so is very helpful when thinking about how to structure an essay.
This is a fantastic resource bundle containing a complete set of notes from the RS Gender and Theology/Society topic, including the extent to which Christianity is sexist, and other questions arguing whether Mary Daly or Ruether provides a greater explanation and answer to the Questions of gender within religion.
It includes a wide range of Scholarly views that are extremely important to utlise in essays to obtain the A-A* level marks.
This is a fantastic resource containing A* notes, essays and essay plans from the Government and Politics Edexcel A level topic of Parliament. It includes notes on the powers of the Commons and the Lords and the extent to which one chamber exerts more influence on the government than the other. It also contains questions on how far Parliament is functioning adequately in its roles of Scrutiny and Representation and so contains notes on the importance of Backbenchers, Party Whips, PMQs and parliamentary arithmetic.
All notes are of a high A-A* level and was extremely useful in helping me achieve my A* this year.
These notes are extremely helpful for those doing mocks considering the essay question that came up in the 2022 A Level examinations.
This a fantastic bundle of notes and essay plans from the OCR Womens Civil rights from 1865-1992 Unit that includes heavily detailed notes in essay form divided into paragraphs of social, political and economic factors. These notes also include model essays that have been granted all A-A* level 18-25/25.
It includes questions on Female own actions and the importance of women themselves in the development of their civil rights during the period, as well as questions on how far certain periods were the greatest turning point, such as World War One or the 1960s. It also includes the extent to which women where their own largest hinderance and whether other factors were more important in the development of thier rights such as the economic climate at the time as seen in the 1920s or whether it was down to a favorable Federal government and more liberal and helpful Supreme Court.
These notes also include evidence to use and notes for women during the Gilded Age, especially helpful for the OCR interpretations unit.
This a fantastic bundle of notes and essay plans from the OCR African American Civil rights from 1865-1992 Unit that includes heavily detailed notes in essay form divided into paragraphs of social, political and economic factors. These notes also include model essays that have been granted all A-A* level 18-25/25.
It includes questions on African American own actions and the importance of AAs themselves in the development of their civil rights during the period, as well as questions on how far certain periods were the greatest turning point, such as World War One, World War 2 or the 1960s. It also includes the extent to which other factors were more important in the development of thier rights such as War which provided greater economic opportunities, or whether it was down to favorable Federal government and more liberal and helpful Supreme Court that assisted the NAACP.
The documents also include notes on the importance of AA leaders throughout the period such as Du Bois, the NAACP, A Philip Randolph, Booker T Washington and Martin Luther King, as well as the importance of numerous campaigns including boycotts, and marches in the 1960s under the SCLC.
This is a fantastic resource from the Government and Politics Edexcel A Level topic of the UK Constitution containing, notes, essays and essay plans on questions discussing the relevance and effectiveness of the UK Constitution in its current uncodified state today, and whether or not constitutional reform since 1997 has gone far enough.
It also includes a wide range of evidence and examples to use which is extremely important to include in essays in order to achieve those higher A-A* marks.
These notes are all A-A* quality and were significantly useful to helping me achieve my A* in Politics A level this year.
This is a fantastic Resource from the A Level Government and Politics topic of the Prime Minister and Executive, containing A-A* quality notes, essays and essay plans, including discussions on the extent to which the PM has become too presidential as well as the relevance and importance of Cabinet today. It also questions how far Collective Ministerial Responsibility and Individual Ministerial Responsibility are being upheld today, looking at examples such as Amber Rudd, Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock.
These notes contain issues such as the importance of the increase use in Spatial leadership starting with Blair and his sofa government and continued under Brown and Cameron. It also notes the powers of the PM aiding them to dominate the Cabinet and government through use of their patronage powers as well as the power to chair and dismantle cabinet committees. However, also included are the questions on the importance of parliamentary majority and arithmetic as well as the wider public support of the PM, and the importance of these factors in shaping how far the PM really is able to dominate cabinet or how far the Cabinet are able to claw back control and authority.
Included in the notes are essay plans as well as a wide range of examples and evidence to use which is extremely important to include within essays in order to achieve the higher A-A* level grades.
All these notes were extremely helpful in assisting my A* grade in Politics in my A level this year.