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The content uploaded in my shop is a collection of revision notes, knowledge organisers, model essay plans and model essays all directly in line with the exam specifications and assessment objectives. I am currently studying History at Exeter University. I studied English Literature, History, Religious Studies and an EPQ at A level achieving AAAA. I wish to share my revision notes and resources so others can achieve top grades too. Also, it would be really helpful if you could leave a review!

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The content uploaded in my shop is a collection of revision notes, knowledge organisers, model essay plans and model essays all directly in line with the exam specifications and assessment objectives. I am currently studying History at Exeter University. I studied English Literature, History, Religious Studies and an EPQ at A level achieving AAAA. I wish to share my revision notes and resources so others can achieve top grades too. Also, it would be really helpful if you could leave a review!
EDWARD VI 1547-1553 (A Level OCR History)
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EDWARD VI 1547-1553 (A Level OCR History)

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Revision notes for Edward VI from the Early and mid-Tudors topic for OCR History A Level. I achieved an A* in this paper using these notes. Included are detailed and easy to revise from notes with historians interpretations including: Succession Somerset & Northumberland Religious Change and Unrest - Kett and Western rebellions Social and Economic problems Death Also included are a list of possible exam questions covering every topic. These notes combine 2 main textbooks (by Hodder Education), the ‘my revision notes’ revision guide and historians interpretations such as Keith Randell from extra sources to gain the top grades.
MARY I 1553-1558 NOTES (A Level OCR History)
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MARY I 1553-1558 NOTES (A Level OCR History)

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Revision notes for Mary I from the Early and mid-Tudors topic for OCR History A Level. I achieved an A* in this paper using these notes. Included are detailed and easy to revise from notes with historians interpretations including: → Gender, Politics and Government → How Mary dealt with Lady Jane Grey and took power → Issues surrounding Mary’s marriage → Mary’s religious policies 1553-1558, including Protestant persecution → Extent of support for her religious changes (Does Mary deserve the title ‘bloody’?) → Causes of the Wyatt Rebellion 1554 → Devise for the succession 1558 Also included are a list of possible exam questions covering every topic. These notes combine 2 main textbooks (by Hodder Education), the ‘my revision notes’ revision guide and historians interpretations such as Keith Randell from extra sources to gain the top grades.
A Level OCR Religious Studies DCT Christianity A* ESSAYS & ESSAY PLANS
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A Level OCR Religious Studies DCT Christianity A* ESSAYS & ESSAY PLANS

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Included are A* model essays, all possible questions and essay plans for all 12 chapters of OCR A level Developments in Christian Thought (DCT Paper 3). These essays fit all questions for each chapter, and will provide you with a plan to structure all your essays and possible questions for this topic. Learn these essays and plans which include detailed explanations, extra reading and philosophers and ethicists arguments and you will achieve an A*. Also included are all the exam questions from 2018 to 2022. Also, 2023 paper topics. I achieved an A* in the DCT paper in 2023.
A level OCR Religious Studies PHILOSOPHY A* ESSAYS & PLANS
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A level OCR Religious Studies PHILOSOPHY A* ESSAYS & PLANS

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Included are A* model essays and plans for all 9 chapter of OCR A level Philosophy. These essays fit all questions for each chapter, and will provide you with a plan to structure all your essays and possible questions for this topic. Learn these essays and plans which include detailed explanations, extra reading and philosophers arguments and you will achieve an A*. Also included are all the exam questions from 2018 to 2022, and 2023 question topics.
Edexcel IGSCE Geography Urbanisation Knowledge Organiser
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Edexcel IGSCE Geography Urbanisation Knowledge Organiser

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Edexcel Pearson spec knowledge organisers with revision notes & model answers: trends in urbanisation, factors affecting urban land use and strategies aimed at sustainable urban living. Included is the specification for Paper 1 and Paper 2 of Edexcel Pearson IGSCE Geography. This revision guide contains definitions, key content in chapter sections (as below) and crucial exam technique with full mark model answers. Through creating and using these revision notes I achieved a Grade 9. 6.1 – Trends in urbanisation (suburbanisation and counter-urbanisation), factors affected the rate of urbanisation and the emergence of mega-cities, problems associated with rapid urbanisation (congestion, transport, employment, crime and environmental issues). 6.2 – Factors affecting urban land use, urban challenges in a named developed country (Honk Kong) and developing country or emerging country (Nairobi). 6.3 – Development of the rural-urban fringe, strategies aimed at sustainable urban living in chosen urban area, role of differing groups of people in managing challenges in chosen urban area.
A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 'A Doll's House' & 'The Merchants Tale'
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A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 'A Doll's House' & 'The Merchants Tale'

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A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 ‘A Doll’s House’ & ‘The Merchants Tale’ Comparison between the two texts by Henrik Ibsen and Geoffrey Chaucer AO5 - literary criticism AO3 - life of the author and the historical and social context regarding the period the texts were written in such as women, female voice, laws Idea of courtly love, senex amans, the mal mariee, fabliau elements… Setting A list of key, significant quotes. Similarities and Differences between the texts for AO4 Past Exam Questions Model Essays and Essay Plans ‘Marriage causes conflict’ ‘The instinct to control others is natural in humanity.’ Consider ways in which writers explore control and authority. (‘love brings difficulties as well as pleasures.’) ‘We all have secrets’ Learn even just one of these essays and you will be able to answer any of the 7 question options in the exam. I achieved an 92% in Paper 1 using these notes.
Twelfth Night, Shakespeare - A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1
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Twelfth Night, Shakespeare - A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1

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A Level English Literature (OCR): Paper 1 Shakespeare Twelfth Night Section A - notes for each scene such as characters, narrative, key quotes, context, and AO2 Section B - essay plans and important knowledge for each theme such as love, sexuality, gender, deception, madness… AO5 - schools of thought such as feminism and marxism, and literary criticism Model Essays and Essay Plans I achieved 92% in Paper 1 in 2023 exams using these notes. All you need to do is learn the notes for each scene for any section A close reading of the text analysis question AND each thematic essay plan with AO5 for section B to achieve top grades.
A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes
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A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes

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A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: all books/literature to be aware of for the course key dates quotations and relevant knowledge from each book in themes such as sexuality, education, religion, marriage, domestic violence/rape/abuse, motherhood… information of authors such as the Bronte sisters, Thomas Hardy and Goerge Eliot in relation to the course including their lives and work AO3: key dates, social and historical context regarding women from 1800 to 2000 for the UK, Australia, Canada and America. AO5: critical literary interpretations AO2: 90+ terms for analysing structure, language and form
A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section B Revision Notes
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A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section B Revision Notes

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Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: past questions 2017-2022 AO3 - context on Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, social and historical context and laws AO5: Quotes - literary interpretation and critics ESSAY PLANS for: • Lady of the house & hostess • Finance and property • Love and sexuality • Motherhood • Education • Women in opposition with each other • Communication and silence model essays aswell. I achieved an A (1 mark of an A*) using these notes
IGCSE Geography Economic Activity & Energy Revision Notes
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IGCSE Geography Economic Activity & Energy Revision Notes

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Edexcel Pearson spec revision notes & model answers: economic sectors, employment structures (Clark Fisher model), energy demand, and sustainable uses of energy. Included is the specification for Paper 1 and Paper 2 of Edexcel Pearson IGSCE Geography. This revision guide contains definitions, key content in chapter sections (as below) and crucial exam technique with full mark model answers. 4.1 – Economic Sectors, reasons for differences in employment structures (Clark Fisher Model), factors affecting economic activity location and changes, relationship between population and resources (Malthus and Boserup), reasons for the employment rate in each sector. 4.2 – Impacts of economic sector shifts in a named developed and a named developing or emerging country, informal employment, different theories to explain the relationship between population and resources (Malthus and Boserup). 4.3 – Energy demand and production, non-renewable and renewable energy, sustainable uses of energy. Case studies of energy resource management in a developed country and a developing country or an emerging country. I achieved a grade 9 using these notes
IGCSE Geography Hazardous Environments Revision Notes
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IGCSE Geography Hazardous Environments Revision Notes

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Edexcel Pearson spec revision notes & model answers: characteristics, causes, distribution and measurement of natural hazards, preparation for natural hazards, and responses and relief to natural hazards. Included is the specification for Paper 1 and Paper 2 of Edexcel Pearson IGSCE Geography. This revision guide contains definitions, key content in chapter sections (as below) and crucial exam technique with full mark model answers. 3.1 – Natural hazards characteristics, distribution & measurement, causes of tropical cyclone hazards, causes of volcanic and earthquake hazards. 3.2 – impact on people, countries and the environment, shorter-term and longer-term impacts of one earthquake, one volcano and one tropical cyclone hazard. 3.3 – preparation for earthquakes, short term responses and relief, longer term planning, case studies of management in a development country and a developing or emerging country (see above in 3.2 case studies – responses). I achieved a grade 9 using these notes
HENRY VIII 1509-1547 NOTES (A Level  OCR History)
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HENRY VIII 1509-1547 NOTES (A Level OCR History)

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Revision notes for Henry VIII from the Early and mid-Tudors topic for OCR History A Level. I achieved an A* in this paper using these notes. Included are detailed and easy to revise from notes with historians interpretations including: Foreign policy 1509-29 & 1530-47 Wolsey’s rise to power, domestic administration, religious aims and reforms and the divorce of HVIII Religion - break from Rome and dissolution of the monasteries Cromwell’s fall from power and actions Also included are a list of possible exam questions covering every topic. These notes combine 2 main textbooks (by Hodder Education), the ‘my revision notes’ revision guide and historians interpretations such as Keith Randell from extra sources to gain the top grades.
IGCSE Geography Urban Environments Revision Notes
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IGCSE Geography Urban Environments Revision Notes

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Edexcel Pearson spec revision notes & model answers: trends in urbanisation, factors affecting urban land use and strategies aimed at sustainable urban living. Included is the specification for Paper 1 and Paper 2 of Edexcel Pearson IGSCE Geography. This revision guide contains definitions, key content in chapter sections (as below) and crucial exam technique with full mark model answers. Through creating and using these revision notes I achieved a Grade 9. 6.1 – Trends in urbanisation (suburbanisation and counter-urbanisation), factors affected the rate of urbanisation and the emergence of mega-cities, problems associated with rapid urbanisation (congestion, transport, employment, crime and environmental issues). 6.2 – Factors affecting urban land use, urban challenges in a named developed country (Honk Kong) and developing country or emerging country (Nairobi). 6.3 – Development of the rural-urban fringe, strategies aimed at sustainable urban living in chosen urban area, role of differing groups of people in managing challenges in chosen urban area.
IGCSE Geography River Environments Revision Notes
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IGCSE Geography River Environments Revision Notes

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Edexcel Pearson spec revision notes & model answers: the hydrological cycle, river regimes, river landscapes, water quality and supply, and river management. Included is the specification for Paper 1 and Paper 2 of Edexcel Pearson IGSCE Geography. This revision guide contains definitions, key content in chapter sections (as below) and crucial exam technique with full mark model answers. 1.1 – The hydrological cycle, features of a drainage basin & river regimes (and hydrographs). 1.2 – Fluvial Processes (weathering & mass movement), how a channel changes (width, depth, valley profile (long and cross profiles), gradient, velocity, discharge and sediment size and shape) & river landscapes (landforms including valleys, interlocking spurs, waterfalls, meanders, oxbow lakes, floodplains and levees) 1.3 – Uses of water, water quality and supply, river management (with case studies: Spain, China & Ethiopia), River flooding. I ACHIEVED A GRADE 9 USING THESE NOTES
A Level OCR History Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Revision Not
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A Level OCR History Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Revision Not

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THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE GROWTH AND DECLINE IN THE PERSECUTION OF WITCHES AND THE PERSECUTED (A Level OCR History) Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Revision Notes Revision notes for ‘THE MAIN REASONS FOR THE GROWTH AND DECLINE IN THE PERSECUTION OF WITCHES AND THE PERSECUTED’ for Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries OCR History A Level. Use these notes to achieve an A/A*. Included are detailed and easy to revise from notes, and essay plans with historians interpretations: • Why was witch-hunting an early modern rather than medieval phenomenon? • Changing intellectual developments (the intellectual foundations of the witch-hunts) • Religion - How far did RELIGION contribute to the witch-hunts of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? • Women & Age • Warfare – How far did WARFARE increase the likelihood of witch-hunts in the C16th and C17th? • Socio-economic influences (MacFarlane and Thomas 1970’s) • Urban (towns) VS Rural (Countryside) • ‘From above’ and ‘from below’ approaches and interpretations • What were the reasons for the decline in witch persecution? Also included are plans and notes for the 25 marker essays. Just learn these to achieve full marks. Historical interpretations and ideas are included, which are important to back up your points, enhance your essays and achieve top grades. Also included are a list of past exam questions from 2019. These notes combine 2 main textbooks, the ‘my revision notes’ revision guide and historians interpretations from extra sources to gain the top grades.
20 Mark Essay Plans (A Level OCR History) Crusades Revision Notes
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20 Mark Essay Plans (A Level OCR History) Crusades Revision Notes

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Essay plans with historians interpretations for the big 6 essay 20 markers. With past essay questions and practice questions. Causes for the first crusade - To what extent was Urban II’s appeal at Clermont the main reason for the First Crusade? Reasons for the success of the first crusade - To what extent was crusade leadership the greatest reason for the success of the First Crusade? Reasons for Survival of the Crusader States - ‘The ability of the rulers of the Crusader States was the most important reason for their survival in the early 12th century.’ How far do you agree? Causes for failure of the second crusade - ‘The military power of the Muslims was the greatest reason for the failure of the second crusade.’ How far do you agree? The Fall of Jerusalem - To what extent was Saladin’s military leadership the main reason for the Muslim recapture of Jerusalem in 1187? The Third Crusade - How significant was the third crusade?
DEPTH STUDIES (A Level OCR History) Popular Culture and the Witchcraze C16th & C17th Revision Notes
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DEPTH STUDIES (A Level OCR History) Popular Culture and the Witchcraze C16th & C17th Revision Notes

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DEPTH STUDIES (A Level OCR History) Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries Revision Notes Revision notes for ‘DEPTH STUDIES’ for Popular Culture and the Witchcraze of the 16th and 17th Centuries OCR History A Level. Use these notes to achieve an A/A*. Included are detailed and easy to revise from notes, and essay plans with historians interpretations on the following: The Witchcraze in Southern Germany c.1590-1630 Hopkins and the witch hunt of 1645-1647 The Salem witch trials Also included is a guide on how to structure and answer the 30 marker essays, and an exemplar A* answer. Follow this guide to write a perfect essay, enhance your writing and achieve top grades. Also included are a list of past exam questions. These notes combine 2 main textbooks, the ‘my revision notes’ revision guide and historians interpretations from extra sources to gain the top grades.
A Level English Literature (OCR) Paper 2 Women In Literature
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A Level English Literature (OCR) Paper 2 Women In Literature

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A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: all books/literature to be aware of for the course key dates quotations and relevant knowledge from each book in themes such as sexuality, education, religion, marriage, domestic violence/rape/abuse, motherhood… information of authors such as the Bronte sisters, Thomas Hardy and Goerge - Eliot in relation to the course including their lives and work AO3: key dates, social and historical context regarding women from 1800 to 2000 for the UK, Australia, Canada and America. AO5: critical literary interpretations AO2: 90+ terms for analysing structure, language and form Sense and Sensibility & Mrs Dalloway A Level English Literature (OCR): Women In Literature Section A Revision Notes Including: past questions 2017-2022 AO3 - context on Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen, social and historical context and laws AO5: Quotes - literary interpretation and critics ESSAY PLANS for: • Lady of the house & hostess • Finance and property • Love and sexuality • Motherhood • Education • Women in opposition with each other • Communication and silence model essays as well. I achieved an A (1 mark from an A*) using these notes
A Level OCR Religious Studies ETHICS A* ESSAYS & ESSAY PLANS
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A Level OCR Religious Studies ETHICS A* ESSAYS & ESSAY PLANS

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Included are A* model essays and plans for all 9 chapterS of OCR A level Ethics. These essays fit all questions for each chapter, and will provide you with a plan to structure all your essays and possible questions for this topic. Learn these essays and plans which include detailed explanations, extra reading and philosophers and ethicists arguments and you will achieve an A*. Also included are all the exam questions from 2018 to 2022.
COMPLETE TUDORS A LEVEL HISTORY OCR Revision Notes - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I & Edward VI
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COMPLETE TUDORS A LEVEL HISTORY OCR Revision Notes - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I & Edward VI

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Revision notes for Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I & Edward VI from the Early and mid-Tudors topic for OCR History A Level. I achieved an A* in this paper using these notes. Included are detailed and easy to revise from notes with historians interpretations. Also included are a list of possible exam questions covering every topic. These notes combine 2 main textbooks (by Hodder Education), the ‘my revision notes’ revision guide and historians interpretations such as Keith Randell from extra sources to gain the top grades.