Unit Y101 Alfred and the Making of England 871–1016 OCR A Level History revision notes

These detailed revision notes were specially written to give OCR A Level History students a comprehensive overview of the key knowledge from the specification for Unit Y101 Alfred and the Making of England 871–1016:

1 Enquiry Topic: Alfred the Great
a) Alfred and the Vikings
b) Alfred and the governance of England
c) The revival of literacy and learning: the Alfredian Renaissance

2 British Period Study: The Making of England 899–1016
a) Edward the Elder 899–924
b) Athelstan 924–939
c) Edmund 939–946, Eadred 946–955 and Edgar 957–975
d) Aethelred 978–1016

They are especially useful for students whose note-taking in lesson isn’t as good as others, or whose organisational skills mean they are missing notes/handouts on certain topics/areas. These notes will certainly help reduce the time it takes them to catch up with their peers, and also students like to use these as a checklist of topics to go into in further detail.

Hopefully these notes help to save your students (and you!) some time in the hectic run up to exams. Thanks for taking a look :)