I am a first year Cambridge student with my notes focusing on A-Level English Literature, History and Sociology. I achieved A*s in all three and my notes are up to date having recently sat the exams. My resources were originally created for the purposes of my own revision and so are tailored towards the specific AOs to achieve top level answers. They are detailed yet summarised and include all the necessary information. Good luck with your studies :)
I am a first year Cambridge student with my notes focusing on A-Level English Literature, History and Sociology. I achieved A*s in all three and my notes are up to date having recently sat the exams. My resources were originally created for the purposes of my own revision and so are tailored towards the specific AOs to achieve top level answers. They are detailed yet summarised and include all the necessary information. Good luck with your studies :)
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‘To what extent do you agree that the Dawes Act (1887) was the most important turning point in the development of Native American civil rights in the period from 1865 to 1992?’
‘The policies of the Federal government failed to support the civil rights of Native Americans. To what extent do you agree with this view of the period from 1865 to 1992?’
‘To what extent did the position of workers improve in the period 1865-1945?’
‘Assess the view that the most important obstacle to the extension of trade union and labour rights between 1865 and 1992 was the resistance of the employers’
‘Evaluate the interpretations in both of the passages and explain which you think is more convincing as a view of the impact of the New Deal on women’. This is from the OCR A-Level Civil Rights in the USA 1865-1992 textbook.
A 30/30 response to the interpretation question ‘Evaluate the interpretations in both of the two passages and explain which you think is more convincing as an explanation of the impact of Black Power on the African American civil rights movement’. This was the question for the Autumn 2020 paper.
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A 13 page revision document containing all the necessary information for the characters. This is organised in a highly useful table. The characters in the document include; King Hamlet/the Ghost, Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Osric. The table is colour-coded to highlight different performances of the play and critical interpretations which are essential for the part b question.
A essay plan for a part b question on Claudius
A part b 15/15 model essay on Hamlet’s delay
A part b 15/15 model essay on Hamlet and Claudius
A table on the theme of masculinity
These notes were created for my own revision for OCR English Literature A-Level in which I got an A*.
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A highly useful table which comprises all the sociologists/studies that I learnt for the media representations topic.
A 10 page document of model answers and essay plans for possible/past questions. There are 8 10 marker questions and 1 20 marker question. The topics include ownership and control of the media, selection and presentation of the news and media representations.
These notes were created for my own revision of AQA Sociology in which I achieved an A*.
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Summarized notes for the differences in educational achievement topic in AQA Sociology A Level. There are some abbreviations - for instance, school is sometimes abbreviated to ‘skl’. There are 23 slides which have been colour-coded. For social class, topics include material deprivation, cultural deprivation, compensatory education, labelling, setting and streaming and public subcultures. For ethnicity, topics include material deprivation, racism in wider society, cultural deprivation, labelling, stetting and streaming, pupil subcultures and institutional racism. For gender, topics include outside and inside explanations for why girls are doing well in education, outside and inside explanations for why boys are not doing as well in education, the radical feminist viewpoint, gendered subject choice and pupil’s gender identities.
Comparison table on the different theories for the Education topic.
Model essay on the impact of globalisation on education.
Model essay on gender identity in education.
Essay plan on the differences and similarities of Marxism and functionalism.
Essay plan on gendered subject choice.
These notes were created for my own revision of AQA Sociology A-Level. I achieved an A*.
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15/15 essay on the similarities between Hamlet and Claudius
15/15 essay on delay
14/15 essay on Hamlet’s treatment of women
Essay plan on Claudius as a King
These essays are for the part b section of the OCR A-Level English Literature Hamlet paper.
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A 29/30 model answer on individual thought
A 27/30 model answer on language
Both essays are written in response to Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ and George Orwell’s ‘1984’ for OCR A-Level English Literature. These essays were part of my own revision and I used them to achieve an A*.
This bundle consists of an model interpretation essay and a revision table for Black Power. The essay is a response to the OCR A-Level November 2020 Civil Rights in the USA paper (I have not attached the question paper as this can be found on the OCR website). This was a mock paper of mine and I recieved a 30/30. I used the the essay and table for my final revision and achieved an A* in History.
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A knowledge organiser which comprises all the information that you need for the childhood topic in AQA A-Level Sociology.
A table of essay plans for 6 possible/past 10 markers on the childhood topic.
These notes were created for my own revision of AQA Sociology in which I achieved an A*.
A 13 page revision document containing all the necessary information for the characters. This is organised in a highly useful table. The characters in the document include; King Hamlet/the Ghost, Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Osric. The table is colour-coded to highlight different performances of the play and critical interpretations which are essential for the part b question.
Perfect for cramming, active recall and planning/writing exam questions.
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A 30/30 essay on the question ‘Men may seem to be more powerful than women, but the reality is very different’.
A 29/30 essay on the question ‘Literature proves that desire is damaging’.
A 29/30 essay on the question ‘Freedom is a condition towards which all humanity aspires’.
A 27/30 essay on the question ‘Women are the subtler sex: more varied in their attractions, more ingenious in their stratagems’.
The essays are based on the texts ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ by Oliver Goldsmith and Christina Rossetti’s poetry collection. These were written as part of my revision for OCR A-Level English Literature. I achieved an A*.
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Summarized notes for the differences in educational achievement topic in AQA Sociology A Level. There are some abbreviations - for instance, school is sometimes abbreviated to ‘skl’. There are 23 slides which have been colour-coded. For social class, topics include material deprivation, cultural deprivation, compensatory education, labelling, setting and streaming and public subcultures. For ethnicity, topics include material deprivation, racism in wider society, cultural deprivation, labelling, stetting and streaming, pupil subcultures and institutional racism. For gender, topics include outside and inside explanations for why girls are doing well in education, outside and inside explanations for why boys are not doing as well in education, the radical feminist viewpoint, gendered subject choice and pupil’s gender identities.
Comparison table on the different theories for the Education topic.
Model essay on the impact of globalisation on education.
Model essay on gender identity in education.
Essay plan on gendered subject choice.
The PowerPoint comprises all the needed information for a lesson on the functionalism theory of education in AQA A-Level Sociology. Highly useful for teaching/tutoring and designed to helping students achieve the top marks.
Grade 9 character summaries for Mr Birling, Mrs Birling, Shelia Birling and Eric Birling. These notes are organised into a highly useful table and contain all the necessary information (including quotes) in a condensed format. The document is 8 pages and has been colour-coded according to the AOs.