Revision advice
Break your revision down into smaller parts, making it easier to remember. |
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When preparing always remind yourself to read the question carefully! |
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Sources: look for that extra hidden detail - why has it been used? |
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When revising, ask yourself questions - Why? How? What happened next? |
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Make your own summaries of your notes - bullet points or diagrams. |
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Try drawing quick cartoons to help you remember key ideas... |
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Stay calm! Carefully revise your topics, thinking about the possible questions. |
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Remember you need to link facts, explaining why events happened. |
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When dealing with sources - make sure you say what the source doen't show - are there any inconsistencies? |
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Additional links
Useful online revision guidance and advice
The SchoolHistory.co.uk Revision forum has a number of useful discussions that will provide some very helpful suggestions. Don't forget you can join and ask your own questions!
There's so much to learn!
Methods of revision
Why am I hopeless at remembering?
JohnDClare.net provides some excellent history-specific guidance:
How do I do sourcework?
How do I interpret a cartoon?
How do I write an essay?
How do I learn dates?
How do I time an exam?
The S-Cool guide to revision - a top quality and entertaining guide to general revision.
There are 3 pages packed full of advice - follow the links below to read the detail:
- Plan ahead
- Make summary notes
- Understand how your memory works
- Put aside specific hours in the day for your revision
- Try not to revise more than two subjects per day
- Eat properly
- Take lots of breaks
- Use diagrams
- Test yourself
- Revise for "you"
- Get hold of some past exam papers
- Get into the habit of planning your answers in rough
- Try to sleep well
- Don't do any work in the evening before your exams
- Suggestions of what to do on the day
Dartford Lignet provide a range of pages with revision guidance and advice:
Dealing with Exam nerves
Exam terminology and skills
Why and how to revise
There are also other really helpful pages on other websites:
Revision advice from the BBC's Onion Street - many suggestions to explore [For GCSE revision ideas, ignore the top part about foreign exchanges].
Guidance and advice from the Guardian - 12 top techniques!
EdExcel Modern World advice (Chesham High School)
