LC History study plan

Distinguish primary from secondary sources across five sample document sets and label each type in writing

Write a 150-word appraisal of one primary source's provenance, purpose, and bias

Build a one-page glossary of ten terms used in source criticism, defining each in your own words

Draft a template for judging source reliability that lists origin, purpose, value, and limitation

Compare three historians' interpretations of the same event and tabulate where they diverge

Trace how a historian's selection of evidence shapes the argument in one article

Practise writing a 100-word explanation of why two accounts of one event differ

Identify and correct three common errors of anachronism in sample student answers

Sequence the key constitutional developments in Ireland from the Act of Union to the early twentieth century on a timeline

Explain in 200 words how the Home Rule movement evolved and why it divided opinion

Summarise the main arguments for and against union in two short paragraphs

Match five key figures to their positions and produce a one-line justification for each

Outline the causes and consequences of the partition of Ireland in a structured diagram

Evaluate two contrasting interpretations of a key event in the independence period

Explain in 150 words how a named treaty settlement reshaped sovereignty

Describe the origins of Northern Ireland's institutions and their early challenges

Compare the features of two twentieth-century dictatorships in a table of six criteria

Explain in 200 words how one international crisis tested the League of Nations or a later international body

Assess the role of appeasement in the outbreak of a major conflict, citing two pieces of evidence

Map the sequence of a major European diplomatic turning point onto a timeline

Explain in 200 words how one European conflict reshaped the international order

Analyse the motives behind a named US foreign-policy decision in the twentieth century

Compare two interpretations of US involvement in a major global conflict

Connect one European development to a US response and describe the causal link

Trace the main phases of US domestic and foreign policy across a defined period on a timeline

Evaluate the social and economic impact of one US policy on a wider region

Draft a research question for a historical investigation, with a rationale for its significance

Select and justify four sources that would answer that research question

Write a full investigation response that weighs evidence and reaches a substantiated judgement

Compare two sources on the same question and evaluate their relative value and limitations

Complete a timed practice paper under exam conditions and self-mark against a checklist

Review and correct your three weakest areas from earlier weeks using a personal error log