LGCSE History (0184) study plan
LGCSE History (0184) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Historical skills and source analysis (evidence, interpretation, bias, reliability) & Colonial expansion, rule and African responses in Southern Africa
Distinguish primary and secondary sources and classify five examples by origin, purpose, and audience.
Evaluate reliability and bias in two pairs of contrasting sources using provenance and content.
Explain three causes of European colonial expansion in Southern Africa and link them in a cause-and-effect chain.
Describe two African responses to early colonial encroachment using specific evidence.
Your checkpoint
A 45-minute timed source-analysis set of four sources with a written reliability judgment for each, self-marked against a checklist and scoring at least 70%.
Historical skills and source analysis (evidence, interpretation, bias, reliability) & International relations in the twentieth century (world wars, Cold War)
Compare two interpretations of the causes of a twentieth-century war and identify the evidence each uses.
Build an annotated timeline of key turning points in both world wars.
Explain how the League of Nations failed using two specific crises.
Evaluate one Cold War crisis from two opposing perspectives.
Your checkpoint
A comparative source table plus a 400-word explanation of why the League of Nations failed, checked against a list of five required evidence points.
Colonial expansion, rule and African responses in Southern Africa & International relations in the twentieth century (world wars, Cold War)
Analyse how colonial rule changed land, labour, and authority in one Southern African territory.
Compare two African responses to colonial rule, such as accommodation and resistance, with evidence.
Explain the causes and consequences of two Cold War crises.
Assess the significance of one international organisation or alliance in the twentieth century.
Your checkpoint
A 25-mark essay plan and full essay on colonial rule or Cold War conflict, marked against a self-generated criteria sheet.
Historical skills and source analysis (evidence, interpretation, bias, reliability) & Nationalism, decolonisation and independence in Africa
Evaluate nationalist leaders' strategies using two contrasting sources.
Explain three causes of decolonisation in Africa and rank them by significance.
Compare two independence pathways, negotiated and armed, with specific examples.
Practise source-utility questions under timed conditions.
Your checkpoint
A timed 60-minute mock section covering Domains 1 and 4, self-marked, with an error log.
Botswana and Southern Africa before colonial rule & Nationalism, decolonisation and independence in Africa
Describe the political and economic organisation of two pre-colonial Southern African societies.
Compare nationalist movements in two African countries and explain their differing outcomes.
Assess the impact of outside contact and trade on pre-colonial Botswana or Southern Africa.
Evaluate a source about pre-colonial society for usefulness and limitation.
Your checkpoint
A comparative chart of two pre-colonial societies and two independence movements, plus three source-evaluation paragraphs.
Botswana and Southern Africa before colonial rule & Social and economic change: development, labour, migration and society
Explain how migration and labour systems changed under colonial rule.
Analyse the social effects of economic change, including education, urbanisation, and class, with examples.
Evaluate the reliability of a statistical or oral source on social change.
Connect pre-colonial economic patterns to later labour migration.
Your checkpoint
A thematic note set with three source-based questions answered in full sentences.
Social and economic change: development, labour, migration and society & Historical skills and source analysis (evidence, interpretation, bias, reliability)
Synthesise evidence across Domains 1 and 6 into two essay plans.
Identify and correct recurring errors in source analysis from previous weeks.
Complete a full original mock paper under timed conditions.
Apply mark-scheme language to improve two previously written answers.
Your checkpoint
A full timed mock paper covering Domains 1 and 6, scored and annotated with three specific improvements.
Historical skills and source analysis (evidence, interpretation, bias, reliability) & Botswana and Southern Africa before colonial rule & Colonial expansion, rule and African responses in Southern Africa & Nationalism, decolonisation and independence in Africa & International relations in the twentieth century (world wars, Cold War) & Social and economic change: development, labour, migration and society
Revise the two weakest domains using a personalised checklist.
Practise timing across all question types.
Write two full essays under exam conditions.
Self-mark against criteria and produce a final one-page summary sheet.
Your checkpoint
A complete timed mock across all six domains with a final score and a one-page revision sheet of key dates, terms, and source-analysis steps.
Milestones
Week 4: Score at least 65% on a mixed-domain timed section covering Domains 1, 3, 4, and 5, and log every error by domain.
Week 8: Complete a full timed mock across all six domains, achieve the target score, and submit the one-page summary sheet.