YOUR SUBJECT LESSONS
History
Build chronology and question your sources.
- 01Locate the event, author and context.
- 02Distinguish what the source says from what it proves.
- 03Support an argument with evidence and a limitation.
FROM PRINCIPLE TO PRACTICE
Lessons in a useful order
From foundations to high school: a mental model, worked example and four exercises with solutions per chapter.
History
History: dates, causes, consequences
Chronology locates events; explanation connects factors.
Lesson and 4 exercisesHistory
Analyse a historical document
Identify type, author, production date, audience and context.
Lesson and 4 exercisesHistory
Revolutions and democracy: ideals and practice
Sovereignty asks where political authority rests; citizenship concerns rights and participation.
Lesson and 4 exercisesHistory
Democracy and citizenship: institutions and participation
Citizenship links status, rights, duties and participation.
Lesson and 4 exercisesHistory
Industrialisation: change and contrasts
Industrialisation changes production, labour, energy, transport and society at different rates.
Lesson and 4 exercisesHistory
World wars and totalitarianism: connect without conflating
Total war widely mobilises societies and economies and affects soldiers and civilians.
Lesson and 4 exercisesHistory
After 1945: blocs, independence, actors
The Cold War combined ideological, strategic and economic rivalry without being constant direct warfare between the leading powers.
Lesson and 4 exercises