Sounds like you need a bit of discussion and maybe allow your educated opinion to come across a bit stronger rather than just recount facts in a chronological manner. It's really a bit hard to give you advice when I haven't seen any of your work. You really need to ultimately evaluate and use...
Both sound great.
I went for the former but kept in mind the key themes and issues with my essay plans and what not. So I recommend number 1 and you can add to that dot point summaries of the key themes and issues of them; e.g. what would be contained in body paragraphs of essays regarding the...
If you're not feeling the subject I suggest you don't waste your time on it. It'll be beneficial as you can concentrate your time on your other subjects and hopefully excel at those. :)
Well I enjoyed history and was naturally pretty good at it so I didn't have to spend excessive amounts of time on it; although I still did spend a fair amount writing practice essays and note making throughout the year. You should try find your own balance with your subjects depending on your...
I wouldn't worry too much about doing practice essays for WW1 as it is source based. For the Source A and B and own knowledge make sure you have adequate general and in-depth knowledge to weave in to your response which will flow with the themes of the question and source.
Reviewing is...
I honestly don't think you should be too concerned about a word limit in your 'notes'. Obviously being concise is great when you read back over them, however I'm sure with the length comes good detail and that's what will help you out; that is having an in-depth knowledge of your topics.
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