Remember, good revision is active revision. Review -> Condense -> Apply (plan/write essays)
1. What will my Examination Paper look like?
A) You will write two essays in total.
i) Single Party States (write one essay from a choice of two on the paper)
ii) The Cold War Superpower Tensions and Relations (write one essay from a choice of two on the paper)
You must answer one question from each section. Click on the file opposite for an example paper.
b) Recent Past Papers
i) Specimen Paper
i) Single Party States (write one essay from a choice of two on the paper)
ii) The Cold War Superpower Tensions and Relations (write one essay from a choice of two on the paper)
You must answer one question from each section. Click on the file opposite for an example paper.
b) Recent Past Papers
i) Specimen Paper

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ii) November 2017
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iii) May 2017
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2. Syllabus Checklist
.Use the syllabus Checklist below to ensure that you have covered the correct syllabus points. Click on the image to download.
3. Revision Booklets
See below for the revision summaries that have been created within the school. Use these to plug any gaps in your notes (along with the textbook), but use them with thought and ensure that you follow the checklist - your class notes / worksheets should be your priority. This particularly applies to the Cold War unit; your teacher will have selected particular pathways for you that you must be aware of before you start revising. Work in class is often much richer and already analytically structured. You also have published revision guides available to you that are strong.
i) Single Party States
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ii) Cold War

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4. Past Questions
Make sure you make multiple essay plans the crucial last step in your examination preparation. Download the documents below for a full range of materials. The mark schemes comments are included underneath the Cold War materials, but are not included under the SPS questions (they are too vague to be useful).
Example Essays:
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