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Independent investigation strategies

All A-level history awarding bodies now require you to undertake some independent study in the form of a coursework investigation. But how do you do that successfully? The following approach is a useful way of ensuring that you produce a high-quality piece of coursework

Coursework investigation can vary from a requirement to frame an original question and answer it using a range of primary and secondary sources to a more pointed task demanding analysis and evaluation of a narrower selection of secondary sources (now more commonly referred to as interpretations).

Whatever the task demanded they all have in common the need to research material to produce a long essay of between 3,500 and 4,000 words. The amount of research and writing required means that you have to pay a considerable amount of time on planning and managing your work. A proven way to do this is (like when planning a holiday) to map out starting points, key stopping off points and an end point.

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