Humanities Revision
The following is generic guidance/advice on how to revise in Humanities. If you would like any resources/demonstrations linked to any of these revision strategies, please see your subject teacher.
- Websites, e.g. Quizlet, GCSE Bitesize, GCSE Pod, Kahoot, Seneca learning
- Condensed mind-maps
- Practice questions
- Flashcards for key terms, causes of events, effects of events, making a judgement (create an agree or disagree argument against a quote), chronology (create to show the chronology of events)
- Retrieval practice – constantly testing yourself/getting others to test you is very useful
- test yourself on old and new topics mixed up
- create multiple choice questions
- true or false
- odd one out
- questions from last lesson, last week, two weeks ago, last month
- Flow diagrams to show chronology of events or causes/effects
- Venn diagrams – history = comparing time periods/events, RE = compare religions, Geography = compare events in HICs/LICs
- Concept maps – mind map all you can remember about a topic and then try to create links between the different elements
- Analysing model answers
- Create mark schemes for exam style questions
- ‘Chunk’ your revision – don’t revise one topic all in one go – ‘chunk’ your topics up into sections and mix them up
- Revision clocks – set aside an hour for a topic and split it up into 5 to 10 minute sections
- Skills practice – History: source questions, Geography: analysing maps/data, RE: evaluating statements
Please see the following teachers for subject specific resources/guidance:
- Geography: Miss Pailin
- History: Mr Harris
- RE: Mrs Reynolds-Foster