Help in Study: History — Why Dates Are the Easy Part

A good history student is not the one with the most dates in their head. It is the one who can take a question they have never seen and turn it into an argument with evidence.

The PEEL paragraph for history

• Point — your claim, in one sentence
• Evidence — a specific fact (date, name, statistic, quote)
• Explanation — why this evidence supports the claim
• Link — how this paragraph connects to your overall thesis

Most B-grade essays skip Explanation and Link. The marks live there.

What to memorise

• Five dates per topic, max
• Three causes per event
• Two consequences per event
• One historian's argument per topic (for A Level / IB)

That is enough to write any essay your board can throw at you.

How AI helps

• Essay Coach gives you outline + thesis options before you start writing
• Mark My Answer grades in your board's style (AQA / Edexcel / IB / AP)
• Past Papers gets you used to your board's question phrasing

The exam-day checklist

1. Underline the command word (describe vs evaluate vs to what extent)
2. Spend 5 minutes planning before you write
3. Three body paragraphs, one argument each
4. Concrete evidence in every paragraph
5. Link back to the question every paragraph