Year 12 Ancient - Xerxes/Persian Wars Sources

Just a quick post. I have compiled some of the most relevant chunks of Herodotus, to provide some quotes on Xerxes and the Persian Wars.

You can access them here.

All the best in Monday's exam, I'm sure you'll all do wonderfully!

Year 12 Ancient - Sources on Sparta

Another bunch of ancient sources for your study purposes...this time on Sparta. I have included the full translation of Plutarch's Lycurgus just because it is so important.

Sources on Xerxes and the Persian Wars to follow...

You can access the Sparta sources here.

Year 12 Ancient - Sources on Pompeii/Herculaneum

Hi everyone. As promised, here are some ancient sources you can quote in your exam responses for Pompeii & Herculaneum. I have included some grafitti inscriptions, commerical wax tablet inscriptions, and the letter from Pliny the Younger about the eruption.

Sources on Sparta, Xerxes and the Greek World will follow soon...

You can view the document as a webpage here.

Year 12 Modern - Last Minute Exam Advice

I'm sure you'll all go great tomorrow, but just a final piece of advice...

When analysing sources in your exam (which you will do, as it is a source-based assessment) - make sure you refer to these three things:

1) Reliability - can we trust the source? Is it biased?

2) Usefulness - can we use the source? Does it give us good historical information? What information does it give us? Is it complete? What doesn't it tell us?

3) Perspective - whose opinion are we getting? Is it biased? Is it an official or unofficial perspective? Was it written at the time, or with the benefit of hindsight?