Originally Posted by
Heath
As you're only in year 10/11, you obviously don't need to be getting into the habit of doing a references and be worry about being too advanced so far. What I would suggest and it's something that I find particularly useful now (as in, hoping to be at university studying history next year) is to deal with things thematically. As you have lots of small paragraphs you could group several of them together to make a more substantial single paragraph. For instance, your first point about the public disliking James I could be your first paragraph with the information about him being the son of Mary Queen of Scots and his physical feature put into one paragraph.
Sometimes I also like to consider a History essay a bit like you'll have been told to do an English essay which can get a bit laborious but usually gets the job done. Basically, I mean using a introductory sentence to your paragraph or the point you're trying to make, the evidence for the point and then analysing the point or reaching a conclusion from it. So for instance, in the case of your first paragraph you could mention that James I was unpopular with the English, put in the information about why he was disliked and then provide some analysis (e.g. whether his political actions made him any more popular).
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