Although you do not gain marks for introductions they are still necessary and play a vital part

in the essay as you will soon find out. Here is an example of a strong introduction below: The 77 years between 1851 and 1928 saw a number of reform acts being passed in Britain, leading her into a more democratic society. These numerous reform acts were not just passed on the belief or sudden realisation from British MPs, but they came about partly due to the proliferation of pressure groups. It has been suggested that pressure groups played a significant role in the passing of democratic acts between 1866 and 1914, although there have been other influential factors. Some historians have outlined the significant factors as the following; changes within the economy and society such as the industrial revolution, changing political attitudes is something that we see primarily in the key figure William Gladstone and finally, political advantage, as it has been argued that certain acts were passed in order to gain a tactical advantage over other parties. I will highlight the arguments put forward; how successful pressure groups were and also how the other above factors contributed to the democratic change between 1851 and 1928. As you may notice you have to set the context as well as stating what you will cover throughout the essay (sign posting). Introductions tell the marker exactly what you are going to talk about in the essay, therefore you must mention everything that you will say and then you must go on and talk about these in detail in the essay.

Here are a few more examples: In this example From 1906 to 1914 the Liberal Government introduced welfare reforms, It can be argued that political pragmatism was the main cause of the reforms being introduced. Historians and others alike may argue the point that the Welfare Reforms were introduced so that the liberal government could gain a tactical and political advantage over the other parties, so that they were safer at the next election. There are other issues that play their part, it can be argued that issues such as: new liberalism, national efficiency, pressure from poverty reports and national security had a large impact in leading the Liberal government to introduce these reforms. This essay will argue the points for and against the above issues, concentrating on and comparing them to political pragmatism.

During the beginning to the middle of the 20th Century there were slow advances in the government meeting the needs of the British population, although they did not help everyone and help solve everything. The government hired Sir William Beveridge who produced a report in 1942 (Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Social Insurance and Allied Services1) which identified 5 giants of poverty, these were; Want, Disease, Ignorance, Squalor and Idleness. This essay will elaborate on the meaning of each of these points while coming to the conclusion if specific Welfare Reforms that the Labour government introduced between 1945 and 1951 were in fact effective in meeting the needs of the British People. Another point to make note of is that on this page you can see a footnote, this is extremely important, if you get information from a certain site, you must state this.

Key words to use in essays: This argues The argument develops Ergo (therefore).. Thus Concluding

REMEMBER NOT TO BE NARRATIVE, STATE THE ARGUMENT.

Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beveridge_Report