Your main tools to prepare for the assessment are:

GCSEPod – ALWAYS START HERE!

Your login is your school ID:

school year of entry + surname + initial  

Example: 21SurnameI

GCSEPod login:

https://www.gcsepod.com

Do not forget, lesson resources and content have been uploaded to the Google Classrooms.  We can upload more material to these Classrooms as you need; if there is any topic you need resources on just tell your history teacher and we will help you locate a suitable documentary, article or other resource.

Useful Exam Technique Videos

General GCSE History Skills

Mr Allsop – How to answer GCSE History questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F6aJHcJkJk

Mr Salles – How to revise effectively

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6G1RoXqf0o

A Long Time Ago – GCSE History skills

https://www.youtube.com/@ALongTimeAgoHistory

More High‑Quality GCSE History Channels

History with Hilbert – clear explanations

https://www.youtube.com/@HistorywithHilbert

History Skills – source analysis & writing technique

https://www.youtube.com/@HistorySkills

Mr Thornton – GCSE exam technique

https://www.youtube.com/@MrThorntonTeach

BBC iPlayer – High‑Quality History Documentaries

(All free with a BBC account)

Rise of the Nazis  

Brilliant for understanding dictatorship, propaganda, and the rise of Hitler.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m00084td/rise-of-the-nazis

Windrush: Portraits of a Generation  

Useful for Migration & Notting Hill context.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001nq8p/windrush-portraits-of-a-generation

Black and British: A Forgotten History  

Excellent for long‑term migration stories.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p04b1g3c/black-and-british-a-forgotten-history

Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents  

Great for Elizabethan plots, government, and security.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b09g85kt/elizabeth-is-secret-agents

 Migration (Paper 1)

Migration Museum – Timeline

https://www.migrationmuseum.org/timeline/

BBC Bitesize – Migration

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxsbcdm

National Archives – Windrush

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/windrush/

Seneca – Migration

https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/blog/edexcel-history-gcse-revision/

 American West (Paper 2)

BBC Bitesize – American West

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z27kng8

History Learning Site – American West

https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/american-west/

National Archives – US History Lessons

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/lessons/

 Elizabethan England (Paper 2)

BBC Bitesize – Elizabethan England

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zynp34j

RSC – Elizabethan Theatre

https://www.rsc.org.uk/shakespeare-learning-zone/elizabethan-theatre

History Learning Site – Elizabethan England

https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/elizabethan-england/

Seneca – Elizabeth

https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/blog/edexcel-history-gcse-revision/

Weimar & Nazi Germany (Paper 3)

BBC Bitesize – Weimar & Nazi Germany

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfphvcw

History Learning Site – Nazi Germany

https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/nazi-germany/

Imperial War Museum – Germany resources

https://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources

 The Rest Is History – Recommended Episodes (Spotify)

For in depth reviews of topics you can listen to on the go. Really detailed and will support building grade 9 answers.

Migration / Notting Hill / Windrush

Windrush Special

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4z0xj1zX8Yp6pYpQ8pQk5E

American West

The American Frontier

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4v0pYp8uV4tq9u8Q2t9x0E

Elizabethan England

Elizabeth I: The Early Years

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0u5xJ6i8pQ2t9m4r1b7c8L

Weimar & Nazi Germany

The Rise of the Nazis

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7b9x4p2t1m6v3c0e5r8q1L

Past Papers – Edexcel GCSE History

Save My Exams – Past Papers

https://www.savemyexams.com/gcse/history/edexcel/past-papers/