GCSE History

Medicine Through Time

This is the breadth unit, examining change and continuity medicine in Britain over a thousand year period. Students will also study in depth the trenches of the First World War and how medicine developed in this arena of war. 

The Cold War and Early Elizabethan England 

Section A of this unit examines how tensions between the two superpowers, the USA and the USSR, originated at the end of WW2; how they increased during the Cold War and how they came to an end. Section B of this unit explores the challenges that Elizabeth I faced when she came to the throne and how successfully she overcame these challenges. 

Weimar and Nazi Germany

This unit explores a compelling, if dark, period of German history as the country emerged broken from the end of the First World War to its rise as one of most powerful countries in world history, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler. 

Paper 1: Medicine Through Time  1hr 15 mins (30% of total grade, 52 marks)

Section A:

• Describe 2 features...  (4)

• How useful is this source? (8)

• How would you find out...? (4)

Section B:

• Explain similarity/difference... (4)

• Explain why... (12)

• How far do you agree...? (16)

Paper 2: The Cold War and Early Elizabethan England 1hr 45 mins (40% of total grade, 64 marks)

Section A:

• Two consequences... (8)

• Write a narrative account. (8)

• Explain the importance... (16)

Section B:

• Describe key features (4)

• Explain (12)

• How far do you agree (12) 

Paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany 1hr 20 mins (30% of total grade, 52 marks)

• Inferences from source (4)

• Explain why....happened. (12)

• How useful are the sources...? (8)

• Students will be given 2 interpretations and asked how and why they differ and which one they agree with and why x3 (28)