This qualification is linear. Linear means that students will sit all their exams at the end of the course. GCSE History students must take assessments in both of the following papers in the same series:

Subject content

The GCSE History content comprises the following elements:

• one period study

• one thematic study

• one wider world depth study

• one British depth study including the historic environment.

Paper 1: Understanding the modern world

Section A: Period studies

AB Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship

 Section B: Wider world depth studies

BB Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918–1939

Paper 2: Shaping the nation

Section A: Thematic studies

AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day

Section B: British depth studies including the historic environment

BC Elizabethan England, c1568–1603

Studying history can lead on to some exciting careers such as:

· Journalism

· Law

· Business

· Politics

· Archelogy

· Marketing

· Teaching

If you require any further information regarding history at GCSE then please contact:

Miss Warwick- Head of History.