AQA GCSE

History

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History at GCSE studies some of the main events

which have helped produce the world we live in

today.

The course provides the opportunity to study

Germany in depth as well as the tensions that arise

between the two global superpowers of the USA and

Russia. Through the thematic unit, students will

study over 1000 years of the history that shaped much of what Britain is like today. As well as Britain’s relationship with Europe and the wider world.

They will also have an opportunity to study Elizabethan England focussing on major events during

this time considering economics, religion and social

and political issues arising from contemporary and

historical controversies. This will involve a focussed study of an historical site.

GCSE History will help students to:

Develop their communications skills through

analysis and interpretation of historical events.

Learn from the mistakes of the past and relate

these to our lives today and help to inform students’ political and social decision making skills.

Paper 1: Understanding the modern world

(Written exam: 2 hours / 84 marks, including 4

marks for SPaG, this is 50% of the GCSE)

Section 1A (40 marks)

Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship

Section 1B (40 marks)

Conflict and Tension between East and West,

1945-1972

Paper 2: Shaping the Nation

(Written exam: 2 hours / 84 marks, including 4 marks for SPaG this is 50% of the GCSE)

Section 2A (40 marks)

Migration, Empires and the People; c790 to the present day

Section 2B (40 marks) Elizabethan England, c1568

1603

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

Winston Churchill

History is a subject that is guaranteed to make you think about the world and the changes it has experienced. Looking back at world events will help students make sense of the modern world and the world in which we live.

This course will be of interest to those who enjoy studying the events of the past and acquiring skills of dealing with evidence. A range of topics are studied which will give students an insight into important events that changed people's lives in the process.

History is a subject that involves discussion, arguments, analysis and investigations which students should enjoy contributing to and taking

part in.