History GCSE

Paper 1: Medicine through Time c1250-Present

Summer 2026 TBC

This exam is worth 30% of your final grade
This paper will last for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Section A is the historic environment (Western Front). This is marked out of 16 and is 10% of the final grade.
Section B is the thematic study. This is marked out of 36 and is 20% of the final grade.

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Paper 2: Early Elizabethan England 1558-1588

Summer 2026 TBC

This exam is worth 20% of your final grade.
This is sat in conjunction with Cold War and both will together will be 1 hour and 50 minutes.
This is the British Depth Study. This is marked out of 32 and is worth 20% of the final grade.

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Paper 2: Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-91

Summer 2026 TBC

This exam is worth 20% of your final grade
This is sat in conjunction with Early Elizabethan England and both together will be 1 hour and 50 minutes.
This is the Period Study. This is marked out of 32 and is worth 20% of the final grade.

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Paper 3: Weimar & Nazi Germany 1918-1939 Summer 2026 TBC

This exam is worth 30% of your final grade
This paper will last for 1 hour and 30 minutes.
Section A is marked out of 16 and is worth 10% of the final grade.
Section B is marked out of 36 and is worth 20% of the final grade.

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Examination Board : Edexcel and the specification code is 1HI0. You can see the full specification here.

Revision Tips

Past Papers: Find past papers online and complete exam questions. Mark schemes are available to check as well. Past papers can be found here.
Examiners reports: These have examples of different answers and will always show a top level answer to a question. Reports can be found here.
Mindmap: Pick a theme or topic to centre at the middle of your mindmap, e.g. Medieval medicine. Draw lines coming out of this to annotate with information relevant to that topic. Further develop your mindmap by drawing arrows between different points and explain how they link to each other.
Timeline: Draw a line in the middle of a page or across a piece of A3 paper. Add the starting year at the beginning and end year at the end, e.g. 1941-1991. Add events that take place under the key years, e.g. 13th August 1961 Berlin Wall is constructed. Further develop your timeline by colour coding each event corresponding to the theme it best matches, e.g. blue for ideologies, green for arms/space race, red for treaties signed).
Flashcards: Write a question on one side of a card and the answer on the other side. These can be used for key figures, key events and dates, causes and consequences, key facts, short quiz-style questions and answers. To revise using this read the question on one side, say or write the answer and then check the back to see if you were correct. Effective flashcards will have short bitesize information on them (do not overload them) and effective use will see repeated practice.
Oral discussion: Pick a topic and explain what happened to a friend or family member. Give as much detail as possible. Treat it as if you are teaching them about the subject.

Useful Resources

Google Classroom - for all the content and materials we have covered throughout the course

Classroom 42-

Miss Pierson's History Help- our very own Miss Pierson has her own website with information about the different topics and advice on how to answer questions. This includes example answers and videos of her answering questions. Highly recommended!!!

BBC Teach Medicine through Time- Video playlist that is useful for Paper 1.

Elizabeth video playlist- Video playlist that is useful for Paper 2 Elizabeth.

Germany video playlist- Video playlist that is useful for Paper 3.

Quizlet- flashcard style questions for Papers 1, 2 and 3.

Tutor2u revision blast- interactive revision games for Papers 1, 2 & 3.

History - subject revision slideshow

Curriculum Lead: Mr B Poole, Head of Faculty - bpoole@thegatwickschool.org.uk

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