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Students sit three papers for GCSE History:
Paper 1: Warfare through time 1250-present
Paper 2: Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-1991 & Anglo Saxon and Norman England 1060-1088
Paper 3: Russia and the Soviet Union 1917-41
In the Autumn term, pupils will complete a full paper 2 for their mock exam in November. The will be studying the Cold War in class and should be revising the Anglo Saxon & Norman unit outside of lessons. The students should use the two websites below in conjunction with the revision guides issued on Google Classroom.
https://www.gcsepod.com/gcse-learning-and-revision-pods/
https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/
Autumn 1:
Topics covered in class:
Key Topic 1: Causes of the Cold War
Key Topic 2: Crises of the Cold War
Anglo Saxon and Norman revision topics:
Key Topic 1: Anglo Saxon England and the Norman Conquest
Autumn 2:
Topics covered in class:
Key Topic 3: End of the Cold War
Anglo Saxon and Norman revision topics:
Key Topic 2: William I in power, securing the kingdom
In the Spring term, students will be completing an intense revision course for the Warfare unit in class and after school revision sessions will cover the Russia and Soviet Union unit. The students should continue using the two websites below in conjunction with the relevant revision guides issued on Google Classroom.
https://www.gcsepod.com/gcse-learning-and-revision-pods/
https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/
Spring 1:
Topics Covered in class:
Key topic 1: Medieval Warfare 1250-1500
Key topic 2: Early Modern Warfare 1500-1700
Russia and the Soviet Union revision topics:
Key Topic 1: The revolutions of 1917
Key Topic 2: The Bolsheviks in power 1917-24
Spring 2:
Topics Covered in class:
Key Topic 3: Warfare in the Industrial period 1700-1900
Key Topic 4: Modern Warfare 1900-present day
Russia and the Soviet Union revision topics:
Key Topic 3: Stalin’s rise to power and dictatorship 1924-41
Key Topic 4: Economic and social changes 1924-41
In the Summer term, students will complete their revision of the Warfare lessons in class. They should be completing practice exam questions as revision outside of lessons to hone their skills and embed revision topics. Past papers can be found at the website below, including Examiner Reports which contain useful model answers:
Summer 1:
Topics covered in class:
London and the Second World War 1939-45
Useful Revision Warfare Sites
http://www.activehistory.co.uk/
http://www.mrhindshistory.com/
http://www.mrallsophistory.com/revision/
http://www.historychappy.com/warfare-changes-1250-2003.html
http://www.historychappy.com/warfare-case-studies-overview.html
Useful Cold War revision sites
http://www.mrallsophistory.com/revision/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/
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