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Exam Board: OCR
(Schools History Project B)
Grading System: 9-1
What does my child need to know for History?
What does my child need to know for History?
1. Knowledge of the course:
1. Knowledge of the course:
Thematic Study: The People's Health Overview c.1250 to present
British Depth Study: The Elizabethans, 1580–1603
Period Study: Viking Expansion, c.750–c.1050
World Depth Study: Living under Nazi Rule, 1933–1945
'History All Around Us'
2. Application of the course (exam questions and assessment):
2. Application of the course (exam questions and assessment):
knowledge and understanding; explaining and analysing events and periods.
knowledge and understanding; using historical sources
knowledge and understanding; understanding interpretations.
What does revision for History look like?
What does revision for History look like?
To secure their knowledge students should:
Use the GCSE History revision website that we are creating to revise knowledge (you can access an example webpage on 'Nazi Control and Opposition' here)
Texts books are linked under knowledge of the course. Complete the tasks in the textbook or use the textbook to create notes.
Complete online quizzes on google classroom, using Kahoot and online flashcards using Quizlet
Create their own notes and diagrams
Complete exam questions, any extra exam questions that are completed will be marked.
Helpful youtube videos - The People's Health , Nazi Germany
Create your own summary videos of individual case studies or rewatch previously made summaries
Create timelines of key events
Study model responses and plan past exam questions
How much History revision should my child be doing?
How much History revision should my child be doing?
Student should spend around 90 minutes per week working on the strategies listed above.
What does my child need to be able to revise for History effectively?
What does my child need to be able to revise for History effectively?
The following things will be useful when revising for Science:
A set of blank cards for making flashcards such as these or these.
A notebook dedicated to making notes.
Paper for doing any working out for practice questions.
A quiet space to work. (This could be during extended study in school)
Access to a device and the internet. (This could be during extended study in school)
How will my child know their strengths and areas for development?
How will my child know their strengths and areas for development?
An important part of the build up to the exams will be weekly extended study assignments, which will focus on application of historical knowledge and understanding to exam style questions.
Students will also have regular exam style questions which Mrs Tatters will mark and feedback to students on their strengths and areas for development.
This could, on some occasions. result in students redrafting answers where they have not reached an appropriate standard, and we will need the support of parents to ensure that this happens.
So how exactly can I help?
So how exactly can I help?
Help your child to get organised and give them a quiet space to work
Help your child to get organised and give them a quiet space to work
Help your child to come up with a revision timetable and plan that is manageable. Remember spaced practice is better than cramming.
Check that your child is sticking to their revision timetable, or when they are not able to, that they make up the time.
Help to get your child used to working for 2 and a half hours without music or their phone.
Get your childto organise their flashcards and notes around the specific historical topics
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