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History

Course Content and Assessment

Type of Qualification

GCSE History (Pearson - Edexcel)

https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-gcses/history-

2016.html

GCSE History enables students to develop analytical and debating skills

whilst gaining confidence in interpreting source materials.

Key topics within the specification include:

Medicine through time c1250 - present, including the historic

environment of the British sector of the trenches on the western

front, 1914-18.

Early Elizabethan England 1558 - 88

Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941 - 91

Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 - 39

Possible Careers Associated with this Subject

Journalism

Broadcast Media

Publishing

Television

Teaching

Advertising

Sales and Marketing Politics

Law

International Relations (UN/EU)

The course is assessed through three exam papers:

Progression to Sixth Form

Paper 1 (30% of the GCSE) 1 hour 15 minutes

Paper 2 (40% of the GCSE) 1 hour 45 minutes

Paper 3 (30% of the GCSE) 1 hour 20 minutes

History is a highly valued academic qualification which, as an EBacc subject,

will provide an ideal platform for A-Level study in a wide range of subjects,

including A Level History.

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