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GCSE History

GCSE History uncovers the events and individuals that shaped the world, covering topics such as significant wars, revolutions, social changes, political movements, and their lasting impact on society.

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Introduction to GCSE History 1 Topic FREE

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1A. Period Studies

AA America, 1840–1895: Expansion and Consolidation 9 Topics FREE

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AA 1.1 Geography of North America

AA 1.2 Motives and Challenges for Westward Migration

AA 1.3 Dealing with a Different Culture: The Plains Indians’ Way of Life

AA 2.1 Increasing Conflict on the Plains

AA 2.2 Background to the American Civil War

AA 2.3 Coming to Terms with the Mormons

AA 3.1 The Aftermath of the American Civil War

AA 3.2 The Continued Settlement of the West

AA 3.3 The Resolution of ‘the Indian Problem’ after 1865

AB Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and Dictatorship 9 Topics

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AB 1.1 Kaiser Wilhelm and the Difficulties of Ruling Germany

AB 1.2 Impact of the First World War

AB 1.3 Weimar Democracy

AB 2.1 The Impact of the Depression

AB 2.2 The Failure of Weimar Democracy

AB 2.3 The Establishment of Hitler’s Dictatorship

AB 3.1 Economic Changes

AB 3.2 Social Policy and Practice

AC Russia, 1894–1945: Tsardom and Communism 9 Topics

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AC 1.1 Russia’s Economy and Society

AC 1.2 Nicholas II’s Autocracy and the Court

AC 1.3 The First World War and Tsar’s Abdication

AC 2.1 The Provisional Government

AC 2.2 The Impact of Lenin’s Dictatorship

AC 2.3 Social and Economic Developments

AC 3.1 Stalin the Dictator

AC 3.2 Stalin’s Modernisation of the USSR

AC 3.3 Impact of the Second World War

AD America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and Inequality 9 Topics

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AD 1.1 The ‘Boom’: Benefits and Consumer Society

AD 1.2 Social and Cultural Developments

AD 1.3 Divided Society

AD 2.1 American Society During the Depression

AD 2.2 Effectiveness of the New Deal

AD 2.3 Impact of the Second World War

AD 3.1 Post-war American Society and Economy

AD 3.2 Racial Tension and Civil Rights Campaigns

AD 3.3 America and the ‘Great Society’

1B. Wider World Depth Studies

BA Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918 9 Topics

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BA 1.1 The Alliance System

BA 1.2 Anglo-German Rivalry

BA 1.3 Outbreak of War

BA 2.1 The Schlieffen Plan

BA 2.2 The Western Front

BA 2.3 The Wider War

BA 3.1 Changes in the Allied Forces

BA 3.2 Military Developments in 1918

BA 3.3 Germany Surrenders

BB Conflict and Tension: The Inter-war Years, 1918–1939 9 Topics

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BB 1.1 The Armistice

BB 1.2 The Versailles Settlement

BB 1.3 Impact of the Treaty and Wider Settlement

BB 2.1 The League of Nations

BB 2.2 Diplomacy outside the League

BB 2.3 The Collapse of the League

BB 3.1 Development of Tension

BB 3.2 Escalation of Tension

BB 3.3 Outbreak of War

BC Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945–1972 9 Topics

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BC 1.1 The End of the Second World War

BC 1.2 The Iron Curtain and the Evolution of East-West Rivalry

BC 2.1 Significance of Events in Asia for Superpower Relations

BC 2.2 Military Rivalries

BC 2.3 The “Thaw”

BC 3.1 Berlin Wall

BC 3.2 Tensions over Cuba

BC 3.3 Czechoslovakia

BC 3.4 Easing of Tension

BD Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950–1975 9 Topics

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BD 1.1 Causes of the Korean War

BD 1.2 Development of the Korean War

BD 1.3 End of the Korean War

BD 2.1 End of French Colonial Rule

BD 2.2 US Involvement

BD 2.3 Johnson’s War

BD 3.1 Nixon’s War

BD 3.2 Opposition to the War

BD 3.3 The End of the War

BE Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990–2009 9 Topics

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BE 1.1 Regional Instability

BE 1.2 The Gulf War, 1990

BE 1.3 Consequences of the Gulf War

BE 2.1 Al-Qaeda

BE 2.2 Afghanistan

BE 2.3 Bush’s War Against Terror

BE 3.1 Saddam Hussein’s Regime

BE 3.2 The Invasion of Iraq, 2003

BE 3.3 The Impact of the Iraq War

2A. Thematic Studies

AA Britain: Health and the People: c1000 to the Present Day 12 Topics

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AA 1.1 Mediaeval Medicine

AA 1.2 Medical Progress

AA 1.3 Public Health in the Middle Ages

AA 2.1 The Impact of the Renaissance on Britain

AA 2.2 Dealing with Disease

AA 2.3 Prevention of Disease

AA 3.1 The Development of Germ Theory

AA 3.2 A Revolution in Surgery

AA 3.3 Improvements in Public Health

AA 4.1 Modern Treatment of Disease

AA 4.2 The Impact of War and Technology on Surgery

AA 4.3 Modern Public Health

AB Britain: Power and the People: c1170 to the Present Day 12 Topics

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AB 1.1 Constraints on Kingship

AB 1.2 The Origins of Parliament

AB 1.3 Mediaeval Revolt and Royal Authority

AB 2.1 Popular Uprisings against the Crown

AB 2.2 Divine Right and Parliamentary Authority

AB 2.3 Royal Authority and the Right to Representation

AB 3.1 The Extension of the Franchise

AB 3.2 Protest and Change

AB 3.3 Workers’ Movements

AB 4.1 Women’s Rights

AB 4.2 Workers’ Rights

AB 4.3 Minority Rights

AC Britain: Migration, Empires and the People: c790 to the Present Day 11 Topics

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AC 1.1 Invasion: Vikings and Anglo-Saxons

AC 1.2 A Norman Kingdom and ‘Angevin’ Empire

AC 1.3 The Birth of English Identity: The Hundred Years’ War

AC 2.1 Sugar and the Caribbean

AC 2.2 Colonisation in North America

AC 2.3 Migrants to and from Britain

AC 3.1 Expansion in India

AC 3.2 Migrants to, from, and within Britain

AC 4.1 The End of Empire

AC 4.2 The Legacy of Empire

AC 4.3 Britain’s Relationship with Europe and its Impact

2B. British Depth Studies

BA Norman England, c1066–c1100 7 Topics

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BA 1.1 Causes of the Norman Conquest

BA 1.2 Military Aspects of the Conquest

BA 1.3 Establishing and Maintaining Control

BA 2.1 Feudalism and Government

BA 2.2 Economic and Social Changes and Their Consequences

BA 3.1 The Church

BA 3.2 Monasticism

BB Medieval England – The Reign of Edward I, 1272–1307 8 Topics

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BB 1.1 Henry III’s Legacy

BB 1.2 Development of Government, Rights, and Justice

BB 2.1 Trade, Towns, and Villages

BB 2.2 Education and Learning

BB 2.3 Development of the Legal System

BB 3.1 Mediaeval Warfare, Tactics, and Technology

BB 3.2 The Invasion and Colonisation of Wales

BB 3.3 Relations with Scotland

BC Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 8 Topics

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BC 1.1 Elizabeth I and Her Court

BC 1.2 Difficulties of a Female Ruler

BC 2.1 A ‘Golden Age’

BC 2.2 The Poor

BC 2.3 English Sailors

BC 3.1 Religious Matters

BC 3.2 Mary, Queen of Scots

BC 3.3 Conflict with Spain

BD Restoration England, 1660–1685 8 Topics

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BD 1.1 Crown and Parliament

BD 1.2 The Catholic Question

BD 1.3 Charles II’s Court

BD 2.1 Crisis: Great Plague and Great Fire

BD 2.2 Restoration Culture

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QP - Paper 1 Section A Option A America, 1840-1895: Expansion and consolidation QP - Paper 1 Section A Option B Germany, 1890-1945: Democracy and dictatorship QP - Paper 1 Section A Option C Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communism QP - Paper 1 Section A Option D America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality QP - Paper 1 Section B Option A Conflict and tension: The First World War, 1894-1918 QP - Paper 1 Section B Option B Conflict and tension: The inter-war years, 1918-1939 QP - Paper 1 Section B Option C Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972 QP - Paper 1 Section B Option D Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-1975 QP - Paper 1 Section B Option E Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990-2009 QP - Paper 2 Section A Option A Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day QP - Paper 2 Section A Option B Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day QP - Paper 2 Section A Option C Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day QP - Paper 2 Section B Option A Norman England, c1066-c1100 QP - Paper 2 Section B Option B Medieval England: the reign of Edward I, 1272-1307 QP - Paper 2 Section B Option C Elizabethan England, c1568-1603 QP - Paper 2 Section B Option D Restoration England, 1660-1685

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Introduction to GCSE History

AA America, 1840–1895: Expansion and Consolidation

AB Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and Dictatorship

AC Russia, 1894–1945: Tsardom and Communism

AD America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and Inequality

BA Conflict and Tension: The First World War, 1894–1918

BB Conflict and Tension: The Inter-war Years, 1918–1939

BC Conflict and Tension between East and West, 1945–1972

BD Conflict and Tension in Asia, 1950–1975

BE Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990–2009

AA Britain: Health and the People: c1000 to the Present Day

AB Britain: Power and the People: c1170 to the Present Day

AC Britain: Migration, Empires and the People: c790 to the Present Day

BA Norman England, c1066–c1100

BB Medieval England – The Reign of Edward I, 1272–1307

BC Elizabethan England, c1568–1603

BD Restoration England, 1660–1685

Exam Timetable

Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World

16 May 2025 • Morning

2h

Paper 2: Shaping the Nation

5 June 2025 • Morning

2h