History

Examination Board EDEXCEL HISTORY

THE SUBJECT IS ASSESSED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:

3 written examinations at the end of Year 11:

Paper 1: Thematic study and historic environment - (1 hour 15 minutes) 30% of the qualification - 52 marks. ● Medicine in Britain, c1250–present. ● The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches.

Paper 2: Period study and British depth study - (1 hour 45 minutes) 40% of the qualification - 64 marks. ● Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88. ● Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91.

Paper 3: Modern depth study - (1 hour 20 minutes) 30% of the qualification - 52 marks. ● Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE COURSE:

You must have: ● A passion for History. ● Good literacy skills. ● A willingness to ask questions. ● An ability to examine and understand sources. ● The drive to carry out your own independent research. ● A commitment to meet deadlines. ● The ability to consider different points of view.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Through GCSE history you will develop the ability to: ● Undertake independent research. ● Express your ideas clearly. ● Reach a clear judgment. ● Select, analyse and organise information. ● Learn how to use historical evidence to answer questions about the past. ● And remember, a good GCSE History grade is necessary in order to be able to study A Level History.

GCSE GRADING:

9 ➝ 1