Exam Board: Edexcel

Course Overview

Pupils study the GCSE course from the beginning of year 10 with all examinations taking place at the end of Year 11. Our British Thematic Study with Historic Environment unit is Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000 to present. This has a 30% weighting.  Our British Depth Study is Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88 with Superpower relations and the Cold War,1941–91 as our period study. This holds a 40% weighting. Our Modern Depth Study is Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 with a 30% weighting.

Assessment: 100% examination

Exam Board: AQA

Course Overview

Britain in Challenge and Transformation 1851-1964

This option allows students to study in breadth issues that Britain faced in the late 19th and 20th centuries, specifically the political change and continuity within Britain and the causes and consequences of this change. It explores the emergence of ideology, the effects of a developing economy as well as the social impact on Britain during a time of transformation. This option also examines Britain’s foreign relations with Ireland and the impact that the World Wars had on Britain, politically, economically and socially, showing that Britain transformed as a nation through the challenge of war.

Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945

This option provides a depth study into a period of German history during which a newly developed democratic government was formed and then collapsed, giving way to a dictatorial regime. It explores political concepts such as 'right' and 'left', nationalism and liberalism as well as ideological concepts such as racialism, anti-Semitism and Social Darwinism. It also encourages reflection on how governments work and the governing of democratic states as well as consideration of what creates and sustains a dictatorship, while also exploring the economic and social changes that Germany went through during this time.

Historical Investigation - NEA - (Personal study)

Assessment: 80% examination, 20% coursework.

Term 1 - How ‘golden’ was Britain before 1066?

Term 2 -  A truckload of trouble; how true is Schama’s interpretation of the Norman Conquest?

Term 3 - What influenced everyday life in the Middle Ages?

Term 4 - From rats to rebels, what challenges did medieval monarchs face?

Term 5 - What caused change in the 15th and 16th centuries?

Term 6 - The Tudor Dynasty; turbulent or terrific?

Term 1 - How did religion continue to cause conflict in the Early Modern Era?

Term 2 - Why was the world turned upside down in the 17th century?

Term 3 - In the Age of Empires; how and why did Britain build its Empire?

Term 4 - In the Age of Empires; what are the different perspectives and experiences of the British Empire?

Term 5 - What was a revolution in the age of revolutions?

Term 6 - How did revolutionary ideas threaten the Victorian and Edwardian governments?

Term 1 - Why was WW1 a global conflict?

Term 2 - What political and economic changes emerged during the Interwar Years?

Term 3 - To what extent did Britain keep calm and carry on during WW2?

Term 4 - How and why can a lack of tolerance and extreme ideologies lead to persecution?

Term 5 - Why did the sun set on the British Empire?

Term 6 - Why was there migration to Britain after WW2?

Term 1 - Paper 1-Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present and Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: crime, policing and the inner city.

• What had the greatest influence on medieval crime, punishment and law enforcement?
• To what extent were there changes to crime, punishment and law enforcement in the Early Modern Era?
• How did changing attitudes impact crime, punishment and law enforcement, 1700-1900?

Term 2 - Paper 1-Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present and Whitechapel, c1870–c1900: crime, policing and the inner city.

• What has influenced crime, punishment and law enforcement in modern times?
• Why was Whitechapel so hard to police in the late 19th century?

Term 3 - Paper 2 Anglo Saxon and Norman England, 1060-1088.

• How was Anglo-Saxon society divided and how did this lead to a succession crisis and subsequent Norman invasion?
• How did William secure power from 1066-1087?

Term 4 - Paper 2 Anglo Saxon and Norman England, 1060-1088.

• How did William secure power from 1066-1087?
• How did Norman England change from 1066-1088?

Term 5 - Paper 3-Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939

• To what extent did the Weimar government overcome its initial challenges?
•  What steps did Hitler take to rise to power between 1919-1933?

Term 6 - Paper 3-Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939

•  What steps did Hitler take to rise to power between 1919-1933?
• How did Hitler create a totalitarian dictatorship?

Term 1 - Paper 3-Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939

• How did Hitler create a totalitarian dictatorship?
• What was life like in Nazi Germany for women, youth, workers and minorities, 1933-1939?

Term 2 -  Paper 2-Superpowers and the Cold War, 1941-1991

• What led to the creation of frosty relations between the superpowers?

Term 3 - Paper 2-Superpowers and the Cold War, 1941-1991

• What was the importance of the three cold war crises on the relations between the superpowers, 1958-1970?

Term 4 -  Paper 2-Superpowers and the Cold War, 1941-1991

• What led to the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, 1970-1991? 

Term 5 -  Preparation for GCSE examinations.

Term 6 -  Preparation for GCSE examinations.

Britain in Challenge and Transformation 1851-1964

Part 1 - Victorian and Edwardian Britain, c1851–1914

• DQ - To what extent was Britain a democratic and equitable society by 1914?
• DQ - How did the status quo change politically, economically and socially between 1886 and 1914?
• DQ - What was the condition of Anglo-Irish relations between 1850 and 1914?

Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945

Part 1 - The Weimar Republic, 1918–1933

• DQ - To what extent was the establishment of the Weimar Republic a revolutionary change?
• DQ - Did Stresemann lead Germany into a Golden Age or did he simply ‘paper over the cracks’?
• DQ - How valid is the notion ‘The Great Depression caused the collapse of the democratic Weimar Republic’?

Crusades

Britain in Challenge and Transformation 1851-1964

Part 2 - The World Wars and their legacies: Britain, 1914-1964

• DQ - What impact did the Great War have on Britain politically, socially and economically, 1918-1939?
• DQ - To what extent did Britain transform and change between 1939-1964?
• DQ - How did a growing call and nationalist action for Irish independence impact Anglo-Irish Relations, 1916 -1964?

Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945

Part 2 - Nazi Germany, 1933–1945

• DQ -  To what extent did the Nazi Dictatorship change Germany?
• DQ - How did the Nazis radicalise Germany?
• DQ - Was WW2 the most significant cause for the demise of the Third Reich?

• Seneca Learning

  BBC Bitesize History-KS3

  BBC Bitesize History-GCSE

  Edexcel History

  Oak National Academy-KS3

  Oak National Academy-KS4

  Challenge and Transformation in Britain -KS5

  Democracy to Nazism: Germany -KS5

   

Crime and Punishment-GCSE Revision Guide

Weimar and Nazi Germany--GCSE Revision Guide

Anglo Saxons and Norman England-GCSE Revision Guide

Superpower relations and the Cold War-GCSE Revision Guide

A Level - Britain -A Level History

A Level - Germany - A Level History

• GCSE History OSL runs every Monday after school from 3pm-4pm with Year 11 teachers.
• Trips for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 include visiting the Tower of London, WW1 Trenches at Detling Hill, and the possibility of future overseas trips, after a successful and enjoyable trip to Berlin in February 2019.