History Revision
Below you will find resources to help you revise for the History exams.
| Exam | Date | Time | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| History: Paper 1 The Elizabethan Age (1hr) (25% of grade) and Paper 2 Germany in Transition (1hr) (25% of grade) | Monday 4 June | 09.00 | 2hrs |
| History: Paper 3 The Development of the USA (45mins) (20% of grade) and Paper 4 Crime and Punishment (1hr 15 mins) (30% of grade) | Friday 8 June | 13.15 | 2hrs |
Main content to revise
- Paper 1: Elizabethan government, Lifestyles of the rich and poor, Popular entertainment, The problem of religion, The Catholic threat, The Spanish Armada, The puritan threat.
- Paper 2: Impact of the First World War, Recovery of Weimar, End of the Weimar Republic, Consolidation of Nazi power, Nazi economic, social and racial policy, Terror and persuasion, Hitler’s foreign policy.
- Paper 3: Economic downturn and recovery, The economic impact of the Second World War and post war developments, The issues of civil rights 1941-70, Political change 1960 – 2000, Social change 1950 – 2000, Cold War rivalry, The search for world peace since 1970.
- Paper 4: Causes of crime, Nature of crimes, Enforcing law and order, Methods of combating crime, Methods of punishment, Attitudes to crime and punishment, Study of a historical site (the East End of London in the late nineteenth century).
How best to revise
- Revision guides
- Content exercise books
- Exam skills exercise books
- Old exam papers / PPE’S
- Attendance of revision sessions
Websites
- BBC Bitesize GCSE History Eduqas
- Eduqas website - specification, practice papers and resources
- PiXL History
- Follow the Humanities Faculty Twitter page @FullhurstH