Humanities

Geography

Paper 1 – Global Geographical Issues (Development, Urbanisation, Hazards)

https://padlet.com/dcoxon1/paper-1-global-awaklgmvav6szllw

Paper 2 – UK Geographical Issues (UK Urban, Rivers, Coasts, Salford and River Goyt Fieldwork)

https://padlet.com/dcoxon1/paper-2-uk-c3pdzswiv5s5hci

Paper 3 – Decision Making Exercise (People and Environmental Issues)

https://padlet.com/dcoxon1/paper-3-dme-vyxyt2st981a70gi

History

Following the Edexcel specification, GCSE History is assessed through 3 written exams at the end of the course. There is no coursework element.
To support students at home, there are links to the revision padlets for each paper below. They contain past papers, guidance on exam questions and links to revision videos and websites.
 

Paper 1 – 1 hour and 20 minutes

Historic Environment – Whitechapel, c1870-c1900, Crime Policing and the Inner City (10%)

Thematic study – Crime and Punishment through Time, c1000-present (20%)

https://padlet.com/dbaskerville/paper-1-revision-crime-and-punishment-whitechapel-kes3gw5mj91ndlf8

 

Paper 2 – 1 hour and 50 minutes (55 minutes per paper)

Period study – Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-1991 (20%)

British depth study – Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588 (20%)

Early Elizabethan England 1558-1588 
https://padlet.com/dbaskerville/paper-2-revision-early-elizabethan-england-1558-1588-c7smomo9y0movvgd

Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-1991
https://padlet.com/dbaskerville/paper-2-superpower-relations-and-the-cold-war-1941-91-nosv1yjfqfkoemo6

 

Paper 3 – 1 hour and 30 minutes

Modern depth study – Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39 (30%)

https://padlet.com/dbaskerville/paper-3-revision-weimar-nazi-germany-1918-39-a9v2et1uq2097w7h

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