Course title: |
GCSE History |
Exam board: |
AQA |
Available grades: |
1-9 |
Content overview: |
- Britain, Health and the People- 1000AD- 2000AD
- Elizabethan England 1558-1603
- Conflict and Tension 1918-1945
- Germany 1890-1945
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Assessment: |
Two exams, both 2 hours long. 84 marks per paper. Total 168 marks. |
Skills required to be successful: |
- Recall of key individuals, key dates, key words
- Extended writing between two and four paragraphs
- Explaining the importance of events, people, changes and causes
- Analysing and understanding visual and written sources
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Further study links: |
A level History |
Career opportunities: |
- Journalist
- Lawyer
- Author
- Archaeologist
- Civil Service
- Foreign Service
- Politics
- Teacher
- Advertising
- Accountancy
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