History
Students have already started their journey towards GCSE History by developing the skills needed to be successful through Key Stage 3.
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What is involved in taking GCSE History?
Students have already started their journey towards GCSE History by developing the skills needed to be successful through KS3.
How is the course structured and what exam board do we use?
Exam Board and Specification: Edexcel GCSE History 9-1 (2016)
Paper 1 - British Thematic Study and Historic Environment
Medicine in Britain c1250 - present
The British Sector on the Western Front 1941 - 1991
Paper 2 - Period Study and British Depth Study
Early Elizabethan England 1558 - 1588
Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941 - 1991
Paper 3 - Modern Depth Study
Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 - 1939
What skills do I need to be successful in the subject?
In History you will need to interpret, analyse and use thinking skills. You will need to show the use of independent thought, evaluation skills and the ability to use pictorial and written sourced material.
How will this help me prepare for my future?
History gives you a broad range of knowledge and understanding, including a sense of development over time, and an appreciation of the culture and attitudes of societies other than our own.
The top 20 universities list History as the most important subject students can study due to transferable skills students gain while completing the GCSE. Good Historians can answer questions no how the world has worked in the past and make informed decisions about how it will work in the future. History develops young minds to make reasoned decisions in the real world. Studying History at further education opens a number of doors into modern careers in law, education, research, politics and even finance.