Head of Department: - Mr D Bowker 
Examining Board: Edexcel

What Will I Study?

Students will study:

• Paper 1: Thematic Study and Historic Environment (1H10/10)
  Medicine in Britain, c1250-present and The British sector on the Western Front, 1914-18: injuries, treatment and the trenches.

• Paper 2: Period Study and British Depth Study (1H10/B4&26/7)
  Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88
  Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-91

• Paper 3: Modern Depth (1H10/31)
  Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939

What Skills Will I Develop?

• Writing
• Research 
• Analysis, evaluation and ability to use sources to make substantiated judgements

How Will I Be Assessed?

There will be three examinations:

• Paper 1 and Paper 3 will be a choice of questions with a mixture of knowledge based and source-based questions.

• Paper 1 & Paper 3 will be 1 hour and 20 minutes each and account for 30% each.

• Paper 2 – will be a choice of knowledge driven questions and enquiry based.

• Paper 2 will be for 1 hour and 45 minutes and will account for 40% of the total marks

For more information please see the History Learning Journey and Curriculum Overview.