Key Stage 4
Pearson Edexcel GCSE History
We follow the Pearson Edexcel History Course which is studied over two years, with the exam at the end of Year 11.
Year 10 Topics
The American West, c1836–c1895
Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509–1540
Medicine in Britain, c1250–present
Topics Covered per Half Term
Terms | Year 10 |
Autumn 1 |
Paper 2 (Option 24/25) Option 24/25: The American West, c1835–c1895 Key topic 1: The early settlement of the West, c1835–c1862
Key topic 2: Development of the plains, c1862–c1876
Target: Analysis of second order concepts: consequence; Knowledge and understanding of features and characteristics. Target: Analytical narrative (i.e. analysis of causation/consequence/ change); Target: Analysis of second order concepts: consequence/significance; |
Autumn 2 |
Paper 2 (Option 24/25) Option 24/25: The American West, c1835–c1895 Key topic 3: Conflicts and conquest, c1876–c1895
Target: Analysis of second order concepts: consequence/significance; Knowledge and understanding of features and characteristics |
Spring 1 |
Paper 2 (Option B3) Option B3: Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509–40 Key topic 1: Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509–29
Key topic 2: Henry VIII and Cromwell, 1529–40
Target: Knowledge of key features and characteristics of the period. Target: Analysis and evaluation of second order concepts: causation |
Spring 2 |
Paper 2 (Option B3) Option B3: Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509–40 Key topic 3: The Reformation and its impact, 1529–40
Target: Analysis and evaluation of second order concepts: change; Knowledge and understanding of features and characteristics. |
Summer 1 |
Paper 1 (Option 11) Medicine in Britain, c1250–present c1250–c1500: Medicine in medieval England/ c1500–c1700: The Medical Renaissance in England
Target: Analysis of second order concepts: similarity; Knowledge and understanding of features and characteristics of the period. |
Summer 2 |
Paper 1 (Option 11) Medicine in Britain, c1250–present c1500–c1700: The Medical Renaissance in England/ c1700–c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain
Target: Analysis and evaluation of second order concepts: change and continuity; Knowledge and understanding of features and characteristics. Target: Analysis and evaluation of second order concepts: significance/change; |
Year 11-Topics
Medicine in Britain, c1250–present
The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches
Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39
Topics Covered per Half Term
Terms |
Year 11 |
Autumn 1 |
Paper 1 (Option 11) Medicine in Britain, c1250–present c1700–c1900: Medicine in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain/ c1900–present: Medicine in modern Britain
Target: Analysis and evaluation of second order concepts: change and continuity; Knowledge and understanding of features and characteristics. Target: Analysis and evaluation of second order concepts: Significance/change. |
Autumn 2 |
Paper 1 (Option 11) Medicine in Britain, c1250–present The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches
Target: Analysis and evaluation of source utility. Target: Source analysis and use (the ability to frame historical questions). |
Spring 1 |
Paper 3 (Option 31) Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 Key topic 1: The Weimar Republic 1918–29
Key topic 2: Hitler’s rise to power, 1919–33
Target: Knowledge of key features and characteristics of the period. Target: Analysis of second order concepts: causation. |
Spring 2 |
Paper 3 (Option 31) Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 Key topic 3: Nazi control and dictatorship, 1933–39
Key topic 4: Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–39
Target: Knowledge of key features and characteristics of the period. Target: Analysis of second order concepts: causation. Target: Analysis and evaluation of source utility. Target: Analysis of interpretations (how they differ). Target: Analysis and evaluation of interpretations. |
Summer 1 |
Revision |
Summer 2 |
Examination |