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DfE guidelines Core elements British depth Wider world depth Period Thematic The historical environment Requirements 40% British More than one historical time period (medieval, early modern & modern) British & wider world at different time periods Thematic study cover all historical time periods 100% externally assessed Grading 9-1

British depth study AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson Norman EnglandThe Impact of Empire on Britain, 1688-c.1730 The Norman Conquest, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c Medieval England – the reign of Edward I The English Reformation, c.1520-c.1550 The Elizabethans, The reigns of King Richard I and King John, Elizabethan EnglandPersonal Rule to Restoration, Britain in Peace and War, Henry VIII and his ministers, Restoration EnglandEarly Elizabethan England,

Wider world depth study AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson Conflict and tension, China, : The People and the State The Fist Crusade c Russia and the Soviet Union, Conflict and tension, Germany, : The People and the State The Aztec Empire and the Spanish Conquest, Weimar and Nazi Germany, Conflict and tension between east and west, Poland, : The People and the State Living under Nazi Rule, Mao’s China, Conflict and tension in Asia, Russia, : The People and the State The USA, : conflict at home and aboard Conflict and tension, South Africa, : The People and the State The USA, : The People and the State The USA, : The People and the State

Period study AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson USA, : expansion and consolidation International relations, Viking Expansion, c.750-c.1050 Spain and the ‘New World’, c c.1555 Germany : democracy and dictatorship Mughal Empire, British America, : empire and revolution Russia, : Tsardom and communism The Making of America, The American West, c.1835-c.1895 America, : opportunity and inequality Superpower Relations and the Cold War, Conflict in the Middle East, c

Thematic study AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson Britain: health and the people War and British Society, c.790- c.2010 The People’s Health, c present Medicine in Britain, c.1000-present Britain: power and the people Power: Monarchy and Democracy in Britain, c c.2014 Crime and Punishment,, c.1250-present Crime and Punishment in Britain, c present Britain and the world: migration, empires and the people Migration To Britain c.1000-c.2014 Migrants to Britain, c.1250-present Warfare and British Society, c present

The historical environment AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson Incorporated into Paper 2 as part of the British depth study Linked to British and thematic studies Centre select their own topic – criteria given as guidance Part of the British thematic study: Sites changed annually. Centre selects site to go with depth study. Discrete section of Paper 3 worth 10% Paper 2 – 20% of total GCSE Medicine  The British sector of the Western Front, : surgery and treatment Two sites, one selected by OCR (changed annually) and other by centre. Crime and Punishment  Whitechapel, c c.1900: crime and policing Impact of Empire  Urban Environments: Patterns of Migration Warfare  London and the Second World War, The English Reformation  Castles: Form and function c Personal Rule to Restoration  Castles: Form and function c

Examination AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson No. of papers2333 Paper 1 TitleUnderstanding the modern world British Core elements assessed Period + wider world depth Thematic + British depth Thematic & historic environment % of final grade50% 40%, (20%, 20%)30& Length of paper1 hour 45 minutes Paper 2 TitleShaping the nationBritishHistory Around Us Core elements assessed Thematic & British depth with historic environment incorporated British Thematic StudyHistoric environmentPeriod & British depth % of final grade50%25%20%40% Length of paper1 hour 45 minutes1 hour 1 hour 45 minutes

Examination AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson No. of examination papers 2333 Paper 3 TitlexWorld historyModern depth Core elements assessed xBritish depth + historic environment Period study + wider world depth study Wider world depth % of final gradex25%40%, (20%, 20%)30% Length of paperx1 hour 15 minutes1 hour 45 minutes1 hour 20 minutes

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