1. What are the new GCSE options? Adele Fletcher

2. 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

3. British depth study AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson Norman EnglandThe Impact of Empire on Britain, 1688-c.1730 The Norman Conquest, 1065- 1087 Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c.1060-88 Medieval England – the reign of Edward I The English Reformation, c.1520-c.1550 The Elizabethans, 1580-1603 The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189-1216 Elizabethan EnglandPersonal Rule to Restoration, 1629- 1660 Britain in Peace and War, 1900-1918 Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-40 Restoration EnglandEarly Elizabethan England, 1558-88

4. Wider world depth study AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson Conflict and tension, 1849-1918 China, 1950-1981: The People and the State The Fist Crusade c.1070-1100 Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-41 Conflict and tension, 1918-1939 Germany, 1925-1955: The People and the State The Aztec Empire and the Spanish Conquest, 1519-1535 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39 Conflict and tension between east and west, 1945-72 Poland, 1956-1990: The People and the State Living under Nazi Rule, 1933-1945 Mao’s China, 1945- 1976 Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950-75 Russia, 1928-1964: The People and the State The USA, 1954-75: conflict at home and aboard Conflict and tension, 1990-2009 South Africa, 1960-1994: The People and the State The USA, 1919-1948: The People and the State The USA, 1945-1974: The People and the State

5. Period study AQAOCR A (EMW)OCR B (SHP)Pearson USA, 1840-1895: expansion and consolidation International relations, 1918- 2011 Viking Expansion, c.750-c.1050 Spain and the ‘New World’, c.1490- c.1555 Germany 1890- 1945: democracy and dictatorship Mughal Empire, 1526-1707 British America, 17- 13-83: empire and revolution Russia, 1894-1945: Tsardom and communism The Making of America, 1789-1900 The American West, c.1835-c.1895 America, 1920- 1973: opportunity and inequality Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 Conflict in the Middle East, c.1945-95

6. 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.1250- present Medicine in Britain, c.1000-present Britain: power and the people Power: Monarchy and Democracy in Britain, c.1000- c.2014 Crime and Punishment,, c.1250-present Crime and Punishment in Britain, c.1000- 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.1250- present

7. 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, 1914-1918: surgery and treatment Two sites, one selected by OCR (changed annually) and other by centre. Crime and Punishment  Whitechapel, c.1870- c.1900: crime and policing Impact of Empire  Urban Environments: Patterns of Migration Warfare  London and the Second World War, 1939-1945 The English Reformation  Castles: Form and function c.1000-1750 Personal Rule to Restoration  Castles: Form and function c.1000-1750

8. 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

9. 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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