GCSE (for first teaching in 2009) History B: Modern World - J417

What are the changes?

What changes, and what stays the same for History B: Modern World?

 

What changes?

What stays the same?

Structure and content

  • International Relations 1919-2005 now split into three sections; candidates must study two of them
  • New depth studies:
    • The causes and events of the First World War 1890-1914
    • Mao's China c1930-1976
    • End of Empire c1939-1969
    • The USA, 1945-1975: Land of Freedom?
  • New alternative British Depth Study for Unit 2: How far did British society change between 1945 and the 1970s?
  • Structure of specification is unchanged.

Content

  • Controlled assessment requires the completion of two tasks from one of the four options.