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  • History A (Explaining the Modern World) (9-1) - J410

GCSE History A (Explaining the Modern World) (9-1) - J410

History A (Explaining the Modern World) (9-1) - J410

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Specification at a glance

Assessment overview

Component group Marks Duration Weighting insert text

Component group 1: Period study with non-British depth study (01-07)

105* 1 hour 45 mins 50%

Component group 2: Thematic study (08-10)

50 1 hour 25%

Component group 3: British depth study with a study of the historic environment (11-13)

55* 1 hour 15 mins 25%

* 5 marks will be available for SPaG - These 10 marks for SPaG are in addition to the total 200 marks for the assessment of GCSE History A, and are not included in the percentages shown.

Students must complete one component from 01—07, one from 08—10 and one from 11—13 to be awarded the OCR GCSE (9-1) in History A (Explaining the Modern World).

Content overview

Students study history:

  • From three eras (medieval, early modern and modern)
  • On three timescales (depth study, period study and thematic study)
  • In three geographical contexts (local, British and European/wider world).

This means:

  • A thematic study
  • A British depth study
  • A non-British depth study
  • A period study
  • A study of the historic environment.

Component group 1: Period study with non-British depth study

Students study International relations: the changing international order 1918—2001, plus one of the following for depth study:

  • China 1950—1981: the people and the state
  • Germany 1925—1955: the people and the state
  • South Africa 1960—1994: the people and the state
  • USA 1919—1948: the people and the state
  • USA 1945—1974: the people and the state.

Component group 2

Students study one of three British thematic studies, each of which links to one of three British depth studies and a study of the historic environment in component group 3, and these must be taken together, as indicated:

  • Migration to Britain c. 1000 — 2010 (1)
  • Power: monarchy and democracy in Britain c. 1000 — 2014 (2)
  • War and British society c. 790 — 2010 (3)

Component group 3

Students study one of three British depth studies and studies of the historic environment. Each British depth study and a study of the historic environment links to one of the three thematic studies in component group 2, and these must be taken together, as indicated:

  • The impact of empire on Britain 1688 — c. 1730 with Urban environments: patterns of migration (1)
  • The English Reformation c. 1520 — c. 1550 with Castles: form and function c. 1000 — 1750 (2)
  • Personal rule to restoration 1629—1660 with Castles: form and function c. 1000 — 1750 (3)

Options marked (1) must be studied together, options marked (2) must be studied together, and options marked (3) must be studied together.

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