GCSE
All students should be completing past papers/questions when set by their teacher on a regular basis outside of class and in class when required. Papers/questions have been set as homework since Year 10 and will be one of the main sources of revision for students. All papers will be marked by the class teacher and/or self-assessed using model answers in class. There are different ways in which to revise these topics:
- Through revision guides provided by the department. Each revision guide is linked directly to the GCSE scheme, split up into easy sections, has clear explanations and provides some practice questions at the end for each topic.
- Revision sessions are run after school for students wishing to improve their exam techniques and exam knowledge. The department also uses Educake, an online formative assessment tool, to aid retrieval, knowledge and understanding of the topics studied at GCSE.
Download the revision notes about the following topics:
- GCSE AQA History Revision – Revisely
- AD America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality
- BD Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975
- AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
- BC Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
- AQA GCSE History: Past Papers
- History GCSE revision guide
- History GCSE revision guide
- History GCSE revision guide part 2
- GCSE History – AQA – BBC Bitesize
- America, 1920-1973
- The Korean War 1950 to 1953 revision notes
- Vietnam revision notes
- The Vietnam War -BBC Bitesize
- The Cold War and Vietnam – GCSE History – BBC Bitesize
- Background to the Vietnam War
- The Vietcong
- Why did America become involved in Vietnam?
- Why US tactics failed in the Vietnam War
- Opposition to the Vietnam War
- Support for the Vietnam War
- Ending the war in Vietnam
- Consequences of the US ‘defeat’ in Vietnam
- The Paris Peace Accords
- Britain: Medicine and Health of the People revision notes
- Medieval medicine – medicine stands still
- The Renaissance – the beginnings of change
- Surgery, pain and anaesthetics – A revolution in medicine
- Health and the Industrial Revolution – Medicine and the Industrial Revolution
- Magic bullets – Into the twentieth century
- Impact of World War One – Modern medicine
- Elizabethan England revision guide
- Elizabethan England revision notes
- Elizabeth I – GCSE History – BBC Bitesize
- Elizabeth I – BBC Bitesize
- Elizabethan England, 1568 – 1603
- Plots to Kill Elizabeth | Ridolfi, Throckmorton & Babington
- Tudors and Stuarts (15th to 17th century)
- The reign of Queen Elizabeth I
- Background to Elizabeth’s reign
- Problems with religion – Elizabethan Religious Settlement
- Mary, Queen of Scots – Challenges to the rule of Queen Elizabeth I
- The poor and attitudes to poverty in Elizabethan England
- Guidance for AQA Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
GCSE History students can test themselves via the GCSE Quizlet Revision Quizzes here.
Medicine, health and the people
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zys9bk7/revision/1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zcyj9qt/revision/2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zmmy3j6
America 1919-73
Use your revision guide to make mind maps, etc plus Quizlet
https://quizlet.com/join/tbZr9GVcv
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zthf6yc
Historical context – 1960s USA
Medicine : Health & the People
Use your 3 revision guides plus Bitesize to revise this topic
https://quizlet.com/join/tbZr9GVcv
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgdftyc/revision/1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z8pdcwx/revision/1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/ztpw4j6/revision/1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zq9s6fr/revision/1
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zchw4j6/revision/1
The Korean war
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqqd6yc/revision/1
The conflict of Vietnam
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z8kw3k7/revision/1
A-level
Revision at AS and A2 will normally revolve around past paper questions. Students are expected to use these as part of their independent revision outside of the classroom. Some may be set also for homework during revision periods. Students will also be given revision guides to help prepare for their exams.
The following link will help students with their A-Level study of The Tudors, 1485-1603. This website gives some good sources and information linked to the topics studied.
The Tudors, England 1485-1603
- AQA past papers
- Unit 1C: The Tudors: England 1485-1603#
- The Student Room revision notes
- Hodder Plus revision notes
- BBC revision notes
- History Rocks podcasts
- The Tudors
- The Tudors
America 1945-80
- AQA past papers
- 2Q: American Dream: Reality & Illusion1945-1980
- America 1945-80
- History Rocks podcasts
- Follow the links below to test your knowledge:
- How to source question on unit 2
- The American Dream: Reality and Illusion 1945-80
- Eisenhower’s Presidency 1952-1960
- Civil Rights in the USA 1952 to 1960
- The growth of the American economy in the 1950s and the impact of the ‘consumer society’
- Presidency of Kennedy (1960-63)
Additional A-Level History Resources
Recommended revision guides to purchase
My Revision Notes: AQA A level History: The Tudors: England 1485-1603 (RRP £9.99), ISBN 9781471876103
My Revision Notes: AQA: The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945-1980 (RRP £9.99)
ISBN 9781510418165, published 26 Jan 2018
