History at Key Stage 4 (Ebac) What will I be studying? As a history student, you will never experience the events that you study; instead you have to build up a picture from the evidence that has been left behind. You have to become skilled at asking questions, sometimes awkward questions; you will learn not to take everything at face value. You have to develop empathy and understanding of the actions and achievements of others; you have to be prepared to put your case and argue it well; you have to use evidence to draw conclusions and make judgements. GCSE History students will study and learn 6 units, 3 for each exam paper. Paper 1 – exam is 1 hour 45 minutes: • • •
Hitler’s foreign policy between 1933-1939 The causes of the Cold War 1945-1955 The causes of crises in the Cold War 1955-1970
Paper 2 – exam is 1 hour 45 minutes: • • •
Weimar Germany 1919-1933 The Depression and New Deal in the USA 1929-1941 Race Relations and the Civil Rights movement in the USA 1955-1968
The units will develop your skills of chronology, narrative, explanation, analysis and evaluation of sources, and forming detailed judgements. In Year 10 you studied: • • • •
Hitler’s foreign policy between 1933-1939 The causes of the Cold War 1945-1955 The causes of crises in the Cold War 1955-1970 Controlled Assessment Q1
In Year 11 you will study: • • • •
The Depression and New Deal in the USA 1929-1941 Race Relations and the Civil Rights movement in the USA 1955-1968 Controlled Assessment Q2 Revision of all topics
How will I be assessed? The exam board is AQA, Syllabus B: Modern World: http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-b-9145 You will complete 2 exam papers, each worth 37.5% of the final grade, taken at the end of Year 11, externally assessed. There are two exams, and each exam is 1 hour and 45 minutes in duration. You will also complete 2 controlled assessment essays, which will be internally assessed, and these are submitted to the exam board at the end of Year 11. This is worth 25% of the final grade.