Paper 1 Understanding the modern world
Tsardom and Communism: Russia 1894 to 1945.
Conflict and tension 1918 to 1939.
50% of the GCSE assessed at the end of the course in a 1 ¾ hour exam.
Paper 2 Shaping the nation
Elizabethan England 1558 to 1603 including a special study on Hardwick Hall.
Power and the people: Britain 1170 to the present day.
50% of the GCSE assessed at the end of the course by a 1 ¾ hour exam.
There is a trip to Hardwick Hall and an active Middle School History Club.
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