1. How to improve your History Skills
 GCSE History 2016 AQA 8145
Topic
Assessment
% of Final Grade
Paper 1
Modern World
Written exam
1 hour 45 mins
84 marks
50%
Section A
Period Study
1A America, : Expansion and Consolidation
Six questions
40 marks
(25%)
Section B
Depth Study
Conflict and tension in Asia,
Four questions
4 SPAG
Paper 2
Shaping the Nation
Thematic Study
2A Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to present day
Depth Study with the historic environment
Norman England, c1066-c1100.
To be updated 2018
How is my work marked in GCSE History?
Your teacher will mention:
WWW = What went well...
EBI = Even better if…
How to improve your History Skills
Use the code to find out how to improve your work. 1
CONTENT - Getting information from a source. 2
CONTEXT - Use your own knowledge to describe information from a source. 3
Compare the information inside sources. 4
Analyse why sources are different using the PROVENANCE (Time, Author, Purpose, Place or TAPP). 5
Test how USEFUL a source is to find out information. Look at CONTENT, CONTEXT and PROVENANCE (Time, Author, Purpose, Place or TAPP). 6
Use a range of factors/reasons/time periods. (PEE) 7
Give examples to support your answer. (PEE) 8
Focus on the question and explain your Points. (PEE) 9
Overall Judgement (importance/significance) 10
SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar)

2. Assessment Overview Paper 1 – Section A
40/84 marks
Six Questions
50 minutes/1 hour 45 minute Exam
Question 1
4 marks
5 minutes
How does Interpretation B differ from Interpretation A about____?
Focus on SKILLS 1, 2, 3.
Interpretations are the opinions of people who lived through the event and then wrote about their experiences at least 5 years afterwards.
Compare the CONTENT of the two sources comparisons.
Use words such however, on the other hand, whereas.
Question 2
Why might the authors of Interpretations A and B have a different interpretation about______________?
Focus on SKILLS 1,2,4.
Look at PROVENANCE – Does TAPP (Time, Author, Purpose, Place) make the interpretations different? 2-3 reasons.
Use CONTEXT (your knowledge) to EXPLAIN the reasons for differences.
Question 3
8 marks
10 minutes
Which interpretation do you find more convincing about_______?
Focus on SKILLS 1,2,6,7,8,9
Convincing = the best/most accurate/most believable.
Treat your answer like a courtroom trial.
Test the CONTENT of each source using CONTEXT points.
Question 4
Describe two problems/difficulties/features/solutions/issues_____.
Focus on SKILLS 6,7,8.
Identify each problem/difficulty etc. and give examples to describe it.
Be sure to describe how it was a problem/difficulty etc.
Question 5
In what ways were ______ affected by _____?
Focus on SKILLS 6,7,8,9.
IDENTIFY 3 CHANGES. Use your knowledge to describe them.
EXPLAIN how each CHANGE affected the people in the question.
EVALUATE the CHANGES. Can you see links or a pattern? Did one CHANGE have a bigger affect than others?
Question 6
12 marks
15 minutes
Which of the following was the more important reason why_______?
You will be given TWO reasons.
DESCRIBE each reason. Give lots of examples.
EXPLAIN the impact each reason had on a key event/development/individual and/or group.
EVALUATE which reason was more important. Consider links between the reasons or analysis such as long/short term, rural/urban, rich/poor, men/women etc.

3. 1. America – 1. Expansion: Opportunities and Challenges c. 1840-1850.
Key topics
Content
We will look at the following features throughout:
POLITICAL – government, organisation, law.
ECONOMIC – money, trade, wealth. SOCIAL – settlement, everyday lives.
CULTURAL – language, tradition, ethnicity.
Tick once revision notes completed
1. Expansion: Opportunities and Challenges C
Introduction
Early American History – Immigration, settlement and the U.S.A.
Geography of America – Natural Barriers to migration
Manifest Destiny
Early Settlers
Pioneers: Push/pull factors, journey west and difficulties.
Mormons: Origins, beliefs, persecution, journey west, Salt Lake City.
Miners: discovery of Gold, impact on Oregon/California and USA, life for ‘49ers (miners).
Review: Why did settlers go west? Challenges and solutions.
Plains Indians
Buffalo and nomadic life style
Religious beliefs
Government
Warfare
Polygamy
The Permanent Indian Frontier 1830
Review: Impact of early settlers on the Plains Indians.
Areas of difficulty: In the space below make a list of areas that you need to do extra work on to develop understanding. This could involve further reading, research or asking your teacher.

4. 1. America – 2. Conflict Across America, 1851- c. 1865.
Key topics
Content
We will look at the following features throughout:
POLITICAL – government, organisation, law.
ECONOMIC – money, trade, wealth. SOCIAL – settlement, everyday lives.
CULTURAL – language, tradition, ethnicity.
Tick once revision notes completed
2. Conflict Across America, c c. 1865
Conflict on the Plains
Fort Laramie Treaty and the Failure of ‘Concentration’
Indian Wars
Causes – Homesteaders (also in Book 3)
Railroad (also in Book 3)
Consequences
Sand Creek Massacre, 1864
Fetterman’s Trap, 1866
Mountain Meadow Massacre
Causes
Aftermath
American Civil War
North and South (differences) including:
Slavery
Western Expansion and Free States Abolitionism
Breakdown of the Missouri Compromise
John Brown
The roles of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
**Briefly, what happened, but not directly examined.**
Impact of the war on civilians
Economic
Social
Areas of difficulty: In the space below make a list of areas that you need to do extra work on to develop understanding. This could involve further reading, research or asking your teacher.

5. 1. America – 3. Consolidation: Forging the Nation 1866-95
Key topics
Content
We will look at the following features throughout:
POLITICAL – government, organisation, law.
ECONOMIC – money, trade, wealth. SOCIAL – settlement, everyday lives.
CULTURAL – language, tradition, ethnicity.
Tick once revision notes completed
3. Consolidation: Forging the Nation
The Aftermath of the Civil War
Review the Social and Economic effects of the war.
Federal vs State Power
13th Amendment 1865
Black Codes
Civil Rights Act/14th Amendment 1866
Civil Rights Act/15th Amendment 1870
Reconstruction in the South
Military Rule
Readmission to the Union
Economic Reconstruction
Political Reconstruction
Carpet Baggers and Scallywags
Freed Slaves
Continued Settlement of the West
Homesteaders – Push/Pull factors
Homesteaders – problems and solutions
3. Resolution of the ‘Indian Problem’
Small Reservations Policy – Second Fort Laramie Treaty 1868
The Battle of Little Big Horn
Dawes Act 1887
Battle of Wounded Knee 1890
Closing of the Frontier 1890
Review: Factors that led to the defeat of the Sioux.
Areas of difficulty: In the space below make a list of areas that you need to do extra work on to develop understanding. This could involve further reading, research or asking your teacher.

6. Paper 1 – Section B (will be updated 2018)
Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975
This wider world depth study enables students to understand the complex and diverse interests of different states and individuals and the ideologies they represented. It considers the role of nationalist movements in causing and sustaining conflict. It focuses on the causes and events of the Cold War in Asia and seeks to show how and why conflict occurred and why it proved difficult to resolve the tensions which arose. This study also considers the role of key individuals and groups in shaping change, as well as how they were affected by and influenced international relations.
Part one: Conflict in Korea
The causes of the Korean War: nationalism in Korea; US relations with China; the division of Korea; Kim Il Sung and Syngman Rhee; reasons why the North invaded the South in June 1950; US and the UN responses; USSR's absence from the UN.
The development of the Korean War: the UN campaign in South and North Korea; Inchon landings and recapture of South Korea; UN forces advance into North Korea; reaction of China and intervention of Chinese troops October 1950; the sacking of MacArthur.
The end of the Korean War: military stalemate around the 38th Parallel; peace talks and the armistice; impact of the Korean War for Korea, the UN and Sino-American relations.
Part two: Escalation of conflict in Vietnam
The end of French colonial rule: Dien Bien Phu and its consequences; Geneva Agreement, 1954; civil war in South Vietnam; opposition to Diem; the Vietcong – aims, support, leadership and guerrilla tactics and Ho Chi Minh.
The US involvement: the Domino Theory; intervention under Eisenhower and Kennedy; Strategic Hamlets programme.
Johnson’s War: the Gulf of Tonkin; the US response to Vietcong tactics; the mass bombing campaign; demands for peace and growing student protests in the USA; My Lai and its public impact; Search and Destroy tactics and impact; the Tet Offensive and its consequences for the war.
Part three: The ending of conflict in Vietnam
Nixon’s War: Vietnamisation; chemical warfare; bombing campaign of 1970–1972; relations with China; widening of the war into Laos and Cambodia.
Opposition to war: Kent State University; the importance of the media and TV in influencing public opinion; the context of the Watergate affair.
The end of the war: the Paris Peace talks; the role of Kissinger; the US withdrawal; fall of Saigon; the price of conflict; problems of Vietnam in 1975.
Where to use this content
This content will be on Paper 1 Section B.
It will follow the six questions on the USA which are Section A on Paper 1. This will complete Paper 1 where you will have 10 questions in total. The length of paper is 1 hour 45 minutes. The exam board recommends that you spend 50 minutes on the six USA questions and 50 minutes on the conflict in Asia section. Both are worth 40 marks each.

7. Assessment Overview Paper 2 – Section A
44/84 marks
Four Questions
50 minutes/1 hour 45 minute Exam
Question 1
8 marks
10 minutes
How useful is Source A to a historian studying ____(a key issue)____?
Focus on SKILLS 1, 2, 5.
Look at CONTENT – What information does it give you about the key issue?
Look at CONTEXT – Does the information match your own knowledge?
Look at PROVENANCE – Does TAPP (Time, Author, Purpose, Place) affect the information?
Question 2
Explain the significance of _____to the development of medicine.
Focus on SKILLS 6, 7, 8, 9.
Refer to the HAND TEST to test significance.
TWO paragraphs about significance AT THE TIME, with examples.
ONE paragraph about LONG TERM significance (e.g. today), with examples.
Conclusion: Can you see a pattern of significance over time? (see graph)
Question 3
Compare ____ with ____. In what ways were they similar?
You will be given TWO similar events in different periods to compare.
Write THREE similarities in separate paragraphs , with examples.
Similarities should be based on CAUSES, DEVELOPMENTS, CONSEQUENCES.
Key words to be used: ‘similarly’, ‘equally’, ‘likewise’.
Conclusion: What is the most obvious similarity?
Question 4
16 marks + 4 Spag
20 minutes
Has _____ been the main factor in causing____since Medieval times?
FACTORS COULD BE:
WAR
SUPERSTITION AND RELIGION
CHANCE
GOVERNMENT
COMMUNICATION
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
THE ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL
Focus on SKILLS 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
Intro: ‘Yes, this factor was important in causing __, however so were __and __.’
ONE paragraph agrees with the question, with 2-3 examples from across the period.
TWO paragraphs give alternative FACTORS, with 2-3 examples from across the period.
Most Able: Compare each factor to the one in the question.
Conclusion: Were some factors more important at different times across the period? (see graph)
SPAG – Watch Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar. FOUR bonus marks.

8. 1. Medicine Stands Still – Medieval Britain 1000-1450
Key topics
Content
Disease and Infection
Surgery and the anatomy
Public Health
Tick once revision notes completed
1. Medieval Britain
Introduction
Introduction to change over time and timelines
FACTORS – What causes change over time?
How healthy are we today?
Health before the Middle Ages (Religion, Hippocrates and Galen)
Medieval Medicine
Causes of disease – believed and real
Who treated the sick?
Treatments
Medical Progress
Christianity and medieval hospitals
The Crusades and Islamic medicine and surgery
Medieval Surgery and knowledge of the anatomy
How healthy were Medieval towns?
Medieval monasteries
Case Study: The Black Death (causes, treatment, prevention)
Review change over time.
Were people healthier by 1450?
What factors helped/hindered medical development?
Areas of difficulty: In the space below make a list of areas that you need to do extra work on to develop understanding. This could involve further reading, research or asking your teacher.

9. 2. The beginnings of change – 1450-1800
Key topics
Content
Disease and Infection
Surgery and the anatomy
Public Health
Tick once revision notes completed
2. Early Modern Britain
Introduction
Introduction to the Renaissance
Predictions for the Early Modern Period
Progress in Surgery and Anatomy
Key Individuals (Vesalius, Pare, Harvey, da Vinci)
Significance of individuals
Improvements in Surgery
Case Study: The Plague (causes, treatment, prevention)
How healthy was London in 1665?
The Great Plague comparison with the Black Death
Early Modern Medicine
Quackery
Key individuals
The story of Edward Jenner and smallpox
Review change over time.
Were people healthier by 1800?
What factors helped/hindered medical development?
Areas of difficulty: In the space below make a list of areas that you need to do extra work on to develop understanding. This could involve further reading, research or asking your teacher.

10. 3. A revolution in medicine,– 1800-1900
Key topics
Content
Disease and Infection
Surgery and the anatomy
Public Health
Tick once revision notes completed
th Century
Introduction
Introduction to the Industrial revolution
Predictions for the nineteenth century
Development of The Germ Theory
Key Individuals (Pasteur, Koch, Ehrlich, Nightingale)
Significance of individuals
Improvements in Treatment of disease
Improvements in Surgery:Antiseptics and Anaesthetics
Becoming a surgeon (Garrett Anderson, Jex-Blake)
Key individuals ( Simpson, Lister)
The impact of all these changes
Case Study: Typhoid (causes, treatment, prevention)
Public Health Act & 1875
How healthy was Lincoln in 1905?
Introduction of Compulsory Smallpox Vaccinations (1853)
Review change over time.
Were people healthier by 1900?
What factors helped/hindered medical development?
Areas of difficulty: In the space below make a list of areas that you need to do extra work on to develop understanding. This could involve further reading, research or asking your teacher.

11. 4. Modern Medicine: 1900 – Present Day
Key topics
Content
Disease and Infection
Surgery and the anatomy
Public Health
Tick once revision notes completed
4. Modern Medicine
Modern Treatment of Disease
Development of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Penicillin: Discovery by Fleming
Development by Florey and Chain
Other Antibiotics (Streptomycin and tetracycline)
Antibiotic Resistance
New Diseases and Treatments
Thalidomide, Birth Control, Polio and Measles Vaccines
Cancer, heart disease, etc. and new treatments e.g. radiation therapy
Alternative Medicine
Impact of War and Technology on Surgery
Plastic Surgery
Blood Transfusions
X-rays
Transplant surgery
Laser and key hole surgical methods
Modern Public Health
The importance of Booth, Rowntree and the Boer War
Liberal Social Reforms
Impact of both World Wars on public health, poverty and housing
The Beveridge Report and the Welfare State
Creation and Development of the National Health Service (NHS)
Costs, choices and the issues of health care in the 21st century.
Areas of difficulty: In the space below make a list of areas that you need to do extra work on to develop understanding. This could involve further reading, research or asking your teacher.

12. Assessment Overview Paper 2 – Section B The Normans

16. Normans: Booklet 4
Site Study (This will change every year)
2018 – Durham Cathedral
Durham Cathedral
Question 4 on the Normans part of your exam will involve you answering a question on Durham Cathedral. Your task over the summer holidays is to produce a booklet for yourself that will enable you to have a wide understanding of Durham Cathedral and how the Normans changed it, why they changed it and the impact it had.
You should split your research up into the following sections:
Brief history from Anglo Saxon period into the Norman period – a timeline of important events.
How important events/developments of the Norman period are connected to Durham Cathedral.
Location – include annotated maps of the location of Durham in the British Isles and of the cathedral in relation to the castle, town and river.
Function – Explain the different functions of the cathedral e.g. religious, political, military, social.
Structure - include a ground plan of the different buildings clearly labelled and annotated. What were the different parts of the cathedral and monastery used for? Make a list of the buildings and their functions. What was the Cathedral made out of?
People connected with the site e.g. the designer, originator, occupants. Make a list of important individuals and explain why they were important.
Design – Explain what the design of the cathedral, internally and externally, suggests about the Normans and their aims culture, values, and fashions.
Key features of the site - are these similar to other Norman sites and how are these similar or different from Anglo Saxon sites - write a list of the key features of the cathedral and explain how they are similar or different to other Norman cathedrals, and how they are similar or different to Anglo Saxon cathedrals
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