History GCSE

The Edexcel GCSE in History B (Schools History Project) has 4 units that develop the skills that have already been acquired at Key Stage 3. These include analysis, interpretation of evidence, extended writing, research and investigation

The topics studied are:

1)      Medicine and Treatment (1350 to present day)

This is a development study of the History of  Medicine. Students will also do a depth study on Public Health from Roman times to 1350

2)      American West -1840 to 1895

This is a study in depth of America and includes such topics as the Plains Indians, early settlers, cowboys and cattlemen and the problems of Law and Order in the West

3)      The Transformation of Surgery

This is a source based enquiry into the problems of surgery such as pain, infection and bleeding and how these problems were overcome with developments in anaesthetics, antiseptics and blood transfusions.

4)      Government and protest in the USA 1945–70

This is controlled assessment and students will write an essay on the Civil Rights Movement and compare historical representations about mass protests in the US such as the anti Vietnam war and women’s movements.