Why take GCSE History GCSE History will help

Why take GCSE History? GCSE History will help you understand how the world you live in was shaped, and make you consider today’s society in a different way. Employers and universities regard History qualifications very highly – GCSE History may just be your ticket to a better future… • You cannot understand people if you do not understand their past • You cannot understand our community if you do not know how it came to be • You cannot understand our world if you do not understand history

History helps us understand people • Studying history gives people a sense of nationalism • It gives groups such as ethnic, organization, even schools a sense of identity • It gives family and personal identity as well • Helps us understand current world affairs and conflicts by understanding the root of the problems • History acts as a “social laboratory”, one of the few way we can help predict the future behavior of such a large group

GCSE History • Exam Board AQA • Two exam papers – Paper one 1 st June 2020 – Paper two 4 th June 2020 • Four topic areas – Conflict and tension: causes of WW 1 – Democracy and dictatorship Germany 1890 -1939 – Health and the people – Elizabethan England 1558 -1603

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