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History
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Free History revision notes for Pearson Edexcel IGCSE students. Each chapter covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take straight into the thinka app.
Depth Studies
Investigation and Breadth Studies
Paper 1: Depth Studies
The French Revolution, c1780–99
Development of a nation: unification of Italy, 1848–70
Germany: development of dictatorship, 1918–45
Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919–47
Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53
A world divided: superpower relations, 1943–72
A divided union: civil rights in the USA, 1945–74
South Africa: from union to the end of apartheid, 1948–94
Paper 2 Section A: Historical Investigations
A1 The origins and course of the First World War, 1905–18
A2 Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24
A3 The USA, 1918–41
A4 The Vietnam Conflict, 1945–75
A5 East Germany, 1958–90
Paper 2 Section B: Breadth Studies in Change
B1 America: from new nation to divided union, 1783–1877
B2 Changes in medicine, c1848–c1948
B3 Japan in transformation, 1853–1945
B4 China: conflict, crisis and change, 1900–89
B5 The changing role of international organisations: the league and the UN, 1919–c2011
B6 The changing nature of warfare and international conflict, 1919–2011
B7 The Middle East: conflict, crisis and change, 1917–2012
B8 Diversity, rights and equality in Britain, 1914–2010
Source, Interpretation and Essay Skills
Describing two features of a period (6 marks)
Explaining two causes, effects or consequences (8 marks)
Explaining similarity and difference between periods (6 marks)
Comprehending and cross-referring two sources (8 marks)
Reading an interpretation extract: what impression does the author give? (6 marks)
Evaluating a historical interpretation with sources and own knowledge (16 marks)
Building a judgement essay: 'How far do you agree?' (16 marks)
Second-order concepts: causation, change, significance
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