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GCSE History (OCR Schools History Project) Topics covered in each exam: Paper 1 Crime and Punishment and Elizabethan England Crime and Punishment through time (500BC2015AD) You need to understand the concept of change and continuity for: Crimes Punishments Policing & prevention Courts & trials For each of the following eras: Roman Empire (500BC – 410AD) Anglo-Saxon (Early Middle Ages: 4101066) Norman Conquest (1066-1100) Later Middle Ages (1100-1500) Early Modern (1500-1750) Industrial era (1750-1900) Modern era (1900-2015) Elizabethan England The key enquiry question is “How successful was Elizabeth I as a ruler?” and you must revise the following topics: Was Elizabeth likely to be a successful ruler (what problems did she face when she became queen?) Did Elizabeth keep complete control of her government? Did Elizabeth protect her people from poverty and crime? Was Elizabethan England a cultural “Golden Age”? (theatre and Shakespeare) Did Elizabethan England become a great power? (voyages of discovery, Francis Drake, Spanish Armada) Were Elizabeth’s final years a ‘golden sunset’? (Were they a success or not?) Paper 2: Source investigation Protest and Reaction in Britain: 1800-1914 You need to understand why this era was one of protest and reaction. Then you need to revise the: Dates Causes Methods of protest Reaction of authorities Consequences (outcomes) of the following protests: The Luddites The Tolpuddle Martyrs The Rebecca Riots The Match Girls Strike The Suffragists and Suffragettes This is a source investigation so make sure you are familiar with the types of source questions you will need to answer and understand: Surface details of the source Making inferences from the source Message of the source Purpose of the source Reliability of the source Revision Ideas Revision guides are available from your teacher. Exam Questions are available from your teacher. Create a timeline for each topic. Create flash cards of key words and definitions. Create mind maps/ revision cards. Practice exam technique using past papers. Make sure you know how to answer different types of exam question. You can ask your teacher for extra questions. Useful Websites BBC Bitesize: Crime and Punishment through time http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/z3gg87h BBC Bitesize: Elizabeth I http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zwwdmp3 Some relevant videos can be found at: http://www.timelines.tv/ National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/candp/