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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:
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Dates
Causes
Methods of protest
Reaction of authorities
Consequences (outcomes)
of the following protests:
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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:
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Surface details of the source
Making inferences from the source
Message of the source
Purpose of the source
Reliability of the source
Revision Ideas
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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/