Year 10 and 11 Learning

The History GCSE follows the Edexcel exam board. There are 4 key topics that GCSE students will follow, and these focus on gaining a strong knowledge using thematic studies. Each topic follows political and social changes throughout time periods and the impact of important events on telling the historical story.

Term	Topic	Key Concepts
Autumn	The Cold War	Nato and the Warsaw pact The arms and space race The Hungarian uprising The Berlin Wall The Cuban missile crisis Detente Reagan and Gorbachev Collapse of the USSR
Spring and Summer	Migration 1000-today	Migration in the Middle Ages including Vikings case study Migration 1500-1750 including the Walloons and the Huguenots Migration 1750-1900 including Irish migration and migration from the British empire Modern migration including from the commonwealth and refugees. Case Study – Migration to Notting Hill in the 1950s and 1960s

Year 10 Knowledge

Year 11 Knowledge

M	T	W	T	F	WE
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3	4	5	6	7	8
10	11	12	13	14	15
17	18	19	20	21	22
24	25	26	27	28	29
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Year 10 and 11 Learning

History

March 2025