Knowledge organisers, exam packs, timelines and free quizzes for 21 GCSE History units, built around the AQA, Pearson Edexcel and OCR specifications by a qualified History teacher and examiner. Choose your exam board to find your units.
Four moments from the GCSE units, from 1066 to 1963. Each picture links to its unit.
1070s
1215
c.1588
1963Image credits: Bayeux Tapestry (1070s), photograph by Myrabella; Magna Carta (1215), British Library, Cotton MS Augustus II.106; the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I (c.1588), formerly attributed to George Gower; March on Washington (1963), US National Archives. All Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
One for every part of every topic, AQA, Edexcel and OCR, with an explanation and exam tip for every answer.
How ordinary people won rights from kings and governments over 850 years: from the barons who forced Magna Carta on King John to the campaigns for equal rights today. Paper 2 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part of the course, from Magna Carta to votes at 16.
PreviewThe method for all four Section A questions, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a swimlane timeline for each part.
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How wartime allies became Cold War enemies: from the division of Europe and the Berlin Blockade, through Korea, Hungary and the arms race, to the brink of nuclear war over Cuba and the détente of the 1970s. Paper 1 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from Yalta to SALT I.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers using real sources.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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Why the great powers of Europe went to war in 1914, why the fighting became a deadlock in the trenches and at sea, and how the war was finally ended in 1918. Paper 1 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from the Franco-Russian Alliance to the Armistice.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers using real sources.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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How the peacemakers tried to build a lasting peace in 1919, why the League of Nations failed to keep it, and how Hitler’s challenges and appeasement led to war in 1939. Paper 1 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from the Treaty of Versailles to the outbreak of war in 1939.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers using real sources.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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Why the USA and the UN went to war in Korea, how the USA was drawn step by step into Vietnam, and why it withdrew in 1973 before the fall of Saigon in 1975. Paper 1 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from the Korean War to the fall of Saigon.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers using real sources.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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Why Iraq invaded Kuwait and the world went to war in 1991, how the 9/11 attacks led to war in Afghanistan, and why the invasion of Iraq in 2003 proved so controversial. Paper 1 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from the invasion of Kuwait to the surge in Iraq.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers using real sources.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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Half a century of boom, bust and change: who lived the American Dream, and who faced poverty, discrimination and prejudice. Paper 1 tests it with six questions worth 40 marks, three of them on interpretations.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from the Boom to Roe v Wade.
PreviewThe method for all six Section A questions, with colour-coded model answers.
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How the United States expanded across the continent, why that led to conflict with the Plains Indians, in Utah and in the Civil War, and how the nation was rebuilt and the West settled by 1895. Paper 1 tests it with six questions worth 40 marks, three of them on interpretations.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from the Oregon Trail to the closing of the frontier.
PreviewThe method for all six Section A questions, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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How Germany changed from an empire ruled by the Kaiser to a fragile democracy, and then to Hitler’s dictatorship: what life was like for Germans under the Nazis, and who suffered. Paper 1 tests it with six questions worth 40 marks, three of them on interpretations.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from Kaiser Wilhelm II to the fall of the Nazis.
PreviewThe method for all six Section A questions, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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How Russia changed from the autocracy of the last Tsar, through Lenin’s revolution and civil war, to Stalin’s terror, Five-Year Plans and victory in 1945. Paper 1 tests it with six questions worth 40 marks, three of them on interpretations.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from Nicholas II to Stalin’s victory in 1945.
PreviewThe method for all six Section A questions, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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How medicine and public health in Britain changed over a thousand years, from medieval ideas about the Four Humours to germ theory, antibiotics and the NHS, and which factors drove that change. Paper 2 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from the Four Humours and the Black Death to penicillin and the NHS.
PreviewThe method for all four Section A questions, with model answers and plans drawn from every part of the course.
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How invasion, empire and migration have shaped Britain and its people over twelve centuries, from Viking raiders and Norman conquerors to the British Empire, Windrush and Britain’s place in Europe. Paper 2 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, from the Vikings and Cnut to Windrush, the end of empire and Brexit.
PreviewThe method for all four Section A questions, with model answers and plans drawn from every part of the course.
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How the Normans won and kept the English crown: conquest and revolt, castles and the Harrying of the North, feudalism and Domesday Book, Church reform and the reign of William Rufus. Paper 2 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks, one of them on the historic environment site.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, including the 2027 historic environment site, the Battle of Hastings.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of Norman England, then a timeline for each period.
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How Edward I restored royal power through inquiries, statutes and Parliament, what life was like in his England, and how he conquered Wales but failed to conquer Scotland. Paper 2 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks, one of them on the historic environment site.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, including the 2027 historic environment site, the Battle of Stirling Bridge.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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The last 35 years of Elizabeth I’s reign: her court and Parliament, life in a ‘Golden Age’, and the threats from Catholics, Mary, Queen of Scots and Spain. Paper 2 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks, one of them on the historic environment site.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, including the 2027 historic environment site, the Spanish Armada.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the reign, then a timeline for each period.
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How Charles II ruled after the return of the monarchy, how London survived plague and fire, and how England’s trade, empire and wars with the Dutch developed. Paper 2 tests it with four questions worth 40 marks, one of them on the historic environment site.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each part, including the 2027 historic environment site, the Dutch raid on the Medway.
PreviewThe method for all four Section B questions, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the whole course, then a timeline for each part.
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How Germany’s first democracy survived the crises after 1918, why it collapsed, and how the Nazis controlled Germany and changed people’s lives by 1939. Paper 3 tests it with six questions worth 52 marks, including sources and interpretations.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each key topic, from the Kaiser’s abdication to life in Nazi Germany.
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How living conditions, epidemics and government action have shaped people’s health in Britain over 750 years, from the Black Death to the NHS. Four types of question, worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each period of the OCR specification, from the Black Death to the NHS and COVID-19.
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PreviewAn overview of 750 years, then a timeline for each period.
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How William of Normandy won the English crown and took control: from Anglo-Saxon England on the eve of the Conquest, through Hastings, rebellion and the Harrying of the North, to castles and Domesday Book. Every question in this section is about interpretations, worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each section of the OCR specification, from Anglo-Saxon England to Domesday Book.
PreviewHow to answer every interpretation question, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the Conquest, then a timeline for each period.
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How the United States grew from thirteen states on the Atlantic coast to an industrial power reaching the Pacific, and what that meant for settlers, enslaved people, Native Americans and immigrants. Four types of question, worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each section of the OCR specification, from the Louisiana Purchase to Plessy v Ferguson.
PreviewThe method for all four question types, with colour-coded model answers.
PreviewAn overview of the whole period, then a timeline for each part.
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How Hitler built a dictatorship, how the Nazis controlled Germany and changed people’s lives, and what Nazi rule meant in war and in occupied Europe, including the Holocaust. Three questions on sources, interpretations and judgement, worth 40 marks.
PreviewA two-page organiser for each section of the OCR specification, from Hitler’s appointment to occupation and the Holocaust.
PreviewThe method for the source, usefulness and essay questions, with colour-coded model answers.
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