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History

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Free AQA GCSE History revision: past papers from 1918–2025 with mark schemes.

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AssessmentFormatDurationMarksWeighting
Paper 1: Understanding the modern worldWritten exam2h84 marks50%
Paper 2: Shaping the nationWritten exam2h84 marks50%

Course aims & skills

AQA GCSE History builds the skills examiners reward. By the end of the course you should be able to:

  • analyse and evaluate historical sources
  • compare and evaluate different historical interpretations
  • explain causation, consequence and change over time
  • identify similarity and difference across periods
  • assess the significance of people, events and developments
  • construct well-substantiated historical arguments
  • write structured extended responses and essays
  • apply second-order historical concepts to unfamiliar contexts

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