England · Pearson EdexcelQ&A
HistoryQ&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every England History syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Breadth Study with Interpretations (Paper 1)
- Paper 1 Option 2E Britain transformed 1918 to 1997: changes in society, the economy, politics and the role of the state across the period, with interpretations on the impact of the Second World War.3Q&A pairs
- Paper 1 Option 1D/equivalent: the establishment, consolidation and evolution of communist states in Russia and China, assessing change and continuity in government, economy and society over the long period.2Q&A pairs
- The interpretations element of Paper 1: how to read, contextualise and weigh extracts from historians, using the historiography of the origins of the Cold War (orthodox, revisionist and post-revisionist schools).2Q&A pairs
Depth Study (Paper 2)
- Paper 2 Option 2H.1 Mao's China 1949 to 1976: the establishment of communist rule, the command economy and the Great Leap Forward, social change, and the Cultural Revolution.2Q&A pairs
- Paper 2 Option 2A.1 The German Democratic Republic 1949 to 1990: the establishment and consolidation of the SED state, life in the GDR, the role of the Stasi, and the collapse of the regime.3Q&A pairs
- The Paper 2 Section A source question (AO2): the 'How far could the historian make use of Sources 1 and 2 together to investigate...' stem, and how to weigh content, provenance and own knowledge across both sources to judge their combined value for the enquiry.3Q&A pairs
- Paper 2 Option 2G.1 The USA civil rights 1865 to 1992: the changing position of African Americans, the campaigns and federal responses, and the methods and impact of the civil rights movement.2Q&A pairs
Historical Skills and Coursework
- The AO3 skill of analysing historians' interpretations: identifying an argument, understanding why historians differ, and weighing extracts using your own knowledge in Paper 1, Paper 3 and the coursework.2Q&A pairs
- The AO2 skill of evaluating primary source material: provenance, tone, content, value and limitations in context, as tested in Paper 2, Paper 3 and the coursework.2Q&A pairs
- The AO1 essay skill common to every route: decoding the command stem, planning thematically, building an argument with supported judgement, and writing to the Level 5 descriptor in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3.3Q&A pairs
- The three assessment objectives AO1, AO2 and AO3: what each rewards, how they are weighted across the 9HI0 qualification, and which paper and question type targets each, the examinable spine common to every route.3Q&A pairs
- The Paper 4 coursework (NEA): a 3000 to 4000 word independent enquiry on a chosen question, analysing differing historical interpretations and reaching a substantiated judgement.2Q&A pairs
Themes in Breadth with Aspects in Depth (Paper 3)
- Paper 3 Option 36.1 Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform c1780 to 1928: the themes of changing political power and popular protest, with depth studies on key episodes such as Chartism and the suffrage campaigns.4Q&A pairs
- Paper 3 Option 37.2 Germany 1871 to 1990 united, divided and reunited: the breadth themes of political change, opposition and economic development across the Kaiserreich, Weimar, Nazi and divided periods, with the four depth aspects that the source and depth-essay questions are built on.3Q&A pairs
- Paper 3 skills: the structure of the paper and how to answer the source question (AO2) and the interpretations question (AO3) on the depth topics, alongside the breadth essay (AO1).3Q&A pairs
- Paper 3 Option 31 The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America c1580 to c1750: the themes behind the rise and decline of witch persecution, with depth studies of major outbreaks.2Q&A pairs