Edexcel A-Level History Paper 3 themes in breadth with aspects in depth overview quiz quiz

All three (AO1, AO2 and AO3)

Just one, namely AO1 (knowledge) on its own

Only two of them, AO1 and AO2 together

Four objectives, AO1 through to AO4 inclusive

AO1

AO2

AO3

AO4

A primary-source evaluation of contemporary documents set in their historical context

A breadth essay tracing change and continuity across the whole period of study

An interpretations essay weighing historians' arguments on a depth topic

A timed coursework enquiry written up under controlled examination conditions

Studying just a single decade in close detail and ignoring the wider period entirely

Studying only the differing interpretations offered by historians and no actual events

A paper assessed purely through coursework, with no written examination at the end

Combining a long-run theme with specific episodes studied in detail

Chartism

The Jacobite rising

The Peasants' Revolt

The Gordon Riots only

Gave women across Britain the parliamentary vote on the same terms as men for the first time

Redistributed parliamentary seats and modestly extended the franchise

Created the modern welfare state, with old-age pensions and national insurance for workers

Abolished the monarchy altogether and turned Britain into a republic governed by Parliament

The coming of the Industrial Revolution and the rapid growth of large factory towns

The spread of the electric telegraph, which let accusations travel between regions quickly

Religious change after the Reformation and social tension

The steady decline of monarchy and the rise of republican government across Europe

The sudden outbreak of the Protestant Reformation across the German lands and beyond

The arrival of the Black Death, which swept through Europe in the mid fourteenth century

The unification of Germany under Prussian leadership in the later nineteenth century

Growing judicial scepticism and stricter rules of evidence

The Salem witch trials of 1692

The Boston Tea Party protest against British taxes

The founding of the Jamestown colonial settlement

The voyage of the Mayflower to the New World

1 hour 30 minutes

2 hours 15 minutes

45 minutes

3 hours 30 minutes