History study guides
GCSE-OCR Β· GCSE (OCR) Β· aligned to OCR.
- OCR GCSE History B Crime and Punishment c.1250 to present: a complete thematic overview
A complete overview of OCR's GCSE History B (SHP) Crime and Punishment thematic study, c.1250 to present. Covers how crime, law enforcement and punishment changed across the medieval, early modern, industrial and modern periods, the factors driving change, and the Paper 1 question types and mark tariffs.
π 16 min readJ411-thematic - OCR GCSE History B History Around Us: a complete guide to the site study and Paper 2
A complete overview of OCR's GCSE History B (SHP) History Around Us site study, the whole of Paper 2. Covers what the study is, reading physical features as evidence, judging significance and interpretations, the question types and mark tariffs, and how to earn the 10 SPaG marks.
π 15 min readJ411-site-study - OCR GCSE History B Living under Nazi Rule 1933 to 1945: a complete world depth-study overview
A complete overview of OCR's GCSE History B (SHP) world depth study, Living under Nazi Rule 1933 to 1945. Covers the Nazi dictatorship and terror, propaganda and culture, young people and women, persecution and the Holocaust, opposition, and the home front in the war, plus the Paper 3 source and interpretation questions.
π 17 min readJ411-world-depth - OCR GCSE History B Migrants to Britain c.1250 to present: a complete thematic overview
A complete overview of OCR's GCSE History B (SHP) Migrants to Britain thematic study, c.1250 to present. Covers medieval, early modern, industrial and modern migration, the factors shaping migrants' experience, change and continuity, and the Paper 1 question types and mark tariffs.
π 16 min readJ411-thematic - OCR GCSE History B The Making of America 1789 to 1900: a complete period-study overview
A complete overview of OCR's GCSE History B (SHP) period study, The Making of America 1789 to 1900. Covers the Plains Indians, westward expansion, the Indian Wars, slavery and the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the destruction of the Plains Indians' way of life, plus the Paper 3 question types.
π 17 min readJ411-period-study - OCR GCSE History B The Norman Conquest 1065 to 1087: a complete depth-study overview
A complete overview of OCR's GCSE History B (SHP) British depth study, The Norman Conquest 1065 to 1087. Covers Anglo-Saxon England, the succession crisis and Battle of Hastings, how William secured control, the feudal system and government, the Church and the Domesday Book, plus the Paper 1 source and interpretation questions.
π 16 min readJ411-british-depth