CIE IGCSE History
CIE History (0470/0977)
CIE Past Paper Questions
Paper 1 (Core Content + Depth Study)
- Paper 1 (Intl. Rel., Cold War, Gulf, Germany) and Paper 4 (Germany) (PDF)
- Paper 1 (Intl. Rel., Cold War, Gulf, Germany) and Paper 4 (Germany) (Word)
Paper 4 (Alternative to Coursework)
- 40MQs – Germany, 1919-45 (PDF)
- 40MQs – Germany, 1919-45 (Word)
- 40MQs – USA, 1919-41 (PDF)
- 40MQs – USA, 1919-41 (Word)
Coursework
- Significance of Vietnam War – Coursework Source Booklet (PDF)
- Significance of Vietnam War – Coursework Source Booklet (Word)
- Significance of Stresemann – Coursework Booklet (PDF)
- Significance of Stresemann – Coursework Booklet (Word)
Please read my ‘6 Reflections’ for a few thoughts on making a success of the coursework. Please note: the Vietnam War question, if a centre were to choose it, first needs approval by the exam board as it is not part of the Depth Study. (It has been approved in the past with an appropriate outline scheme of learning.)
OCR A Level History
OCR A Level History: Britain (1930-1997)
Enquiry Topic: Churchill 1930-1951
I found the standard textbook wanting in detail for this part of the course so I created my own notes, drawing from the likes of Geoffrey Best, Andrew Roberts and Roy Jenkins.
1. Churchill’s view of events, 1929-40
- Churchill’s view on India (PDF)
- Churchill’s views on India (Word)
- Churchill’s view on the Abdication Crisis (PDF)
- Churchill’s views on Abdication Crisis (Word)
- Churchill’s views on rearmament and appeasement (PDF)
- Churchill’s views on rearmament and appeasement (Word)
2. Churchill as wartime Prime Minister
- Churchill’s stance in 1940 and style of leadership
- Churchill stance in 1940 and style of leadership (Word)
- Churchill’s relations with his generals (PDF)
- Churchill’s relations with his generals (Word)
- Churchill and the bombing of Germany (PDF)
- Churchill and the bombing of Germany (Word)
3. Churchill and international diplomacy
Edexcel A Level History
Option 39.1 – Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850-2009
The below is a frustratingly incomplete set of notes that I wrote to improve my understanding of the Edexcel A Level course. There are a few more sets of these to come, but I have to first find them on my hard drive.
Past Paper Questions
Notes
‘Free at Last’ (1865-77)
The Triumph of ‘Jim Crow’ (1883-c.1900)
- Jim Crow and disenfranchisement (PDF)
- Jim Crow and disenfranchisement (Word)
- Jim Crow and the Supreme Court (PDF)
- Jim Crow and the Supreme Court (Word)
The New Deal and race relations (1933-41)
‘I have a dream’ (1964-68)
Obama’s campaign for the presidency (2004-2009)
- Obama in 2004 (PDF)
- Obama notes 2004 (Word)
- Obama opposition in 2008 (PDF)
- Obama opposition 2008 (Word)
- Significance of Obama’s Election (PDF)
- Significance of Obama election (Word)
Model Answers
Edexcel A Level Politics
As with many history teachers, I have sometimes taught A Level Politics. Over the years I drafted a few essays to give my pupils something to aim towards. Although some of these are a couple of years old now and therefore may contain outdated aspects, they may still be useful.
Essays
- Evaluate the extent to which pressure groups succeed primarily due to their insider status (PDF)
- Evaluate the extent to which pressure groups succeed primarily due to their insider status (Word)
- Evaluate the extent to which electoral reform would be a good thing (PDF)
- Evaluate the extent to which electoral reform would be a good thing (Word)
- Evaluate the extent to which political parties can improve their electoral performance by changing their policies and party image (PDF)
- Evaluate the extent to which political parties can improve their electoral performance by changing their policies and party image (Word)
- Evaluate the extent to which the UK can be said to suffer from a participation crisis (PDF)
- Evaluate the extent to which the UK can be said to suffer from a participation crisis (Word)
- Source Question: Referendums (PDF)
- Source Question: Referendums (Word)
