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AQA GCSE History

Overcoming the challenges of teaching the Historic Environment

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020Oxford History Team 2 Comments

A great benefit of AQA’s British Depth Study unit is the Historic Environment which is embedded into the depth study being taught. It is also a confidence booster for students as they know that the 16 mark question is guaranteed to be about that Historic Environment. Therefore, as teachers, we want to ensure students feel […]

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What can we learn from the 2019 AQA GCSE History examiner reports?

November 15, 2019March 26, 2020Oxford History Team
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AQA has released its examiner reports for the 2019 AQA GCSE History exams. Overall, students are generally seeming more confident with the requirements of the exam questions. We have summarised the key issues that the examiners found students needed to improve, and collated some free content that address these issues. Key issues: 1. Timing: A […]

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How to tackle the Historic Environment question in AQA GCSE History

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019Oxford History Team

The way AQA have included the Historic Environment (HE) study in their specification is an absolute gift to students and teachers. Rather than having an extra paper to think about, the HE is embedded seamlessly into the highly engaging British Depth Study units. Our department ‘sells’ this section of the course to our budding historians […]

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