GCSE History topics to explore
Expansion: Opportunities and challenges
History AQA
Conflict Across America
History AQA
Consolidation: forging the nation
History AQA
Germany and the growth of democracy
History AQA
Germany and the Depression
History AQA
The experiences of Germans under the Nazis
History AQA
The end of Tsardom
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Lenin’s new society
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Stalin’s USSR
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American People and the ‘Boom’
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Post-war America
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The causes of the First World War
History AQA
The First World War: stalemate
History AQA
Ending the War
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Peacemaking
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The League of Nations and international peace
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The origins and outbreak of the Second World War
History AQA
The Origins of the Cold War
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The development of the Cold War
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Transformation of the Cold War
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Conflict in Korea
History AQA
Escalation of Conflict in Vietnam
History AQA
The Ending of Conflict in Vietnam
History AQA
Tensions in the Gulf
History AQA
The war on Al-Qaeda
History AQA
The Iraq War
History AQA
Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and Dictatorship
History AQA
c1000–c1500: Crime and Punishment in Medieval England
History Edexcel
c1500–c1700: Crime and Punishment in Early Modern England
History Edexcel
Crime and Punishment in Modern Britain
History Edexcel
Part One: c1250–c1500: Medicine in medieval England
History Edexcel
Part Two: c1500–c1700: The Medical Renaissance in England
History Edexcel
Part Four: Modern Medicine in Britain
History Edexcel
c1250-c1500: Medieval warfare and English society
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c1900 - present: Warfare and British society in the modern era
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c800-c1500: Migration in medieval England
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c1500-c1700: Migration in early modern England
History Edexcel
Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest, 1060–66
History Edexcel
William I in power: securing the kingdom, 1066–87
History Edexcel
Norman England, 1066–88
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Life and government in England, 1189-1216
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Involvements overseas, 1189-1204
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King John’s Downfall
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Henry VIII and Wolsey, 1509–29
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Henry VIII and Cromwell, 1529–40
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The Reformation and its impact, 1529–40
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Queen, government and religion, 1558–69
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Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad, 1569–88
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Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration, 1558–88
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Spain reaches the Americas, c1490-1512
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The conquistadors, c1513-c1528
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The Spanish Empire, c1528-c1555
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British settlement in North America, 1713-41
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A disrupted society, 1742-64
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The loss of an empire, 1765-83
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The early settlement of the West, c1835 - c1862
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Development of the Plains, c1862 - c1876
History Edexcel
Later developments in the West, c1876 - c1895
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The origins of the Cold War, 1941-58
History Edexcel
Cold War crises, 1958-70
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The end of the Cold War, 1970-91
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The birth of the state of Israel, 1945-63
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The escalating conflict, 1964-73
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Attempts at a solution, 1974-95
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The revolutions of 1917
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The Bolsheviks in power, 1917-24
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Stalin’s rise to power and dictatorship, 1924-41
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Economic and social changes, 1924-41
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The Weimar Republic, 1918–29
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Hitler’s Rise to Power, 1919-39
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Nazi Control and Dictatorship
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Life in Nazi Germany, 1933 - 1939
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Establishing communist rule, 1945–59
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Economic policy, 1949–65
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The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76
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Life in Mao’s China, 1949–76
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The development of the civil rights movement, 1954–60
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Protest, progress and radicalism, 1960–75
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US involvement in the Vietnam War, 1954–75
History Edexcel
Reactions to, and the end of, US involvement in Vietnam, 1964–75
History Edexcel
The USA, 1954–75: conflict at home and abroad
History Edexcel
Medicine in Britain, c1250–present
History Edexcel
Medieval Britain 1250 - 1500
History OCR Gateway
Early Modern Britain 1500 - 1750
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Industrial Britain 1750 - 1900
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Britain since 1900
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Medieval Britain c.1250–c.1500
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Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750
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Industrial Britain, c.1750–c.1900
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Britain since c.1900
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Medieval Britain c.1250–c.1500
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Early Modern Britain c.1500–c.1750
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Industrial and Imperial Britain c.1750–c.1900
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Britain since c.1900
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England on the eve of the conquest
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Invasion and victory
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Resistance and response
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Castles
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Conquest and control
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Elizabeth and government
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Catholics
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Daily lives
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Popular culture
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The wider world
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Wealth
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Politics
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Women
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Empire
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War
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Homelands
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Volga Vikings
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Raiders and Invaders
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Settlers
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Kings
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The First Mughal Emperors, 1526–1556
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Akbar, 1556–1605
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Jahangir, 1605–1627
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Shah Jahan, 1627–1658
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Aurangzeb 1658–1707
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America’s expansion 1789–1838
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The West 1839–1860
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Civil War and Reconstruction 1861–1877
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Settlement and conflict on the Plains 1861–1877
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American cultures 1877–1900
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Origins c.1070–1095
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Responses November 1095 to December 1096
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Into Asia Minor December 1096 to October 1097
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Antioch October 1097 to June 1098
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Jerusalem July 1098 to July 1100
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Moctezuma’s Empire
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Controlling the Empire
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Encounters
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Conquest, 1519–1521
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The birth of New Spain
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Dictatorship
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Control and Opposition, 1933–1939
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Changing Lives, 1933–1939
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Germany in War
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Occupation
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