History A. Explaining the Modern World

History A. Explaining the Modern World Synopsis

Updated Edition for students taking their exams in 2021 onwards.

Exam board: OCR
Level: GCSE
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2019
First exams: Summer 2021

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This title covers the following options:

Period study

- International Relations: the changing international order 1918-c.1975

Non-British depth studies

- Germany 1925-1955

- The USA 1919-1948

- The USA 1945-1974

British thematic studies

- Power: Monarchy and Democracy in Britain c.1000 to 2014

- War and British Society c.790 to c.2010

- Migration to Britain c.1000 to c.2010

British depth studies

- The English Reformation c.1520-c.1550

- Personal Rule to Restoration 1629-1660

- The Impact of Empire on Britain 1688-c.1730

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