The GCSE course includes the following elements:

Paper 1 - Understanding the modern world (1D America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality)

              - Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945-1972 (Cold War)

             (Worth 50%, 2 hours)

Paper 2 - Britain Power and the People

              - Norman England, c1066-1100

              - Studying the historical environment

              (Worth 50%, 2 hours)