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OCR GCSE History
There is no advance information for exams. 
Adaptations for 2022 are summarised here: 
  • Students will only be examined on 4 out of the original 5 topics.
  • Students will be examined on
    • People’s Health, c.1250 to present
    • The Norman Conquest, 1065-1087
    • Exeter Cathedral
    • Making of America, 1789-1900
  • Each topic will now have its own exam. Therefore, students will sit four exams.
  • Each exam will be one hour long
  • Each exam will be out of 40 marks, except the Norman Conquest which will have an additional 10 marks available for SPaG.
​Exam board information on the adaptations for 2022:
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/history-b-schools-history-project-j411-from-2016/changes-for-2022/
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Written exams:
British depth study (The Norman Conquest)
Thematic study (People’s Health)
History around us (Exeter Cathedral)
Period study (The Making of America)
​Exeter Cathedral
Task 1
Look at the following links to Exeter Cathedral, St. David’s and St. Paul’s making revision resources – flash cards etc
​Task 2
Produce revision resources that look at the typicality of Exeter compare to the other two cathedrals –
  • what is similar and different about Exeter looking at the impact of events on it;
  • how it looks;
  • what its purpose was a certain points;
  • what activities took place;
  • what type of people used the site at different points.
Use the usual time periods of medieval; early modern; industrial; modern to help you organise your work.
The Norman Conquest
Task 3
​​Revise the topic on bbc bitesize and then test yourself using Seneca learning
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2gvfrd
https://app.senecalearning.com/classroom/course/7414bb05-760e-4edc-91fe-5622586e2bd1
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People’s Health
​Task 4
Test your knowledge using Seneca learning.
https://app.senecalearning.com/classroom/course/4909e1df-a520-432d-9047-cc58dfb44744/section/526f2a2f-b1c4-4421-88f2-52bd279ce759/session
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