History

Here you will find the Unit Award Scheme (UAS) units that we have mapped to our GCSE History specification.

GCSE History

The GCSE History content has been split into bite-sized units making it more accessible to learners.

Students will receive a certificate each time they complete a unit. By recognising their achievements in this way, the scheme allows students to engage with learning and take clear steps towards success.

Paper 1: Understanding the modern world

Section A: Period studies

AA America, 1840–1895: Expansion and consolidation

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Expansion: opportunities and challenges	America 1840–95: Expansion – Opportunities and Challenges:	113826
2. Conflict across America	America 1840–1895: Conflict across America	113825
3. Consolidation: forging a nation	America 1840–95: Consolidation – Forging the Nation	113806

Part

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

1. Expansion: opportunities and challenges

America 1840–95: Expansion – Opportunities and Challenges:

113826

2. Conflict across America

America 1840–1895: Conflict across America

113825

3. Consolidation: forging a nation

America 1840–95: Consolidation – Forging the Nation

113806

AB Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Germany and the growth of democracy	Germany and the growth of Democracy 1890–1929	113823
2. Germany and the Depression	Germany and the Depression	114088
3. The experiences of Germans under the Nazis	The Germans’ experience under the Nazis: Germany, 1890–1945	113812
3. The experiences of Germans under the Nazis	Culture and Propaganda: Germany 1919–1945	113824

AC Russia, 1894–1945: Tsardom and Communism

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. The end of Tsardom	Russia, 1914–1924: Tsardom to Communism	11871
2. Lenin’s new society	Lenin’s New Society: Russia 1894–1945	113813
3. Stalin’s USSR	Stalin’s USSR	114087

Part

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

1. The end of Tsardom

Russia, 1914–1924: Tsardom to Communism

11871

2. Lenin’s new society

Lenin’s New Society: Russia 1894–1945

113813

3. Stalin’s USSR

Stalin’s USSR

114087

AD America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. American people and the ‘Boom’	The USA, 1918–1929: The Roaring Twenties	11874
2. Americans’ experiences of the Depression and New Deal	The USA, 1929–1941: Depression and the New Deal	11875
3. Post-war America	Post-war America: Race relations	114086

Part

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

1. American people and the ‘Boom’

The USA, 1918–1929: The Roaring Twenties

11874

2. Americans’ experiences of the Depression and New Deal

The USA, 1929–1941: Depression and the New Deal

11875

3. Post-war America

Post-war America: Race relations

114086

Section B: Wider world depth studies

BA Conflict and tension, the First World War, 1894–1918

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. The causes of the First World War	The cause of World War 1: Conflict and Tension, 1894–1918	113802
2. The First World War: stalemate	Britain at war: The Western Front	11864
3. Ending the war	Ending the First World War: Conflict and tension, 1894–1918	114091

Part

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

1. The causes of the First World War

The cause of World War 1: Conflict and Tension, 1894–1918

113802

2. The First World War: stalemate

Britain at war: The Western Front

11864

3. Ending the war

Ending the First World War: Conflict and tension, 1894–1918

114091

BB Conflict and tension: the inter-war years, 1918–1939

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Peacemaking	Conflict and tension 1918–1939: Peacemaking	113805
2. The League of Nations and international peace	Conflict and tension 1918–1939: The League of Nations	113804
3. The origins and outbreak of the Second World War	The Causes of World War 2: Conflict and tension, 1918–1939	113803

Part

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

1. Peacemaking

Conflict and tension 1918–1939: Peacemaking

113805

2. The League of Nations and international peace

Conflict and tension 1918–1939: The League of Nations

113804

3. The origins and outbreak of the Second World War

The Causes of World War 2: Conflict and tension, 1918–1939

113803

BC Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. The origins of the Cold War	The Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and its aftermath	11869
2. The development of the Cold War	Development of the Cold War: Conflict and Tension, 1945–72	113797
3. Transformation of the Cold War	The Cold War: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962	11870

Part

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

1. The origins of the Cold War

The Cold War: The Berlin Blockade and its aftermath

11869

2. The development of the Cold War

Development of the Cold War: Conflict and Tension, 1945–72

113797

3. Transformation of the Cold War

The Cold War: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

11870

BD Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Conflict in Korea	Conflict in Korea: Conflict and Tension in Asia	113798
2. Escalation of conflict in Vietnam	The Cold War: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962	11870
3. The ending of conflict in Vietnam	The USA and Vietnam, 1964–1975	11877

Part

UAS unit title

UAS unit code

1. Conflict in Korea

Conflict in Korea: Conflict and Tension in Asia

113798

2. Escalation of conflict in Vietnam

The Cold War: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

11870

3. The ending of conflict in Vietnam

The USA and Vietnam, 1964–1975

11877

Paper 2: Shaping the nation

Section A: Thematic studies

AA Health and the people: c1000 to the present day

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Medicine stands still	Medicine stands still: The beginnings of change	114090
2. The beginnings of change	Medicine stands still: The beginnings of change	114090
3. A revolution in medicine 4. Modern medicine	Public Health after the Industrial Revolution	114089
	Medicine in the Industrial and Modern World	114111
	Surgery in the Industrial and Modern World	114112

AB Power and the people: c1170 to the present day

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Challenging authority and feudalism	Power and the People: Challenging Authority	113952
2. Challenging royal authority	Power and the people: Challenging Royal Authority	113946
3. Reform and reformers	Power and the people: Reform and the reformers	113944
4. Equality and rights	Power and the people: Equality and rights	113945

AC Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Conquered and conquerors	Migration, Empires and people: Conquered and conquerors	113948
2. Looking west	Migration, Empires and people: Looking West	113949
3. Expansion and empire	Migration, empires and people: Expansion and Empire	113950
4. Britain in the 20^th century	Migration, empires and people: Britain in the 20^TH Century	113951

Section B: British depth studies including the historic environment

BA Norman England, c1066– c1100

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. The Normans: conquest and control	Norman England c1066–c1100: Conquest and control	113800
2. Life under the Normans	Norman England c1066–c1100: Life under the Normans	113801
3. The Norman Church and monasticism	The Norman Church and monasticism	113799
4. The historic environment of Norman England	The study of a historic site	113947

BB Medieval England – the reign of Edward I, 1272 –1307

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Government, the rights of King and people	Edward I’s government: The Rights of King and people	113815
2. Life in Medieval England	Life in Medieval England in the reign of Edward I	113814
3. Edward I’s military campaigns in Wales and Scotland	Edward I’s Military Campaigns in Wales and Scotland	113816
The historic environment of Medieval England	The study of a historic site	113947

BC Elizabethan England, c1568–1603

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Elizabeth’s court and Parliament	Elizabethan England c1568–1603: Court and Parliament	113817
2. Life in Elizabethan times	Elizabethan England c1568–1603: Life in Elizabethan Times	113818
3. Troubles at home and abroad	Elizabethan England c1568–1603: Troubles at home and abroad	113819
4. The historic environment of Elizabethan England	The study of a historic site	113947

BD Restoration England, 1660–1685

Part	UAS unit title	UAS unit code
1. Crown, Parliament, plots and court life	Crown, parliament, Plots and court Life: England 1660–1685	113847
2. Life in Restoration England	Life in Restoration England 1660–1685	113846
3. Land, trade and war	Land, trade and war in Restoration England 1660–1685	113848
4. The historic environment of Restoration England	The study of a historic site	113947

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GCSE History

Paper 1: Understanding the modern world

Section A: Period studies

AA America, 1840–1895: Expansion and consolidation

AB Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship

AC Russia, 1894–1945: Tsardom and Communism

AD America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality

Section B: Wider world depth studies

BA Conflict and tension, the First World War, 1894–1918

BB Conflict and tension: the inter-war years, 1918–1939

BC Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972

BD Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975

Paper 2: Shaping the nation

Section A: Thematic studies

AA Health and the people: c1000 to the present day

AB Power and the people: c1170 to the present day

AC Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day

Section B: British depth studies including the historic environment

BA Norman England, c1066– c1100

BB Medieval England – the reign of Edward I, 1272 –1307

BC Elizabethan England, c1568–1603

BD Restoration England, 1660–1685

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