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AQA GCSE History 8145
80 points in 3 topics, with AQA's codes and titles.
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3.1 Rationale
3.2 Understanding the modern world
- 3.2.1 Section A: Period studies
- 3.2.1.AA America, 1840–1895: Expansion and consolidation
- 3.2.1.AA.1 Part one: Expansion: opportunities and challenges
- 3.2.1.AA.2 Part two: Conflict across America
- 3.2.1.AA.3 Part three: Consolidation: forging the nation
- 3.2.1.AB Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship
- 3.2.1.AB.1 Part one: Germany and the growth of democracy
- 3.2.1.AB.2 Part two: Germany and the Depression
- 3.2.1.AB.3 Part three: The experiences of Germans under the Nazis
- 3.2.1.AC Russia, 1894–1945: Tsardom and communism
- 3.2.1.AC.1 Part one: The end of Tsardom
- 3.2.1.AC.2 Part two: Lenin's new society
- 3.2.1.AC.3 Part three: Stalin's USSR
- 3.2.1.AD America, 1920–1973: Opportunity and inequality
- 3.2.1.AD.1 Part one: American people and the 'Boom'
- 3.2.1.AD.2 Part two: Bust – Americans' experiences of the Depression and New Deal
- 3.2.1.AD.3 Part three: Post-war America
- 3.2.2 Section B: Wider world depth studies
- 3.2.2.BA Conflict and tension: the First World War, 1894–1918
- 3.2.2.BA.1 Part one: The causes of the First World War
- 3.2.2.BA.2 Part two: The First World War: stalemate
- 3.2.2.BA.3 Part three: Ending the war
- 3.2.2.BB Conflict and tension: the inter-war years, 1918–1939
- 3.2.2.BB.1 Part one: Peacemaking
- 3.2.2.BB.2 Part two: The League of Nations and international peace
- 3.2.2.BB.3 Part three: The origins and outbreak of the Second World War
- 3.2.2.BC Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972
- 3.2.2.BC.1 Part one: The origins of the Cold War
- 3.2.2.BC.2 Part two: The development of the Cold War
- 3.2.2.BC.3 Part three: Transformation of the Cold War
- 3.2.2.BD Conflict and tension in Asia, 1950–1975
- 3.2.2.BD.1 Part one: Conflict in Korea
- 3.2.2.BD.2 Part two: Escalation of conflict in Vietnam
- 3.2.2.BD.3 Part three: The ending of conflict in Vietnam
- 3.2.2.BE Conflict and tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan, 1990–2009
- 3.2.2.BE.1 Part one: Tensions in the Gulf
- 3.2.2.BE.2 Part two: The war on Al-Qaeda
- 3.2.2.BE.3 Part three: The Iraq War
3.3 Shaping the nation
- 3.3.1 Section A: Thematic studies
- 3.3.1.AA Britain: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day
- 3.3.1.AA.1 Part one: Medicine stands still
- 3.3.1.AA.2 Part two: The beginnings of change
- 3.3.1.AA.3 Part three: A revolution in medicine
- 3.3.1.AA.4 Part four: Modern medicine
- 3.3.1.AB Britain: Power and the people: c1170 to the present day
- 3.3.1.AB.1 Part one: Challenging authority and feudalism
- 3.3.1.AB.2 Part two: Challenging royal authority
- 3.3.1.AB.3 Part three: Reform and reformers
- 3.3.1.AB.4 Part four: Equality and rights
- 3.3.1.AC Britain: Migration, empires and the people: c790 to the present day
- 3.3.1.AC.1 Part one: Conquered and conquerors
- 3.3.1.AC.2 Part two: Looking west
- 3.3.1.AC.3 Part three: Expansion and empire
- 3.3.1.AC.4 Part four: Britain in the 20th century
- 3.3.2 Section B: British depth studies
- 3.3.2.BA Norman England, c1066–c1100
- 3.3.2.BA.1 Part one: The Normans: conquest and control
- 3.3.2.BA.2 Part two: Life under the Normans
- 3.3.2.BA.3 Part three: The Norman Church and monasticism
- 3.3.2.BA.4 Part four: The historic environment of Norman England
- 3.3.2.BB Medieval England - the reign of Edward I, 1272–1307
- 3.3.2.BB.1 Part one: Government, the rights of King and people
- 3.3.2.BB.2 Part two: Life in Medieval England
- 3.3.2.BB.3 Part three: Edward I’s military campaigns in Wales and Scotland
- 3.3.2.BB.4 Part four: The historic environment of Medieval England
- 3.3.2.BC Elizabethan England, c1568–1603
- 3.3.2.BC.1 Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament
- 3.3.2.BC.2 Part two: Life in Elizabethan times
- 3.3.2.BC.3 Part three: Troubles at home and abroad
- 3.3.2.BC.4 Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England
- 3.3.2.BD Restoration England, 1660–1685
- 3.3.2.BD.1 Part one: Crown, Parliament, plots and court life
- 3.3.2.BD.2 Part two: Life in Restoration England
- 3.3.2.BD.3 Part three: Land, trade and war
- 3.3.2.BD.4 Part four: The historic environment of Restoration England