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WJEC GCSE History C100QS
126 points in 2 topics, with WJEC's codes and titles.
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1 Component 1: Studies in Depth
- 1A Conflict and Upheaval: England, 1337-1381
- 1A.1 England in the fourteenth century
- 1A.2 The start of the Hundred Years’ War
- 1A.3 The course of the War
- 1A.4 The Black Death
- 1A.5 Legacy of the Black Death
- 1A.6 Peasant discontent
- 1A.7 The Peasants’ Revolt
- 1B The Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603
- 1B.1 Elizabethan government
- 1B.2 Lifestyles of rich and poor
- 1B.3 Popular entertainment
- 1B.4 The problem of religion
- 1B.5 The Catholic threat
- 1B.6 The Spanish Armada
- 1B.7 The Puritan threat
- 1C Empire, Reform and War: Britain, 1890-1918
- 1C.1 The Second Boer War
- 1C.2 Political developments
- 1C.3 Social reform
- 1C.4 Women’s suffrage
- 1C.5 Culture and fashion
- 1C.6 The Western Front
- 1C.7 Impact of the First World War
- 1D Austerity, Affluence and Discontent: Britain, 1951-1979
- 1D.1 Britain in the early 1950s
- 1D.2 The end of austerity
- 1D.3 Popular entertainment and fashion
- 1D.4 Changing lives of women
- 1D.5 Changing attitudes to authority
- 1D.6 Immigration
- 1D.7 Political and economic problems
- 1E The Crusades, c.1095-1149
- 1E.1 The power of the papacy
- 1E.2 Birth of the Crusades
- 1E.3 The First Crusade
- 1E.4 The Crusader Kingdoms
- 1E.5 The Second Crusade
- 1E.6 Importance of the Crusades
- 1E.7 Social and cultural effects of the Crusades
- 1F The Voyages of Discovery and Conquest of the Americas, 1492-1522
- 1F.1 Reasons for the voyages of discovery
- 1F.2 Voyages of Columbus
- 1F.3 The explorers
- 1F.4 The Aztec civilization
- 1F.5 Hernan Cortes
- 1F.6 Defeat of the Aztecs
- 1F.7 Effects of the Spanish conquest
- 1G Germany in Transition, 1919-1939
- 1G.1 Impact of the First World War
- 1G.2 Recovery of Weimar
- 1G.3 End of the Weimar Republic
- 1G.4 Consolidation of power
- 1G.5 Nazi economic, social and racial policy
- 1G.6 Terror and persuasion
- 1G.7 Hitler’s foreign policy
- 1H The USA: A Nation of Contrasts, 1910-1929
- 1H.1 Immigration
- 1H.2 Religion and race
- 1H.3 Crime and corruption
- 1H.4 Economic boom
- 1H.5 The end of prosperity
- 1H.6 Popular entertainment
- 1H.7 Role of women
2 Component 2: Studies in Breadth
- 2A The Development of the USA, 1929-2000
- 2A.1 Economic downturn and recovery
- 2A.2 The economic impact of the Second World War and post-war developments
- 2A.3 The issue of Civil Rights 1941 - 1970
- 2A.4 Political change 1960-2000
- 2A.5 Social change 1950-2000
- 2A.6 Cold War rivalry
- 2A.7 The search for world peace since 1970
- 2B The Development of Germany, 1919-1991
- 2B.1 Weimar Germany
- 2B.2 Rise of the Nazi Party and consolidation of power, 1933–1934
- 2B.3 Life under the Nazis
- 2B.4 Life during the Second World War
- 2B.5 West and East Germany between 1949 and 1991
- 2B.6 Cold War relations
- 2B.7 Co-operation and reconciliation
- 2C The Development of the USSR, 1924-1991
- 2C.1 The rule of Stalin
- 2C.2 Changing life under Stalin
- 2C.3 Impact of the Second World War
- 2C.4 Cold War relations, 1945-91
- 2C.5 Political developments, 1953-85
- 2C.6 Political reform under Gorbachev
- 2C.7 The collapse of communism and the break-up of the USSR
- 2D The Development of the UK, 1919-1990
- 2D.1 Britain in the Twenties
- 2D.2 Life during the Depression
- 2D.3 The Home Front
- 2D.4 Post-war Britain 1945-60
- 2D.5 The `Swinging Sixties`
- 2D.6 The `Stuttering Seventies`
- 2D.7 The Thatcher Years
- 2E Changes in Crime and Punishment in Britain, c.500 to the present day
- 2E.1 Causes of crime
- 2E.2 Nature of crimes
- 2E.3 Enforcing law and order
- 2E.4 Methods of combating crime
- 2E.5 Methods of punishment
- 2E.6 Attitudes to crime and punishment
- 2F Changes in Health and Medicine in Britain, c.500 to the present day
- 2F.1 Causes of illness and disease
- 2F.2 Attempts to prevent illness and disease
- 2F.3 Attempts to treat and cure illness and disease
- 2F.4 Advances in medical knowledge
- 2F.5 Developments in patient care
- 2F.6 Developments in public health and welfare
- 2G The Development of Warfare in Britain, c.500 to the present day
- 2G.1 Causes of war
- 2G.2 Changes in tactics and strategy
- 2G.3 Training and recruitment
- 2G.4 Changes in technology
- 2G.5 Development of naval warfare
- 2G.6 The role of women in war
- 2H Changes in Entertainment and Leisure in Britain, c.500 to the present day
- 2H.1 Development of sport
- 2H.2 Holidays and travel
- 2H.3 Popular entertainment (theatre, stage and screen)
- 2H.4 Popular entertainment (sound and music)
- 2H.5 Childrens` entertainment
- 2H.6 Cruelty in sport and entertainment