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Exam Papers June

2018

June 2023 Paper 1: Thematic

Study and Historic

Environment 1H10/10

Option 10: Crime and

punishment in Britain,

c1000–present and

Whitechapel, c1870–c1900:

crime, policing and the

inner city (QP)

June 2023 Paper 1:

Thematic Study and Historic

Environment 1H10/11

Option 11: Medicine in

Britain, c1250–present and

The British sector of the

Western Front, 1914–18:

injuries, treatment and the

trenches (QP)

June 2023 Paper 1:

Thematic Study and Historic

Environment 1H10/12

Option 12: Warfare and

British society, c1250–

present and London and the

Second World War, 1939–

45 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 1:

Thematic Study and Historic

Environment 1H10/13

Option 13: Migrants in

Britain, c800–present and

Notting Hill, c1948–c1970 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/B1 Option B1:

Anglo-Saxon and Norman

England c1060–88 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/B2 Option B2: T

he reigns of King Richard I

and King John, 1189–1216

(QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/B3 Option B3:

Henry VIII and his

ministers, 1509–40 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/B4 Option B4:

Early Elizabethan England,

1558–88 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P1 Option P1:

Spain and the ‘New World’,

c1490–c1555 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P2 Option P2:

British America, 1713–83:

empire and revolution (QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P3 Option P3:

The American West, c1835–

c1895 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P4 Option P4:

Superpower relations and

the Cold War, 1941–91 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P5 Option P5:

Conflict in the Middle East,

1945–95 (QP)

 

 

June 2023 Paper 3: Modern

Depth Study 1HI0/30

Option 30: Russia and the

Soviet Union, 1917–41 (QP)

June 2023 Paper 3: Modern

Depth Study 1HI0/31

Option 31: Weimar and Nazi

Germany, 1918–39 (QP)

 

 

 

June 2023 Paper 3: Modern

Depth Study 1HI0/32

Option 32: Mao’s China,

c1945–76 (QP)

 

 

 

 

 

June 2023 Paper 3: Modern

Depth Study 1HI0/33

Option 33: The USA, 1954–

75: conflict at home and

abroad (QP)

2019

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

2020

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

Mark Scheme June

 

June 2023 Paper 1:

Thematic Study and Historic

Environment 1H10/10

Option 10: Crime and

punishment in Britain,

c1000–present and

Whitechapel, c1870–c1900:

crime, policing and the

inner city (MS)

June 2023 Paper 1:

Thematic Study and Historic

Environment 1H10/11

Option 11: Medicine in

Britain, c1250–present and

The British sector of the

Western Front, 1914–18:

injuries, treatment and the

trenches (MS)

June 2023 Paper 1:

Thematic Study and Historic

Environment 1H10/12

Option 12: Warfare and

British society, c1250–

present and London and the

Second World War, 1939–

45 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 1:

Thematic Study and Historic

Environment 1H10/13

Option 13: Migrants in

Britain, c800–present and

Notting Hill, c1948–c1970

(MS)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/B1 Option B1:

Anglo-Saxon and Norman

England c1060–88 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/B2 Option B2:

The reigns of King Richard I

and King John, 1189–1216

(MS

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/B3 Option B3:

Henry VIII and his

ministers, 1509–40 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/B4 Option B4:

Early Elizabethan England,

1558–88 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P1 Option P1:

Spain and the ‘New World’,

c1490–c1555 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P2 Option P2:

British America, 1713–83:

empire and revolution (MS)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P3 Option P3:

The American West, c1835–

c1895 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P4 Option P4:

Superpower relations and

the Cold War, 1941–91 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 2: Period

Study and British Depth

Study 1HI0/P5 Option P5:

Conflict in the Middle East,

1945–95 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 3: Modern

Depth Study 1HI0/30

Option 30: Russia and the

Soviet Union, 1917–41 (MS)

June 2023 Paper 3: Modern

Depth Study 1HI0/31

Option 31: Weimar and Nazi

Germany, 1918–39 (MS)

 

 

 

 

 

June 2023 Paper 3: Modern

Depth Study 1HI0/32

Option 32: Mao’s China,

c1945–76 (MS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2023 Paper 3: Modern

Depth Study 1HI0/33

Option 33: The USA, 1954–

75: conflict at home and

abroad (MS)

 

 

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

 

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

 

Exam Papers Nov

2018

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

2019

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

2020

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

 

 

Mark Scheme Nov

 

 

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

 

 

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

 

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B1(H)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(F)

Jan 2018 QP -Unit B2(H)

 

GCSE AQA History: Past Papers — Exam Practice for Confident Revision (Specification Code: 8145)

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