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AQA GCSE History
Thematic Studies

AQA GCSE History · 8145 · Section A

Thematic Studies

Paper 2 · 39 notes

Understand change and continuity across a long sweep of history, covering three specified eras.

AA Britain: Health and the People (c1000–Present)

Key Factors and Questions
Medieval Medicine
Medical Progress
Public Health in the Middle Ages
Impact of the Renaissance
Dealing with Disease
Prevention of Disease
Development of Germ Theory
Revolution in Surgery
Improvements in Public Health
Modern Treatment of Disease
Impact of War and Technology
Modern Public Health

AB Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present)

Key Factors and Questions
Constraints on Kingship
Origins of Parliament
Medieval Revolt and Authority
Uprisings against the Crown
Divine Right and Authority
Right to Representation
Extension of the Franchise
Protest and Change
Workers Movements
Women’s Rights
Workers’ Rights
Minority Rights

AC Britain: Migration, Empires and the People (c790–Present)

Key Factors and Questions
Invasion
Norman Kingdom and ‘Angevin’ Empire
Birth of English Identity
Sugar and the Caribbean
Colonisation in North America
Migrants to and from Britain
Expansion in India
Expansion in Africa
Migration Patterns
The End of Empire
Legacy of Empire
Britain and Europe

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