AQA Modern World History GCSE Unit 1

This unit provides an outline study of history. The content is on international relations and covers many of the main events of the 20th Century.

There are six questions on the examination paper. There will be three questions on the period pre-1939 and three questions on the period post-1945. Candidates must answer any three, and it is anticipated by AQA that students will only be prepared for three of the six questions. All questions have three parts. Mark allocations are as follows:

  (a) 4 marks (b) 6 marks (c) 10 marks

The Specification will enable you to find out more about the content of this unit.

The scheme of work will enable you to see what is taught on a topic by topic basis.  Please note that for Unit 1 only Peacekeeping 1918-1919 and the League of Nations; Hitler's Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War; the Origins of the Cold War, 1945-55 (Topics 2-4) will be covered.