GCSE (9-1) History - Course Planner - Two-year and Three-year Models - Introduction and Example Plans

Oct 20, 2026

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Course planner for Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) in History (1HI0), setting out two possible two-year course models and two possible three-year course models for different centre types. The document defines core scheduling principles, including three 12-week terms per academic year, specification teaching across 60 or 90 teaching weeks, and a final summer period for revision and linear assessment. It provides weighting guidance for thematic and period study components and supplies term-by-term example outlines featuring British depth, period study, historic environment, and modern depth topics.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatDOC

Pages24

Reading Time1 h 0 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Model A

Model B

Two-year course planner

Three-year course planner

Example outline schemes of work

Approaches to ordering topics

Chronological order

Assessment complexity

Links with KS3

Thematic

Course planner GCSE (9-1) History Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in History (1HI0) Contents TOC \t " A head,1,B head,2,C head,3 " Introduction PAGEREF _Toc434220844 \h 2 Model A PAGEREF _Toc434220845 \h 2 Model B PAGEREF _Toc434220846 \h 3 Two-year course planner PAGEREF _Toc434220847 \h 3 Model A PAGEREF _Toc434220848 \h 3 Model B PAGEREF _Toc434220849 \h 3 Three-year course planner PAGEREF _Toc434220850 \h 4 Model A PAGEREF _Toc434220851 \h 4 Model B PAGEREF _Toc434220852 \h 4 Example outline schemes of work PAGEREF _Toc434220853 \h 5 Medicine through time, 1250–present PAGEREF _Toc434220854 \h 6 Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 PAGEREF _Toc434220855 \h 12 Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91 PAGEREF _Toc434220856 \h 15 Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39 PAGEREF _Toc434220857 \h 17 Approaches to ordering topics PAGEREF _Toc434220858 \h 21 Chronological order PAGEREF _Toc434220859 \h 21 Assessment complexity PAGEREF _Toc434220860 \h 22 Links with KS3 PAGEREF _Toc434220861 \h 23 Thematic PAGEREF _Toc434220862 \h 23 Introduction This course planner provides two possible two-year course models and two possible three-year course models. In each case, Model A is aimed at current Modern World centres and Model B at current SHP centres. These models are suggestions only and there are a number of valid ways of structuring courses: see ‘Approaches to ordering topics’ at the end of this document. The example course planners below are based on the following principles: Three 12-week terms per academic year. Teaching and learning of the specification content over 60 teaching weeks for centres studying Key Stage 4 over two years, and a further 30 teaching weeks for centres studying Key Stage 4 over three years. The summer term of the final year of study would be used for revision and final examination preparation for linear assessment and 100% final examinations. The number of hours allocated to GCSE History each week will depend on the individual centre’s timetable, but here an average of 2 hours a week has been assumed as this fits with research carried out with schools and, on the basis of 60 teaching weeks in a two-year course, fits 120 guided learning hours. The time allocated to each of the elements of the specification reflects the weighting of that element, as shown in the table below. Weighting Assessment objectives Two-year course Three-year course Thematic study with historic environment 20% 10% AO1/AO2/AO3 18 weeks (12 + 6) 27 weeks (18 + 9) Period study 20% AO1/AO2 12 weeks 18 weeks British depth study 20% AO1/AO2 12 weeks 18 weeks Modern depth study 30% AO1/AO2/AO3/AO4 18 weeks 27 weeks Centres should adapt these models to work for their individual timetables. While the 12-week model offers the advantage of clearly designated terms for individual elements of the course, some centres may prefer to take advantage of the longer autumn term and start the second element of the course before Christmas, leaving more weeks towards the end of the course for final revision. Some centres teaching KS4 over three years may start with a transition module and will therefore need to adapt these models to start the GCSE content later in the academic year. Model A Model A is based on a current Modern World centre starting with the British depth study, as it links to their Key Stage 3 programme. This is followed by the Period study (Cold War) as this provides continuity with the previous specification. The Thematic study is new for Modern World centres and is taught in Year 11, followed by the Modern depth study. Model B Model A is based on a current SHP centre starting with the Thematic study as this is very similar to what would have been taught in the previous specification. This also gives students an overall chronological framework. This is followed with the British Depth Study as it links to Key Stage 3.The Period study and Non-Britis

FAQs

What teaching structure does this GCSE History course planner assume?

It assumes three 12-week terms per academic year, with specification teaching across 60 guided learning teaching weeks for two-year study and a further 30 weeks for three-year study. The final year summer term is used for revision and preparation for linear assessment and 100% final examinations.

How does the planner allocate time across GCSE History assessment elements?

Time allocation reflects the weighting of each element. It sets specific teaching-week ranges for thematic study, period study, British depth study, and modern depth study, and links those allocations to the table of weighting and assessment objectives.

What is the difference between Model A and Model B?

Model A is tailored to centres running current Modern World programmes, beginning with the British depth study and then moving through period and thematic study before modern depth study. Model B targets current SHP centres by starting with the thematic study to create continuity, then teaching the British depth study, followed by period and non-British depth study in chronological order.

Oct 20, 2026

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