Thematic

For those teachers used to teaching the Modern World course, the concept of a Thematic study is going to take some mental readjustment. It will not only involve teaching unfamiliar content, it will also require teaching second order concepts over arcs of time. There are three choices from the examining bodies for the thematic study. There are 5 different thematic studies on offer through the various awarding bodies. They vary slightly in their titles but can be summed up under the following broad headings: Read more

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  • Using individuals’ stories to help GCSE students to explain change and causation

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    Should we, and how do we, develop in our students a sense of period – or a series of senses of period – in a thematic study spanning a thousand years? This was the problem faced by Matthew Fearns-Davies in preparing for the GCSE ‘Health and the People’ paper. He shows...

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  • Warfare - GCSE

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    Warfare

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