Quality British Education in Saudi Arabia
History - GCSE
In Years 10 and 11, students can elect to study GCSE history.
There are two examinations at the end of Year 11.
Foundation Tier candidates (grades C-G) take paper one, which carries a weighting of 75% and lasts one and a half hours.
Highter Tier candidates (grades A*-G) take paper two, which carries a weighting of 75% and lasts two and a half hours.
Both Foundation and Higher Tier candidates take paper 3, a factual recall paper which has a weighting of 25% and lasts one hour.
Students for examinaton in 2006 will study the following units.
- A8: International Relations, 1919 - 1939: Collective Security and Appeasement (Year 10)
- A9: The Road to Affluence: the USA, 1917 - 1941 (Year 10)
- A16: Conflict and Crisis in the Middle East, 1946 - 1996 (Year 11)
- B7: The USA, 1917 - 1929 (Year 10)
- B4: The First World War, 1914 - 1918 (Year 10)
- C3: The Changing Nature of Warfare in the Twentieth Century (Year 10 & Year 11)
Students for examination in 2007 will study the following units.
- A16: Conflict and Crisis in the Middle East, 1946 - 1996 (Year 10)
- A14: Revolution in China, 1949 - 1996 (Year 10)
- A15: South-East Asia, 1945 - 1990s: End of French Empire, Vietnam, Indo-China, Malaysia, Indonesia (Year 11)
- B10: China under Mao Zedong, 1949 - 1959 (Year 10)
- B4: The First World War, 1914 - 1918 (Year 11)
- C3: The Changing Nature of Warfare in the Twentieth Century (Year 10 & Year 11)
Notes for DBGS Students
A series of resources for DBGS students can be found on the expanded History GCSE Site.
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Last year's GCSE History students achieved exceptional results. Our candidates all achieved grade C or above, with 4 students earning A* grades.
