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World History study guides
19 published, listed by title. Topic explanations written to be read once and understood.
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A Level World History: International History, 1870-1939 (Cambridge 9489)
Imperialism and the emergence of world powers, and international relations and the road to war, 1919-39 – the full content of the International Option for Cambridge AS & A Level History 9489, 2027-2029 series.
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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A Level World History: Modern Europe, 1774-1924 (Cambridge 9489)
France 1774-1814, Liberalism and Nationalism in Germany, and Russia from autocracy to revolution – the full content of the European Option for Cambridge AS & A Level History 9489, 2027-2029 series.
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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A Level World History: The History of the USA, 1820-1941 (Cambridge 9489)
The Civil War and Reconstruction, the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, and the Great Depression and New Deal – the full content of the American Option for Cambridge AS & A Level History 9489, 2027-2029 series.
World History · Cambridge · AS LEVEL
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AQA GCSE History: Paper 1 Understanding the Modern World — Period and Depth Study Options
The named period study and wider world depth study options within Paper 1 (Understanding the Modern World) of AQA GCSE History (8145), and how to approach each once your school's choices are confirmed.
World History · AQA · GCSE
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AQA GCSE History: Paper 2 Shaping the Nation — Thematic Study and Depth Study Options
The named thematic study and British depth study options within Paper 2 (Shaping the Nation) of AQA GCSE History (8145), and how to approach each once your school's choices are confirmed.
World History · AQA · GCSE
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AQA GCSE History: The Historic Environment Study
How the Historic Environment element works within AQA GCSE History (8145) Paper 2 – connecting a specified site's key features to your chosen British depth study and the second-order concepts the question draws on: change, continuity, causation and consequence.
World History · AQA · GCSE
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Cambridge IGCSE World History: Depth Study A, The First World War 1914-18 (0470)
The Western Front, the wider war and Germany's defeat, with the causes of the war as background – Depth Study A: The First World War, 1914-18, distinct from the site's existing guides to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century core content options.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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Edexcel IGCSE History: Paper 1 Depth Studies (4HI1)
The eight Depth Study options – from the French Revolution to the end of Apartheid – for Paper 1 of Pearson Edexcel International GCSE History (4HI1), of which candidates study at least two.
World History · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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Edexcel IGCSE History: Paper 2 Investigation and Breadth Studies (4HI1)
The five Historical Investigation options and eight Breadth Study options – one of each studied – for Paper 2 of Pearson Edexcel International GCSE History (4HI1).
World History · Pearson Edexcel · IGCSE
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IB Diploma Programme History: Syllabus Guide
The focused study, thematic study, and HL-only regional study options of IB Diploma Programme History, with recommended teaching hours for SL and HL, for first assessment 2028.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IB DP History: The Four Historical Concepts
Cause and consequence, continuity and change, perspectives, and significance – the four historical concepts that structure every DP History paper regardless of which focused study, thematic study or regional study a class covers, first assessment 2028.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IB DP History: The Historical Investigation (Internal Assessment)
Source selection, evaluation and synthesis for the compulsory Historical Investigation internal assessment of IB Diploma Programme History – applicable regardless of which focused, thematic or regional study a student's class covers, first assessment 2028.
World History · International Baccalaureate · IB
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IGCSE World History: International Relations since 1919 (Cambridge 0470)
Cambridge IGCSE World History 0470 (2024-2026 series), Core Content Option B: the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler's foreign policy, the origins of the Cold War, US containment of communism, and Soviet control of Eastern Europe.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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IGCSE World History: The Nineteenth Century, 1848-1914 (Cambridge 0470)
Cambridge IGCSE World History 0470 (2024-2026 series), Core Content Option A: the Revolutions of 1848, Italian and German unification, the US Civil War, overseas empires and the causes of the First World War.
World History · Cambridge · IGCSE
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O Level World History: Depth Studies (Cambridge 2147)
The five Depth Studies – the First World War, Germany 1918-45, Russia 1905-41, the United States 1919-41, and the Second World War – for Cambridge O Level World History 2147, 2024-2026 series.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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O Level World History: International Relations since 1919 (Cambridge 2147)
Cambridge O Level World History 2147 (2024-2026 series), Core Content Option B: the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler's foreign policy, and the origins and course of the Cold War. Identical Core content options to Cambridge IGCSE World History 0470.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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O Level World History: The Nineteenth Century, 1848-1914 (Cambridge 2147)
Cambridge O Level World History 2147 (2024-2026 series), Core Content Option A: the Revolutions of 1848, Italian and German unification, the US Civil War, overseas empires and the causes of the First World War. Identical Core content options to Cambridge IGCSE World History 0470.
World History · Cambridge · O LEVELS
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OxfordAQA IGCSE World History: International Relations Depth Studies (9245)
The paper structure of Paper 1 for OxfordAQA International GCSE History (9245), a new qualification for teaching from September 2026.
World History · OxfordAQA · IGCSE
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OxfordAQA IGCSE World History: Studies in Change (9245)
Societies in change (Germany, Russia and the USSR, or the USA) and thematic studies in technology or medicine – the full paper structure of Paper 2 for OxfordAQA International GCSE History (9245), a new qualification for teaching from September 2026.
World History · OxfordAQA · IGCSE