Start by finding the exact paper and option code used by your school. You are not expected to recognise every title or date before you begin.
Edexcel offers many different combinations of breadth, depth and thematic study. Two courses may both mention Germany, Russia or Tudor England while covering different years and requiring different knowledge. Choose only the code that matches your course documents.
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Edexcel 1B — England, 1509–1603: Authority, Nation and Religion
Meet the Tudor rulers from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I and build a foundation for understanding authority, religion, government and national change.
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Edexcel 1G — Germany and West Germany, 1918–1989
Begin with the new German republic after the First World War, then follow dictatorship, division and the development of West Germany.
Start Edexcel 1G: Germany and West Germany
Edexcel 38.1 — The Making of Modern Russia, 1855–1991
Follow the long transformation from the Russian Empire to the Soviet Union and its final collapse. The current hub is a starting route and does not yet teach every part of the period in equal depth.
Start Edexcel 38.1: The Making of Modern Russia
Edexcel 35.1 — Britain: Losing and Gaining an Empire, 1763–1914
Connect long changes in trade and naval power to detailed studies of America, Australia, Canada, India and the Nile valley.
Start Edexcel 35.1: Losing and Gaining an Empire
Edexcel 1F — In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96
Trace changes in politics, civil rights, society, culture and living standards from 1917 to 1980, then examine interpretations of Reagan’s impact through 1996.
Start Edexcel 1F: In search of the American Dream
Edexcel 2H.1 — The USA, c1920–55: boom, bust and recovery
Follow the United States through the 1920s boom, Wall Street Crash, Great Depression, New Deal, wartime transformation and the emergence of post-war consumer society.
Start Edexcel 2H.1: Boom, bust and recovery
Edexcel 2H.2 — The USA, 1955–92: conformity and challenge
Follow post-war affluence, civil-rights protest, the Great Society, counterculture and conservative reaction through Watergate, the 1970s crisis and Republican dominance under Reagan and Bush.
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Edexcel 2E.1 — Mao’s China, 1949–76
Follow the establishment of Communist rule, economic transformation, the Cultural Revolution and social change under Mao.
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Edexcel 38.2 — The making of modern China, 1860–1997
Trace long-run industrial and economic change alongside five depth studies of China’s changing relations with outsiders.
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Edexcel 2C.1 — France in revolution, 1774–99
Follow the crisis of the Bourbon monarchy through revolution, constitutional experiment, republic, Terror and the rise of Napoleon.
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Edexcel 1H — Britain transformed, 1918–97
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Edexcel 1C — Britain, 1625–1701: Conflict, Revolution and Settlement
Follow Britain from Charles I and Personal Rule through civil war, regicide, republican government, Restoration and the Glorious Revolution, while connecting politics with religion, society, ideas, trade and empire.
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