Edexcel GCSE History: Warfare and British society, c1250–present

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12 Warfare and British society, c1250–present

In this module, students will cover the following topics in line with the Edexcel specifications booklet. Detailed information for the module can be found on page 14-16.

Topics include:

Part 1: c1250–c1500: Medieval warfare and English society

  • The nature of warfare including the composition and role of the army, and the impact of strategy, tactics and weaponry on warfare.
  • The experience of warfare, including recruitment and training in feudal society, and the impact on civilians.
  • Case studies: Battle of Falkirk and the Battle of Agincourt

Part 2: c1500–c1700: Warfare and English society in the early modern period

  • The nature of warfare including the composition and role of the army, the role of musketeers, pikemens and dragoons, and the impact of strategy, tactics and weaponry on warfare.
  • The experience of warfare, including recruitment and training of the New Model Army, the impact on civilians including recruitment and requisitioning
  • Case studies: Battle of Naseby and Oliver Cromwell

Part 3: c1700–c1900: Warfare and British society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

  • The nature of warfare including the composition and role of the army and the decline of the cavalry, and the impact of strategy, tactics and weaponry on warfare
  • The experience of warfare, including recruitment and training and Cardwell’s reforms and professionalisation, the impact on civilians including the influence of media and photography
  • Case studies: Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of Balaclava

Part 4: c1900–present: Warfare and British society in the modern era

  • The nature of warfare including the composition and role of the army and the growth of logistics and specialised divisions, and the impact of strategy, tactics and weaponry on warfare
  • The experience of warfare, including recruitment and training of women and conscription, and WWI and WWII’s impact on civilians
  • Case studies: The Western Front during WWI, the Battle of the Somme, the Iraq War.

Historic Environment: London and the Second World War, 1939–45

  • The context of London in the Second World War
  • Preparations for war in London, 1939 and ongoing measures to
    safeguard the population
  • The nature of attacks on London.
  • Attacks on the docks and
    industries of the East End
  • The impact of the Blitz on civilian life in London
  • The continuance of leisure
    activities in London
  • London’s response to the war
  • The use of public spaces as part of the ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign
  • The historical context of the Second World War: the nature and
    purpose of the Blitz
  • Government use of propaganda and censorship

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This module download also includes the following teaching resources:

  • Module 3 Duke Of Wellington Hand-Out (pdf)
  • Module 3 Prince Blackadder Blackadder Bbc1 (mp4)
  • Module 3 Napoleon Bonaparte- Animated History (mp4)
  • Module 4 Iraq And Al-Qaeda Homework (pdf)
  • Module 3 Roundheads V Cavaliers (pdf)
  • Module 3 Roundheads V Cavaliers (doc)
  • Module 4 The Development Of Firearms Up To The Seventeenth Century (pdf)
  • Module 3 Prince Blackadder Blackadder Bbc (mp4)
  • Module 4 Weapon Chart 2 (pdf)
  • Module 4 Women And War Work Homework1 (doc)
  • Module 4 Rationing (pdf)
  • Module 4 Trench Diagram To Label (pdf)
  • Module 4 The Blitz Homework (pdf)
  • Module 2 Roundheads V Cavaliers (pdf)
  • Module 3 Lord Raglan Hand-Out (docx)
  • Module 4 Women And War Work Homework1 (pdf)
  • Module 4 Conscription Video Question Handouts (pdf)
  • Module 3 Lord Raglan Hand-Out (pdf)
  • Module 4 Life In The Trenches (doc)
  • Module 3 Duke Of Wellington Hand-Out (docx)
  • Module 3 Britain S Champion- The Duke Of Wellington Arthur Wellesley P2 11 (mp4)
  • Module 2 Oliver Cromwell 6 Hats Activity (pdf)
  • Module 3 The Crimean War Story Board (pdf)
  • Module 2 Cromwell Sources (pdf)
  • Module 3 Britain S Champion- The Duke Of Wellington Arthur Wellesley P2 2 (mp4)
  • Module 4 Comparing Sources On Trench Warfare (pdf)
  • Module 4 The Development Of Firearms Up To The Seventeenth Century (docx)
  • Module 4 The Home Front Leaflet Task Sheet (doc)
  • Module 4 Conditions In The Trenches Chart (pdf)
  • Module 4 Source Sheets (pdf)
  • Module 2 Exemplar News Script (pdf)
  • Module 1 Medieval Warfare Tactics And Strategies In Wales (pdf)
  • Module 2 Edgehill Snowballing Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 3 Cardwell S Army Reforms Hand Out (pdf)
  • Module 4 Women On The Front Lines In The 20th Century (pdf)
  • Module 4 Atomic Bomb Student Handout Lower Ability (pdf)
  • Module 4 Life In The Trenches (pdf)
  • Module 5 Paul Nash Painting (docx)
  • Module 4 Contemporary Attitudes Towards Conscription Shading Activity (pdf)
  • Module 4 Women And War Work Homework (pdf)
  • Module 4 The Arms Race (pdf)
  • Module 4 Trench Warfare Source Activity (pdf)
  • Module 4 Rationing (doc)
  • Module 4 Conscription Video Question Handouts (docx)
  • Module 4 Women And War Work Homework (doc)
  • Module 5 Churchill And Royal Family On Balcony 1945 (mp4)
  • Module 2 Oliver Cromwell 6 Hats Activity (doc)
  • Module 5 Evacuation Information Sheet (docx)
  • Module 5 Rationing (doc)
  • Module 2 Exemplar News Script (doc)
  • Module 4 Conditions In The Trenches Information For Group Work (pdf)
  • Module 1 Medieval Women And Battles (pdf)
  • Module 4 The Home Front Leaflet Task Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 3 The Crimean War Story Board (docx)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Waterloo Story Board (pdf)
  • Module 4 Weapon Chart (pdf)
  • Module 3 Epic History- Battle Of Waterloo (mp4)
  • Module 4 Wall Information (pdf)
  • Module 5 Their Finest Hour Plenary Photos (pdf)
  • Module 4 Women Sources1 (pdf)
  • Module 5 Paul Nash Painting (pdf)
  • Module 2 Edgehill Snowballing Sheet (doc)
  • Module 4 Weapon Chart 2 (pptx)
  • Module 2 Roundheads V Cavaliers (doc)
  • Module 5 Evacuation Information Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 2 Civil War Battles (doc)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Waterloo Mind Map Sheet (docx)
  • Module 4 The Arms Race (doc)
  • Module 4 Battle Scenarios (doc)
  • Module 3 New Model Army And Political Radicalism (pdf)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Waterloo Story Board (docx)
  • Module 4 Women On The Front Lines In The 20th Century (docx)
  • Module 5 Battle Of Britain Information Sheet 2 (pdf)
  • Module 1 Horrible Histories Owain Glyndw R Song Lyrics (mp4)
  • Module 3 Charge Of The Light Brigade (mp4)
  • Module 4 Resources (pdf)
  • Module 4 The Blitz Homework (doc)
  • Module 1 The Conquest Of Wales By Edward I 1277-1283 (mp4)
  • Module 2 Why Did Charles I Fall Out With Parliament (pdf)
  • Module 4 Weapons Card Sort 2 (pdf)
  • Module 1 Medieval Women And Battles (docx)
  • Module 5 The Blitz Homework (doc)
  • Module 4 Iraq And Al-Qaeda Homework (docx)
  • Module 3 Crimean War In Photographs (pdf)
  • Module 4 Resources (pptx)
  • Module 4 Contemporary Attitudes Towards Conscription Shading Activity (docx)
  • Module 4 Trench Diagram To Label (docx)
  • Module 5 Rationing (pdf)
  • Module 4 New Weaponry 2 (pptx)
  • Module 2 Cromwell Sources (ppt)
  • Module 4 Conditions In The Trenches Information For Group Work (doc)
  • Module 5 Public Service Broadcasting London Can Take It (mp4)
  • Module 4 Air Raid Shelters (pptx)
  • Module 4 Gas Masks And Black Outs (ppt)
  • Module 5 The Home Front Leaflet Task Sheet (doc)
  • Module 4 20th And 21st Century Weapons (docx)
  • Module 4 Trench Warfare Source Activity (pptx)
  • Module 5 The Great Evacuation Of 1939 (mp4)
  • Module 1 Source Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 3 Improvements In Weaponry During The 18th And 19th Centuries (pdf)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Waterloo Mind Map Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 4 Women Sources (pdf)
  • Module 3 Crimean War In Photographs (pptx)
  • Module 1 The Feudal System Diagram (pdf)
  • Module 3 History- Crimean War (mp4)
  • Module 4 Wall Information (pptx)
  • Module 5 The Home Front Leaflet Task Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 4 Conditions In The Trenches Chart (docx)
  • Module 3 Cardwell S Army Reforms Hand Out (docx)
  • Module 2 Charles I Slips Into Civil War (docx)
  • Module 4 How Stable Was Iraq By The End Of President Bush S Presidency (pdf)
  • Module 5 Battle Of Britain Information Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 3 Horrible Histories Crimean War Plan Fail (mp4)
  • Module 2 Why Did Charles I Fall Out With Parliament (pptx)
  • Module 3 Improvements In Weaponry During The 18th And 19th Centuries (docx)
  • Module 4 Weapon Chart (pptx)
  • Module 5 Venn Diagram (pptx)
  • Module 3 Britain S Champion- The Duke Of Wellington Arthur Wellesley P2 1 (mp4)
  • Module 2 Civil War Battles (pdf)
  • Module 4 Battle Of The Somme Verdun (pptx)
  • Module 5 Battle Of Britain Information Sheet 2 (docx)
  • Module 5 Room Sources (pdf)
  • Module 4 Atomic Bomb Information Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 1 Falkirk Timeline Information (pdf)
  • Module 1 Medieval Warfare Tactics And Strategies In Wales (docx)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Baklava Hand-Out (pdf)
  • Module 5 Battle Of Britain Information Sheet (docx)
  • Module 1 The Feudal System (mp4)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Waterloo Hand-Outs (pptx)
  • Module 2 Charles I Slips Into Civil War (pdf)
  • Module 2 New Model Army And Political Radicalism (pdf)
  • Module 4 Comparing Sources On Trench Warfare (pptx)
  • Module 5 Their Finest Hour Plenary Photos (pptx)
  • Module 2 Causes Of Civil War Charles I (wmv)
  • Module 2 Battle Of Naseby (doc)
  • Module 3 Balaclava 1854 The Charge Of The Light Brigade (mp4)
  • Module 5 Venn Diagram (pdf)
  • Module 4 Battle Scenarios (pdf)
  • Module 1 Source Sheet (pptx)
  • Module 4 New Weaponry (pptx)
  • Module 5 The Blitz 1940-41 (mp4)
  • Module 1 The Feudal System Diagram (doc)
  • Module 5 Room Sources (pptx)
  • Module 5 Rationing (pptx)
  • Module 1 Information Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 5 Sources For Students (pdf)
  • Module 4 Weapons Card Sort (pdf)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Baklava Hand-Out (pptx)
  • Module 5 The Blitz Homework (pdf)
  • Module 1 Falkirk Information (pdf)
  • Module 5 London And The Second World War (docx)
  • Module 4 20th And 21st Century Weapons (pdf)
  • Module 1 Falkirk Battle Map (pdf)
  • Module 4 Information Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 3 Crimean War (pptx)
  • Module 1 Falkirk Information (pptx)
  • Module 5 Sources For Students (pptx)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Waterloo Hand-Outs (pdf)
  • Module 1 Causes Of War Student Chart (pdf)
  • Module 1 How To Lay Siege To A Castle The Fun Way (mp4)
  • Module 1 Causes Of War Student Chart (pptx)
  • Module 1 Medieval Warfare Wall Information (pdf)
  • Module 5 London And The Second World War (pdf)
  • Module 5 Their Finest Hour (pptx)
  • Module 1 Falkirk Battle Map (pptx)
  • Module 1 Falkirk Timeline Information (pptx)
  • Module 5 Air Raid Shelters (pptx)
  • Module 2 Battle Of Naseby (pdf)
  • Module 5 Evacuation (pptx)
  • Module 1 Medieval Warfare Info Sheets (pdf)
  • Module 1 Timelines (mp4)
  • Module 1 Medieval Warfare Tactics (pptx)
  • Module 1 Medieval Warfare (pptx)
  • Module 1 Causes Of War Info Hunt (pdf)
  • Module 2 Battle Of Edgehill (ppt)
  • Module 1 Causes Of War Info Hunt (pptx)
  • Module 1 Medieval Warfare Info Sheets (pptx)
  • Module 1 Information Sheet (pptx)
  • Module 5 Battle Of Britain (pptx)
  • Module 1 How To Wage Siege Warfare (pptx)
  • Module 1 Agincourt Information (pdf)
  • Module 1 Feudal System And Duties (pptx)
  • Module 1 Agincourt Information (pptx)
  • Module 5 Preparing For War (pptx)
  • Module 5 The Blitz (pptx)
  • Module 3 Battle Of Waterloo (pptx)
  • Module 1 Falkirk (pptx)
  • Module 1 Agincourt (pptx)
  • Edexcel GCSE History Exam Booklets (zip)