A pathway to Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History

Helping you inspire young historians and build the

foundations for Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History

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 A pathway to Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History
Young historians need inspiration, so take a look at our resources
Covers key background knowledge for
for KS3 History based on the Edexcel Scheme of Work. Designed to
encourage and inspire your students, Exploring History will support Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History
you to equip them with the skills and knowledge needed to go on to
study Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History. A wide range of diverse and engaging topics have been carefully selected to
cover the key concepts and background knowledge needed to get to grips with
the new GCSE topics, while avoiding direct repetition of content, and retaining
a coherent, chronological structure.
What to expect from Exploring History

Encourages and inspires young historians Makes tracking progress simple and accurate
with the Pearson Progression Service
Our KS3 course encourages students to choose history
at GCSE through enthralling resources that really spark Identify your students’ strengths and weaknesses through regular
learners’ interest. The resources inspire students of progression assessments, which make it simple to track progress.
all abilities through engaging enquiry questions, lively
illustrations and differentiated activities.

Supports both 2 and 3 Saves you time,

year KS3 courses equally so you can teach
Embeds the skills needed to
study Edexcel GCSE History Designed around the Edexcel KS3 History Our teacher resources
Scheme of Work, Exploring History contain engaging lesson
fully supports schools choosing to teach plans and classroom
Exploring History develops the skills students will over either 2 or 3 years. In addition to worksheets designed to
need at GCSE by gradually increasing the level of the downloadable versions, our new, save you time, freeing you
demand along the four key skills strands of the free Interactive Scheme of Work helps up to teach. Plus there are
Pearson Progression Scale and by incrementally you prepare your students for GCSE by knowledge organisers and
introducing GCSE style questions. By studying a recommending a teaching route through quick tests to keep your
mixture of breadth, depth and thematic history, KS3 based on the options you select at students on track.
students are better prepared for the different GCSE. In addition, the teacher resources
elements of the new GCSE course. are provided in both 2 and 3 year versions.

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Interactive Scheme of Work
The Exploring History series is designed around the Pearson Edexcel KS3 History
Scheme of Work. Free to access, this online planning tool helps you: Each unit has a particular assessment focus which is reflected
in the content of the resources and in the Pearson Progression
assessment that accompanies that half term of work.
• manage your time, by recommending how long you spend on each unit
• recommends KS3 topics based on what GCSE units you deliver
The content is mapped to the GCSE unit, providing important
• provides you with a guide for teaching the content, and when to teach skills. background knowledge, while avoiding direct repetition.

Exploring History offers a chronologically-structured KS3 course that will The content
prepare students for a great start at GCSE whether you teach over two or is arranged
three years. The content delivers important substantive knowledge that into engaging
enquiries that
students will need for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE units, and shows how skills span multiple
can be developed over time. weeks.

The level of demand is set using the Pearson Progression Scale. Three
flight-paths are set out for average, good and excelling students, each
designed to put students on track to make the progress they need.

Available now!
Got any queries about the Edexcel KS3 Scheme of Work?
Your Subject Advisor, Mark Battye, is on hand to help with any questions
you may have about the Edexcel KS3 Scheme of Work. Get in touch: Access the Interactive Scheme of Work,or download
@PearsonHistory [email protected] the print versions at pearsonschools.co.uk/ks3-exphist-sow
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Books that will inspire your young historians
Our engaging Student Books have been designed with continuity in mind.
Pupils will become familiar with features that also extend into our Edexcel
GCSE (9–1) History resources, helping the transition from KS3 to KS4. Central As well as great content,
to helping students transition to GCSE smoothly is the building of chronological each chapter also contains
spreads that focus on skills,
understanding. Timelines and questions focusing on chronology are included conceptual understanding
These icons show you
which GCSE-relevant
throughout the resources, and chronological understanding is also assessed in the and progression to GCSE. skill is being developed.
linked Pearson Progression assessments.
What have you learned?

The content is structured around engaging enquiry What have you learned? Following up
a source detail
Inference

Writing historically
questions

questions, chosen to cover important background Engaging illustrations and contemporary sources In this section, you have learned: How do historians use all the different kinds of sources to find out about the past? Two of the most
important ways are comprehension and inference.
material for GCSE units – in this case, the Early support engagement to help foster a love of the • that historians use sources to find out about the past.
Comprehension means understanding the source and being able to identify its key features.
Elizabethan England and Henry VIII depth studies. subject. Inference means working out something from the source which isn’t actually stated or shown in it.
What must I
use to find out about Archaeological evidence of
Anglo-Saxon and the ways in which people lived When you are asked to make an inference, you are being asked to explain what you think the source is
Norman England? suggesting. The inference can be about the situation described in the source, or about why it was made.

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The Bayeux

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Tapestry

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Look at Source A on page 32. What two inferences can you draw

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The writings of from this source about the Battle of Hastings?

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Was the Reformation ‘a good thing’? Saxon monks and

Was the Reformation ‘a good thing’?

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Norman noblemen Student 1

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Why were people criticising the Catholic Church? Paintings and The Norman knights are wearing chainmail and they are fighting on Student 1 is describing two

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I must check my interpretation
In the 16th century, the power of the Church came under attack. This led to one of the most important By the start of the 16th century, there was growing criticism of the Key term against the work of other drawings from
horseback. features that can be seen in the

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historians. I might agree the time
source. This is comprehension;

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and turbulent periods in history – the Reformation. This section of the book will look at: Catholic Church across Europe, not only from those who attended Heretic*: A person with with them, or I might have
there are no inferences.
discovered something new.

DRA
Buildings such
services, but also from some priests. Figure 1.1 contains a summary religious views that disagree as churches Student 2
• why people became increasingly critical of the Catholic Church in the 16th century
of some of the doubts that people had about the Church. with official Church teaching. and castles
• who Martin Luther was, and why he was important Figure 1.13: A historian gets to work. The chainmail and helmets the Normans are wearing show that they Student 2 is drawing two
Why are ordinary The rich can pay to were well prepared for battle. The Saxons aren’t wearing armour at all, inferences from the source – that
people forbidden from reading remove their sins, no matter the Normans were well prepared
• how these criticisms led to the European Reformation. so would have been easier to kill.
Your turn! Quick quiz
the Bible, and why must the Bible how bad they are, through
and all of the church services People are getting and that the Saxon soldiers
buying indulgences. This
be in Latin, when few people carried away with superstitious were easier to kill. The student is
doesn’t seem right.
1 Give two ways in which England was a prosperous country
The Catholic Church comes under attack
understand it? nonsense such as worshipping
Historians can use a lot of giving reasons for drawing those
statues. This has nothing to do
before 1066. Now let’s try using the same skill with a written source.
with the worship of God. different sources to help inferences.

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Why is the Church
so rich when so many people them find out about the 2 What was a Witan? Read Source C on page 41. What two inferences can you draw from

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are so poor? It doesn’t say this source about the results of the harrying of the North?
k? past. Which type of source in
Learning objectives What do you thin in the Bible that we should
Your turn! 3 Give two qualities a good medieval monarch had to have.

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worship God by building Figure 1.13 would historians

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• Understand the criticisms of the Catholic Church that were being palaces for bishops! Student 1
Why do you think people find the most useful if they 4 Who led the Vikings at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
made in the 16th century. 1 Look at Source A. Student 1 is describing two
were criticising the Catholic
5th
were trying to find out about: As a result of the harrying of the North, corpses were left to rot and
What do buildings 5 What happened on Christmas Day 1066? results of the harrying of the
• Know who Martin Luther was, and his role in the Reformation.

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Church? Think back to what a) the lives of ordinary no villages between York and Durham were lived in.
such as these North. This is comprehension;
you have already learned. The taxes the Church Anglo-Saxon people

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asks us to pay are too high suggest about the 6 What was the date of the harrying of the North? there are no inferences.

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and we can’t afford them b) what the Saxons thought
Catholic Church? Student 2

DRA
as well as feeding and
clothing our families. about the Normans? 7 Give two ways in which the Normans changed the lives of the
Key term In Cumbria, the ruin of Furness Abbey can be found near the town 6th 2 Look at Source B. Saxons. People were forced to eat human flesh – this suggests that all the Student 2 is drawing an
Figure 1.1: Criticisms of the Catholic Church in the 16th century. Explain why many food and farm animals had been taken or destroyed by the Normans. inference from the fact that
of Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria. Much of the abbey has long since 8 Give two ways in which the lives of Saxons stayed the same people ate human flesh – that
Abbot*: The head of an abbey. At the time, speaking such doubts aloud could lead to harsh people criticised the The fact that a monk wrote about the harrying of the North so
disappeared. There is no roof, vegetation grows on the walls, and a er the Norman Conquest. all other food sources had been
Relic*: Part of the body or stairs lead to nowhere. However, you can still sense what a grand punishments, including execution as a heretic*. As the new century sale of indulgences. long afterwards shows that it was such a terrible event that people taken or destroyed. The student
clothing of a holy person. and important building this once was as you walk around the ruins. progressed, however, these criticisms intensified, particularly over 3 What sort of changes 9 Who did the Normans say owned all the land in England? remembered it for a long time. is also making an inference by
the issue of indulgences. do you think people thinking about who wrote the
In 2012, archaeologists discovered at the site 10 In the feudal system: source and why.
Indulgences were sold by the Catholic Church, and allowed the would have liked the
a) what did the peasants have to do for their lord and
the grave of a former abbot*, who probably died
holder to reduce their time in purgatory, for a fee. The invention of Catholic Church to Your turn!
during the 12th century. They found the remains b) what did their lord have to do for them in return?
the printing press around 1440 meant that copies of indulgences make? Discuss this
of the abbot’s golden staff and a ring, which at Read Source A on page 17.
could be cheaply and easily produced. Many people were critical of and jot down some 11 Why did the Normans build castles? Give two reasons.
one time may have contained a fragment of a What two inferences can you draw from this source about the
these indulgences, including a German priest called Martin Luther. examples.
holy relic*. The abbot must have been a very rich 12 What was the Domesday Book for? Saxon invasions of England in about AD 440?
and powerful man.
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powerful than ever. People tried to avoid the

agonies of purgatory through praying to saints,
and going on pilgrimages to worship holy relics.
Within a few hundred years, however, many of
the most sacred pilgrimage sites in England had Quick Quizzes are included to give you Writing Historically pages help students improve
been destroyed, with precious relics and statues
of saints smashed and scattered. England
a snap shot of how much students their writing so that they can show how much they
Source A: The ruins of Furness Abbey, Cumbria. seemed to have abandoned Catholicism. Source B: A woodcut by Hans Holbein the Younger in the early 16th century, showing the sale of
indulgences in a German marketplace.
remember of from the unit. know and understand in their written work. These
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Where possible, features are identical Open questions at the The activities are carefully designed
to those in our GCSE textbooks, so start of enquiries help to progress students on the Pearson
students will already be familiar with you to gauge what your Progression Scale, which is linked
these when they get to GCSE. student might already to the GCSE mark schemes. Where Download free sample chapters pearsonschools.co.uk/exploringhistory
know, or think they possible, questions are assigned
know, about a topic. Steps so that you know the level of
demand, and all questions are colour-
coded – the darker the background,
the harder the question. The
6 questions build towards what will be 7
assessed in the linked assessments.
Clear and easy-to-use Carefully chosen topics to provide
teaching resources key background knowledge for GCSE
Exploring History fully supports schools choosing to teach over either 2 Thanks to engaging enquiry questions, lively illustrations and varied,
or 3 years, by providing separate teacher resources for each approach. differentiated activities, Exploring History is an ideal resource for students of
all abilities. The content of each Student Book has been carefully structured to
Our Exploring History Teacher Resource Packs are delivered through our cover the core 3-year Edexcel KS3 History Scheme of Work. The Student Books
ActiveTeach platform, available to download as a one-off purchase. are also available digitally as ActiveBook online subscriptions for schools.
Providing engaging lesson ideas, worksheets, knowledge organisers and
Title ISBN Content covered
tests, our Teacher Resource Packs are tailor-made for you – just buy the
relevant packs! Edexcel Key Stage 3 Scheme of Work
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Supporting you Teach seamlessly
every step of the way… across KS3 and GCSE
Learn more about our Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History resources…
Our resources and free support, including the Edexcel KS3 History
Interactive and downloadable Schemes of Work, have all been designed to
support success in history. Together, they’ll provide you with all the support
you need to help your students achieve their best. Exploring History has been developed to include a number of features found in
our Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Student Books, providing continuity of
the learning experience across Key Stages 3 and 4.
Plan We’ll help you navigate the changes and design your new Key Stage 3 course. Now also supported by the new Interactive Scheme of Work, which helps you
manage the content requirements for GCSE by recommending how long to spend
• Online lesson plans with differentiation ideas
With our downloadable Teacher Resources delivered through our • Edexcel KS3 History on each unit – reducing planning time and giving you more time for teaching. It
ActiveTeach platform, you’ll get lesson plans linked to the Edexcel Interactive and also recommends a route through KS3 based on the options you select at GCSE,
KS3 Interactive and downloadable Schemes of Work to help you downloadable Schemes whether you teach over two or three years.
teach the core content. of Work
They also contain differentiation ideas to help you keep all your • Guidance documents
students engaged and making progress, and come with worksheets
to make delivering your lessons even easier.

Teach Our high-quality support will help you teach the knowledge and skills students will need.
• Student Books covering the core content in the Edexcel KS3 Scheme of Work We offer a Student Book for every option in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History
series edited by Rosemary Rees.
specification – including seven foundation level Student Books to students of all
• ActiveBooks abilities. Our Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History resources have been created specifically
Online editions of the Student Books that can be personalised with annotations and notes. for the new qualification and are designed to help develop confident, articulate and
• Editable worksheets to use with the Student Books and lesson plans. successful historians.

• Complete coverage of the new Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History specification.
• Expert support for exam preparation and practice.
Track and Assess We’ll help you track every student’s progress
• Designed to help every student make progress.
• Half-termly assessments • Targeted guidance to develop students’ historical thinking skills.
and mark schemes Pearson Progression service, including:
• Focused on helping improve students’ historical writing skills.
• Markbook to help you record and analyse • baseline tests to assess every student’s
assessment performance. starting point. Also available: ActiveLearn Digital Service, including all the guidance,
• Knowledge tests that assess how much students • free progression maps, to track students’ lesson plans and assessments you need to make delivery a breeze.
remember from earlier in KS3, as well as the unit progress from 11–16.
they’ve just studied.
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