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The syllabus for GCSE Humanities is AQA 3071. Click here
to view mark schemes and past papers on the AQA website.
Students have two papers to sit
| Paper 1 |
Students must answer all the questions on this paper.
They focus on the three topics taught in Year 10:
Beliefs and Values
Conflict and Co-operation
The Environment
Students have already been issued with pre – release material for
this paper, which they will have studied in class and which they may annotate.
They should use the material alongside the revision guide and their own
notes in order to prepare for this paper.
Students should go into this paper knowing at least the following:
• The causes, consequences and effects of a
conflict at both a local and a national or international level.
• The reasons why some issues are controversial – like Euthanasia
and Abortion. Students should know what differing viewpoints people hold
and why they hold them.
• The reasons for a major environmental issue – like the destruction
of the Tropical Rainforest or the impact of global tourism. They should
be able to state what the nature of the problems are and suggest possible
solutions. |
| Paper 2 |
The focus here is on the topics studied in Year 11.
They are:
• The Family – students
should know about the different types of family, the importance of the family,
differing attitudes to marriage and divorce, the changing role of women
and the care of the elderly
• Power and Democracy – students
should know what a democracy is, the advantages of living in a democracy,
how decisions are made in a democracy, including the role of pressure groups.
Knowing about some issues like ‘should 16 year olds be allowed to
vote’ or ‘the advantages and disadvantages of school councils’
would be helpful. |
NB There is no revision guide available for this subject in the shops.
As a result we have produced our own. This is available from your Humanities
teacher or from Miss White, price £1.
If students haven’t already done so, they should purchase this guide as
a matter of urgency.
   
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