Edexcel GCSE History, The American West, c1835-c1895 revision guide – About Oxford Revise
This revision guide ensures you cover the full specification for the Edexcel GCSE History: The American West exam.
For this period study, you’ll cover a range of topics from the beliefs of indigenous people to changes to their way of life. As well as this, you’ll also delve into insights on farming, settlement, lawlessness and conflict.
Oxford Revise takes you through what to revise and how to do it. With our approach you’ll expand your understanding and learn the key concepts for your History exam. Also, our retrieval questions help you check your learning. As well as this, the exam practice questions and model answers give you plenty of exam practice.
Revise effectively for your Edexcel GCSE History: The American West exam
This guide covers every topic in the Edexcel GCSE history: The American West, c1835-c1895 course in depth, using clear, easy-to-understand language. For instance:
- Key terms boxes highlight the important words and language that you need to understand and help you to use them confidently.
- Revision tips give you quick ways to understand the core concepts and practice remembering them.
Edexcel GCSE History: The American West exam practice
Each chapter has lots of exam-style questions for you to practice. These revision guides are designed to build confidence, consolidate knowledge and stretch understanding across all topics for the exam. As well as this, there are helpful tips throughout:
- Exam tips show you how to interpret questions, what you need to do in your answers, and give you advice on how to get as many marks as possible.
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Contents list
The American West, c1835-c1895
- Indigenous peoples: their beliefs and ways of life
- Migration and early settlement
- Early settlement: conflict and tension
- The development of settlement in the West
- Ranching and the cattle industry
- Changes in the ways of life of indigenous peoples of the Plains
- Changes in farming, the cattle industry and settlement
- Lawlessness and conflict
- Indigenous peoples of the Plains: further changes to their ways of life
The Oxford Revise approach
Oxford Revise uses a clear three-step method to get you ready for your exams.
1. Knowledge – Learn the facts through an easy-to-follow ‘Knowledge Organiser’ in each chapter.
2. Retrieval – Check you’ve retained the exam knowledge, through quick-fire recall questions and answers.
3. Practice – Put your knowledge into practice by completing plenty of exam-style questions.
In addition, there are lots of hints and tips from revision and subject experts on how to plan your revision and helpful advice on techniques to build exam confidence.
Our expert authors
Series editor: Aaron Wilkes
Authors:
Aaron Wilkes
James Ball
Aaron Wilkes
Our Series Editor and Author, Aaron Wilkes, has 25 years’ experience working in schools as a teacher, department, and faculty leader. Aaron also leads the PGCE Secondary History course at the University of Warwick and is published widely as a school textbook author, mainly for Oxford University Press.
He is the co-creator/owner of an online History journal (practicalhistories.com) and is involved with the BBC as an Educational Consultant for their Bitesize and Teach platforms.
James Ball
James has worked as a history teacher, head of history and head of humanities in schools in the West Midlands for nearly 20 years. For much of that time, he has authored textbooks alongside his teaching career – including co-authoring OUP’s Edexcel Medicine in Britain student book. He now lives in Copenhagen and writes full-time, authoring textbooks, creating resources and penning educational articles and blogs for numerous publishers, EdTech companies and charities.
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