AQA GCSE History: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day revision guide – About Oxford Revise
With our guide, you’ll revise the full specification for the AQA GCSE History: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day exam.
For this thematic study, you’ll cover a range of topics including medieval medicine and progress, preventing disease, and improvements in public health.
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 AQA GCSE History: Health and the people exam
This guide covers every topic in the Health and the people: c1000 to the present day course, using clear, easy-to-understand language. Key terms boxes highlight the important words and language that you need to understand and help you to use them confidently. For instance:
- Revision tips give you quick ways to understand the core concepts and practice remembering them.
AQA GCSE History: Health and the people exam practice
Each chapter has lots of exam-style questions for you to practice. These are designed to build confidence, consolidate knowledge and stretch understanding. 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
2. Public health in the Middle Ages
3. The impact of the Renaissance on Britain
4. Dealing with, and preventing, disease
5. Advances in medical science
6. Improvements in public health
7. Modern treatment of disease
8. The impact of war and technology on surgery
9. Modern public health
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
Author: Harriet Power
Aaron Wilkes
Our Series Editor and Author, Aaron Wilkes, brings over 25 years of experience working in schools, where he has served as a teacher, department head, and faculty leader. On top of that, Aaron leads the PGCE Secondary History course at the University of Warwick. He’s also widely published as a school textbook author, mainly with Oxford University Press.
In addition, Aaron is the co-creator and co-owner of the online History journal practicalhistories.com, which offers useful resources for history educators. He also works with the BBC as an Educational Consultant for their Bitesize and Teach platforms.
Harriet Power
As the author of Oxford Revise AQA GCSE History, and with a strong background in educational publishing, Harriet brings a wealth of experience to both editing and writing. Over the years, she’s worked across a wide range of projects, helping to shape high-quality resources for students and teachers.
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