IGCSE History

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History IGCSE Distance Learning Course

Syllabus

Oxford Open Learning’s History IGCSE course is designed to prepare students for the Edexcel IGCSE in History (4HI0) for examination in June 2012 or later years.

Assessment

Assessment is by one 2 hour 30 minute written examination. There is no coursework.

Course structure

The OOL course is designed to match the Edexcel 4HI0 specification which is divided into four selected modules, as follows:

Development of dictatorship: Germany, 1918-1945
Depression and recovery in the USA, 1919-1945
Colonial rule and the nationalist challenge in India, 1919-1947
Change in Africa: from colonialism to independence, 1945-2000

Covering key events in twentieth century world history, the course includes the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, and the impact of the Second World War on Germany; the Wall Street Crash, Roosevelt and the New Deal; Gandhi, Congress and Indian Independence; and finally, independence movements in Africa and the end of apartheid.

Students will be offered opportunities to analyse, interpret and evaluate primary and secondary evidence, question sources of information, and learn how to present their own views in well-structured essays. The course includes study of visual and online sources as well as a wide variety of materials in print. For further details, click to access the course introduction in the right hand sidebar of this page.

Within this qualification there are the following courses

The Oxford Open Learning History IGCSE is self-contained and all
the information you need is in the course. Nevertheless, as with all
subjects, you may find it helpful to consult some other textbooks
from time to time to gain a different perspective on the topic you
are reading

Click to download the History IGCSE course introduction

Click to view the History IGCSE specification

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