GCSE Edexcel History Past Papers

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June 2022

Option 10: Crime and Punishment
Option 11: Medicine in Britain
Option 12: Warfare and British Society
Option 13: Migrants in Britain
Booklet P2: British America, 1813-83: empire and revolution
Booklet P3: The American West, c1835-c1895
Booklet P4: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
Booklet P5: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 - 95
Booklet B1: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
Booklet B2: The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189-1216
Booklet B3: Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-40
Booklet B4: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88
Option 30: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917 - 41
Option 31: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 - 39
Option 32: Mao's China, c1945 - 76
Option 33: The USA, 1954 - 75: conflict at home and abroad

November 2021

Option 11: Medicine in Britain and The Western Front
Option 12: Warfare and British society and the Second World War
Booklet P4: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91

November 2020

Option 10: Crime and punishment and Whitechapel
Option 11: Medicine in Britain and The Western Front
Option 12: Warfare and British society and the Second World War
Booklet P1: Spain and the ‘New World', c1490 - c1555
Booklet P2: British America, 1813-83: empire and revolution
Booklet P3: The American West, c1835-c1895
Booklet P4: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
Booklet P5: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 - 95
Booklet B1: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-88
Booklet B2: The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189-1216
Booklet B3: Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-40
Booklet B4: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88
Option 30: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917 - 41
Option 31: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 - 39
Option 32: Mao's China, c1945 - 76
Option 33: The USA, 1954 - 75: conflict at home and abroad

June 2019

Option 10: Crime and punishment and Whitechapel
Option 11: Medicine in Britain and The Western Front
Option 12: Warfare and British society and the Second World War
Booklet P1: Spain and the ‘New World', c1490 - c1555
Booklet P2: British America, 1813-83: empire and revolution
Booklet P3: The American West, c1835-c1895
Booklet P4: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941-91
Booklet P5: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 - 95
Booklet B1: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060-88
Booklet B2: The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189-1216
Booklet B3: Henry VIII and his ministers, 1509-40
Booklet B4: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-88
Option 30: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917 - 41
Option 31: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 - 39
Option 32: Mao's China, c1945 - 76
Option 33: The USA, 1954 - 75: conflict at home and abroad

June 2018

Option 10: Crime and punishment and Whitechapel
Option 11: Medicine in Britain and The Western Front
Option 12: Warfare and British society and the Second World War
Option 20: Spain and the ‘New World', c1490 - c1555
Option 21: Spain and the ‘New World', c1490 - c1555 and Tudor depth options
Option 22: British America, 1713 - 83: empire and revolution and Medieval depth options
Option 23: British America, 1713 - 83; empire and revolution and Tudor depth options
Option 24: The American West, c1835 - c1895and Medieval depth options
Option 25: The American West, c1835 - c1895and Tudor depth options
Option 26: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 - 91 and Medieval depth options
Option 27: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 - 91 and Tudor depth options
Option 28: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 - 95 and Medieval depth options
Option 29: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 - 95 and Tudor depth options
Option 30: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917 - 41
Option 31: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 - 39
Option 32: Mao's China, c1945 - 76
Option 33: The USA, 1954 - 75: conflict at home and abroad

Specimen

Option 10: Crime and punishment and Whitechapel
Option 11: Medicine in Britain and The Western Front
Option 12: Warfare and British society and the Second World War
Option 20: Spain and the ‘New World', c1490 - c1555 and Medieval depth options
Option 21: Spain and the ‘New World', c1490 - c1555 and Tudor depth options
Option 22: British America, 1713 - 83: empire and revolution and Medieval depth options
Option 24: The American West, c1835 - c1895and Medieval depth options
Option 26: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 - 91 and Medieval depth options
Option 28: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 - 95 and Medieval depth options
Option 30: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917 - 41
Option 31: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 - 39
Option 32: Mao's China, c1945 - 76
Option 33: The USA, 1954 - 75: conflict at home and abroad
Option 10: Crime and punishment and Whitechapel
Option 11: Medicine in Britain and The Western Front
Option 12: Warfare and British society and the Second World War
Option 20: Spain and the ‘New World', c1490 - c1555
Option 21: Spain and the ‘New World', c1490 - c1555 and Tudor depth options
Option 22: British America, 1713 - 83: empire and revolution and Medieval depth options
Option 23: British America, 1713 - 83; empire and revolution and Tudor depth options
Option 24: The American West, c1835 - c1895and Medieval depth options
Option 25: The American West, c1835 - c1895and Tudor depth options
Option 26: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 - 91 and Medieval depth options
Option 27: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 - 91 and Tudor depth options
Option 28: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 - 95 and Medieval depth options
Option 29: Conflict in the Middle East, 1945 - 95 and Tudor depth options
Option 30: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917 - 41
Option 31: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 - 39
Option 32: Mao's China, c1945 - 76
Option 33: The USA, 1954 - 75: conflict at home and abroad