- AO1Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the periods studied
- AO2Explain and analyse historical events and periods using second-order concepts
- AO4Analyse, evaluate and make substantiated judgements about interpretations of the past
- C1.A.1Germany in transition 1919–1939: Weimar Republic, rise of Hitler, Nazi state
- C1.A.2The USA: a nation of contrasts 1910–1929: Roaring Twenties, immigration, prohibition, the Klan, the 1929 crash
- C1.A.3Russia in revolution 1914–1924: Romanov fall, 1917 revolutions, civil war and consolidation
- C1.B.1The Elizabethan age 1558–1603: religious settlement, Mary Queen of Scots, the Armada, exploration and society
- C1.B.2The development of the USA 1929–2000: Depression, New Deal, civil rights, the Cold War abroad
- C1.B.3The development of Wales and England in the inter-war years 1919–1939
- C2.A.1Changes in patterns of migration into Britain c.1500 to the present day
- C2.A.2Changes in crime and punishment in Britain c.500 to the present day
- C2.A.3Changes in health and medicine in Britain c.500 to the present day
- C2.B.1Changes in entertainment and leisure in Britain c.1500 to the present day
- C2.B.2Changes in policing and protest c.1750 to the present day
- C2.B.3Changes in warfare c.1500 to the present day
- C3.SK1Skill: site-specific source evaluation — provenance, content and inference
- C3.SK2Skill: linking the site to its wider historical context
- C3.SK3Skill: writing a substantiated judgement using site evidence and contextual knowledge
- C3.SK4Site changes annually — example sites have included castles, industrial heritage and battlefields