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Edexcel
Unit Topics
Edexcel Unit Topics (2007 exams onwards)
The units on this website cover most parts
of the Edexcel specification announced for 2007 exams. If you
find that the unit you teach is not listed below, please get
in touch with us at accesstohistory@hodder.co.uk
and we will tell you if there are any plans to publish for it
in the future.
We cover the coursework alternatives to Units 3 and 5 with one
general essay of advice.
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| Unit | British history options | Non-British history options |
| Unit 1 6521 | A. Securing the Tudor Dynasty: the Reign of Henry VII | E. Russia in Revolution, 1905–17 |
| B. The World turned Upside Down: Monarchy
in England, 1642–1653 |
F. The Seeds of Evil – the Rise of National Socialism in Germany to 1933 | |
| C. Poverty and the British State, c.1815–50 |
G. Boom and Bust: Economy and Society in the USA, 1917–33 | |
| D. Votes for Women, c.1880–1918 | ||
| Unit 2 6522 | Ai. The King’s Faithful Servant? The Age of Wolsey, 1509–29 | Ei. France in Revolution, 1776–948 |
| Aii. Personal Rule and the Crisis of Monarchy in Britain, 1629–42 | Eii. Italy: the Rise of Fascism, 1918–25 | |
| NEW Bi. The Health of the
People: Public Health and Social Policy, 1832–75 |
Fi. The Triumph of Bolshevism? Russia, 1918–29 | |
| Bii. Welfare and the Constitution: the Liberal Governments, 1905–15 | Fii. The Democratic Experiment: Weimar Germany, 1918–29 | |
| Ci. Luther and the Reformation in Germany, 1517–55 | Gi. Pursuing ‘Life and Liberty’: Civil Rights in the USA, 1945–68 | |
| Cii. Meeting the Challenge? The Catholic Reformation to 1563 | NEW Gii. China under Mao, 1949–76 | |
| NEW: Di. From Colonies to Nation: America 1763–87 | ||
| Dii. The Road to Unification: Italy c. 1848–70 | ||
| Unit 3 6523 | Ai. A Very English Reformation: the Church and Henry VIII, 1529–47 | Di. War and the French Revolutionary State, 1792–1815 |
| Aii. Crown, Parliament and Conflict in Early Stuart England, 1603–29 | Dii. Bismarck and the Unification of Germany, c.1848–71 | |
| Bi. Parliamentary Reform, 1815–50 | NEW Ei. A Disunited Nation: The USA c.1820–1865 | |
| Bii. Responding to Reform: Party and Policy in the Age of Gladstone and Disraeli, 1867–85 | Eii. Promise and Performance: FDR and the New Deal in the USA, 1933–45 | |
| Ci. Conflict, Depression and Opportunity: British Society between the Wars, 1919-1939 | Fi. Life in Hitler’s
Germany, 1933–39 |
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| Cii. Britain in the Age of the Welfare State, 1945–64 | Fii. Life in the Soviet Union, 1928–41 | |
| General Coursework advice | NEW Gi. Colonial Rule and the Nationalist Challenge in India, c.1900–47 | |
| NEW Gii. Modernisation and Conflict in China, c.1900–49 | ||
| Unit 4 6524 | Ai. Settlement and Security: Elizabethan England, 1558–88 | Ei. The Bourbons Restored: France, 1815–30 |
| Aii. Restoration England,
1660–85 |
Eii. Securing the State: Bismarck and Germany, 1871–90 | |
| Bi. The Age of Peel, 1832–46 | Fi. The Quest for Greatness: Fascist Italy, 1924–39 | |
| Bii. Conservative Supremacy:
Policies and Parties in Britain, 1886–1906 |
Fii. Expansion and Aggression: German Foreign Policy, 1933–39 | |
| Ci. From Peace to Appeasement: British Foreign Policy between the Wars | Gi. Containing Communism? the USA in Asia, 1950–73 | |
| NEW Cii. Britain at War, 1939–45 | NEW Gii. Politics, Presidency and Society in the USA, 1968–2001 | |
| Di. Calvin and Calvinism to 1589 | ||
| Dii. Rebellion and Nationhood: the Revolt of the Netherlands | individual assignment – general advice | |
| Unit 5 6525 | A. The Tudor State, 1485–1603 | E. Britain and Decolonisation, c.1870–1980 |
| NEW B. The Making of the British Empire c.1660–c.1770 | F.
Medicine in Britain in the Twentieth Century, c.1890–c.1990 |
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| C. Representation and Democracy in Britain, 1830–1931 | ||
| D. The State and the Poor in Britain, c.1830–1939 | General coursework advice | |
| Unit 6 6526 | A. The Crisis of the Tudor State, 1547–58 | E. Hitler and the Nazi State: Power and Control, 1933–45 |
| B. The Quest for Settlement: Cromwell and the Protectorate, 1653–58 | F. The Soviet Union after Lenin, 1924–41 |
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| C. Radicalism and the British State: the Chartist Experience, 1838–50 | G. The Origins and Early Development of
the Cold War, 1945–62 |
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| D. The Decline of the Liberal Party, c.1900–29 | ||