Jack的小留学生日记 l GCSE历史真的很难吗？

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“谁控制了过去，谁就控制了未来”- 乔治·奥威尔。

虽然我们看到的历史大多是由胜利者书写的，但没有历史是完全真实无偏颇的，这也告诉了我们要学习历史的重要性。对许多国际学生来说，在进行GCSE考试科目选择时，历史这一学科因为冗长的内容与论文要求常常不受人青睐。我自己本人是选择了历史这一学科的，凭心而论，我真的很喜欢。这一篇内容我也会详细给大家介绍一下英国历史包含的内容，看看是不是像传说中那么无趣。

虽然并不是所有的考试委员会的学科设置都是一样的，但整体差异并不是太大。在GCSE教学大纲中，关于英国历史的内容集中在1064-1914年间，包含：征服诺曼底；亨利八世的统治；英国医疗发展；英国帝国的发展；英国社会变化，以及世界历史，如：俄国革命；世界大战；冷战；中国革命；19世纪中西部研究等。在这些内容当中，最常见的主题是冷战、越战、以及德国纳粹。

关于考试内容与题型，问题大多是相似的，会按照6分、8分与16分的类型来区分。6分的题型是这样的，我们会拿到一个资料，通过该资料来描述一段历史史事，如：“慕尼黑起义中反映了希特勒怎样的领导力”；8分的问题会有些变化，如：“在越南抗法战争中，A资料怎样支撑了B资料”；16分的问题则是论述题，如“你是否同意德国国会大火是希特勒上台的最重要原因”。不同的考试局关于论文的要求不同，AQA会有两篇这样的论文，Edexcel有三篇，Cambridge International 有两篇，写论文的时常通常在1.50-2小时内。

总而言之，历史是一门非常有用，有趣的学科。我个人会选择历史是因为，历史总能提醒我们永远不要忘记过去以及过去犯的错误，只有学习过去，我们才能更好的创造未来。未来，我也希望自己能学的更精。你呢，你会选择历史吗？

Jack

英文版

"He who controls the past controls the future. He who controls the present controls the past" - George Orwell. Although history was and presumably always will be written by the victors and the ones in prominence and power, and no history is completely true and unbiased - which begs the question of learning it in the first place - history is still one of the most important and popular subjects (at lease for GCSE).

However, for many international students, History, alongside some other subjects, are always left out because of its lengthy content and essay questions, sometimes unnecessarily. I'm personally a history student myself and I really enjoy this subject and I think that it's a shame so many people are not taking it, so let's go through the specification and question types to see if history is really as hard or as uninteresting as you think.

Although not all exam board shares identical specification, most of the topics in it are similar. In GCSE syllabuses, the topics usually contain half of British history between 1064 - 1914, with topics such as Norman conquest, rule of Henry VIII, the evolution of Medicine in Britain c1250-present, Britain and its empire, and changes in the British society c1250-present. And also half of world history, such as the Russian Revolution, the World Wars, the Cold War, the Chinese Revolution, and also Middle-western conflicts in the latter half of the 19th century. However, if your school uses an IGCSE syllabus or you are taking the IGCSE course, History is more global and less about Britain, with most common topics being the Cold War, Vietnam War and Nazi Germany.

Talking about exams and questions, all of the questions types are similar and follow similar mark schemes and there are usually 6 marks, 8 marks and 16 marks questions. With the 6 mark questions, you are given a source and asked how much this source tells about a historical event, eg." What impressions does this source give about Hitler's leadership in the Munich Putsch?". The 8 mark questions have a few variants; in my syllabus, AQA IGCSE, the question can either be a disruption of 2 effects of an event, eg. "Give two effects of the Munich Putsch on the Nazi Party"; or a source comparison question when you have to compare sources, eg. " How much does Source A support Source B on the defeat of the French in Vietnam?". Finally, there is the 16 mark question; this is usually a discussion question about a statement such as "Do you agree that the Reichstag fire is the most important cause to Hitler's rise in power?". With the papers in general, AQA has two papers, Edexcel has 3 papers, and Cambridge International has 2 papers. All papers are generally between 1h30m and 2h long.

In conclusion, History is a very interesting, useful, and sophisticated subject, and it can be applied in a lot of career paths. I personally chose History because of the importance of it and how we should never forget the past and our past mistakes. Only by learning the past, can we change and make better the future, and I'm extremely glad that I continued this subject into GCSE, and I look forward to taking it to A-level. So, is history for you?

Jack

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