History (9-1) 0977

Choose your paper route

• Core Option A · nineteenth centuryPaper 1 + Paper 2 preparation

  Study the six nineteenth-century key questions if selected by your centre. The exam candidate answers from the Core content they studied; do not assume the centre teaches both options.

• Core Option B · twentieth centuryPaper 1 + Paper 2 preparation

  Study the six twentieth-century key questions if selected by your centre. The exam candidate answers from the Core content they studied; do not assume the centre teaches both options.

• Depth StudiesAt least one required for Paper 1 and either Paper 4 or Component 3

  Cambridge requires at least one Depth Study. StudyForA provides all five for school choice; confirm which one(s) your centre teaches.

• Paper 2 · document questions1 hour 45 minutes · 40 marks · 30%

  Compulsory, externally assessed source-based paper. Its prescribed topic changes each exam series. Use the exact current topic and authentic source material supplied by Cambridge; StudyForA's invented source prompts teach transferable analysis only.

• Component 3 · coursework40 marks · 30% · centre assessed and Cambridge moderated

  The learner writes one extended response based on a syllabus or centre-devised Depth Study. Centre approval, authentic individual work, supervision, internal assessment and external moderation are required; StudyForA cannot submit, authenticate or grade it.

• Paper 4 · Alternative to Coursework1 hour · 40 marks · 30%

  Externally assessed structured essay on one Depth Study. Use the Depth Study lessons for knowledge and judgement practice; this is an assessment route alternative to Component 3.

Ask your teacher which Core option and which Depth Study or Studies your centre has selected. For Paper 2, use Cambridge's prescribed topic for your exact examination series. The 0977 9–1 route is restricted by administrative zone and location. Component 3 coursework must be completed and assessed through your centre; use this site for learning support only.

Practice the papers

• Structured QuestionsPaper 1 · 17 lessons
  Revolutions across Europe in 1848Italian unification, 1848–1870Bismarck and German unificationThe US Civil War and ReconstructionNineteenth-century imperialism and its effectsThe origins of the First World WarThe Treaty of Versailles and its consequencesThe League of Nations: successes and failuresHitler's foreign policy and the outbreak of war in 1939The origins and blame for the Cold WarUS containment in Korea, Cuba and VietnamSoviet control of Eastern Europe, 1948–c.1989The First World War, 1914–1918Germany from the Weimar Republic to 1945Russia from 1905 to 1941The United States, 1919–1941The Second World War in Europe and the Asia–Pacific

  2 hours · 60 marks · 40%. Candidates answer two Core questions and one Depth Study question in structured (a), (b), (c) format. Prepare the Core option chosen by the centre and at least one Depth Study.

• Document QuestionsPaper 2 · 13 lessons
  Revolutions across Europe in 1848Italian unification, 1848–1870Bismarck and German unificationThe US Civil War and ReconstructionNineteenth-century imperialism and its effectsThe origins of the First World WarThe Treaty of Versailles and its consequencesThe League of Nations: successes and failuresHitler's foreign policy and the outbreak of war in 1939The origins and blame for the Cold WarUS containment in Korea, Cuba and VietnamSoviet control of Eastern Europe, 1948–c.1989Read and evaluate historical sources

  1 hour 45 minutes · 40 marks · 30%. Candidates answer one source question from a prescribed Core topic that changes each exam series. Source skills are transferable; check the series-specific topic and authentic source pack.

• CourseworkComponent 3 · 5 lessons
  The First World War, 1914–1918Germany from the Weimar Republic to 1945Russia from 1905 to 1941The United States, 1919–1941The Second World War in Europe and the Asia–Pacific

  40 marks · 30% · one extended piece on a syllabus or centre-devised Depth Study; internally assessed and externally moderated. Teaching is available, but the authentic centre-assessed submission and official mark remain outside the website.

• Alternative to CourseworkPaper 4 · 5 lessons
  The First World War, 1914–1918Germany from the Weimar Republic to 1945Russia from 1905 to 1941The United States, 1919–1941The Second World War in Europe and the Asia–Pacific

  1 hour · 40 marks · 30%. One externally assessed structured question on a Depth Study, in two parts (a) and (b).