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History 0470 practice bank
62 practice sets1,660 questions216 glossary pairs. Worksheets on every key question, source questions in the Paper 2 style, and drills on dates, causes and definitions — every answer marked, with the reason after it. Added to any IGCSE stream from RM45 a year.
The exam
What 0470 covers
We teach Core Content Option B, the twentieth century: the peace treaties after 1918, the League of Nations, the road to war in 1939, the origins of the Cold War, containment in Korea, Cuba and Vietnam, and Soviet control of Eastern Europe up to 1989.
Alongside the core, every candidate studies at least one depth study in detail. Our practice bank covers two of them: the First World War, 1914–18, and the United States, 1919–41.
The content is a story most students enjoy. What costs marks is the step from knowing what happened to explaining why, and then deciding how far one cause mattered more than another.
Assessment
How it is assessed
- Paper 1, structured questions — two questions on the core and one on a depth study, each climbing from describing, to explaining, to a judgement.
- Paper 2, document questions — a set of sources on one core topic named in advance, testing what each source says, why it was made and whether it can be trusted.
- Coursework, or Paper 4 in its place — an extended answer on a depth study.
- The judgement question carries the most marks. How far and how significant want both sides argued and a conclusion that weighs them, not a list.
Suitability
Who it suits
- You like finding out why things happened, not only what happened.
- You can build an argument in writing and back it with evidence.
- You are considering law, politics, international relations, journalism or the humanities.
- You want a written subject to balance a timetable of sciences or numbers.
Progression
Where it leads
0470 is the usual foundation for A Level or pre-university History, and the source skills from Paper 2 carry straight into it.
It is valued well beyond history degrees. Law, politics and international relations all rest on the same habits: reading a document critically, separating fact from opinion, and defending a judgement.
Our teaching
How we teach it
- Key question by key question, so every lesson answers a question the exam actually asks.
- Source skills practised on real documents and cartoons: message, purpose, reliability and comparison.
- The judgement paragraph — weighing two factors and reaching a conclusion — rehearsed until it is automatic.
- Chronology and cause-and-effect drills, so the facts are secure before the arguments are built on them.
Next step
Starting 0470 this year?
Tell us which key questions and depth study your school has chosen, and we will tell you honestly how much ground there is to cover.