GCSE History mapping grid:
Using Pearson’s Edexcel GCSE History textbooks (2013) to start delivering the Edexcel GCSE History 2016 specification*
For teachers wanting to teach the new Edexcel GCSE History (9-1) from September 2015, this mapping document shows where relevant material can be found in the Pearson Edexcel GCSE History Textbooks produced for the 2013 specifications.
2016 Spec option
Option 12: Warfare through time, c1250–present
Current Pearson history textbook
History B SHP: Warfare and its Impact
ISBN: 9781446906842
* The information provided is based on the 2016 Edexcel draft specification which is subject to accreditation by Ofqual.
c1250–c1500: Medieval warfare and English society
History B SHP: Warfare and its Impact
ISBN: 9781446906842 / Notes
1 The nature of warfare
● The composition of the army, including the roles of the infantry, archer and the mounted knight. The link between social structure and army command. / p.22-23 / There is limited existing content on the composition of the army and the link between social structure and army command on p.22-23.
● The impact on warfare (strategy, tactics and combat) of new weapons and formations, including the longbow and schiltrons. The importance of gunpowder and the development of cannon. The decline of the mounted knight. / p.25, 36-37, 40, 42-43 / There is detailed existing content on the longbow on p.25, 36-37.
There is no existing content schiltrons.
There is limited existing content on the decline of the mounted knight on p.25, 41.
There is existing content on the development of cannon on p.40, 42-43
2 The experience of war
● The recruitment and training of combatants in the medieval feudal army. / p.23, 34-35 / There is existing content on recruitment and training p.23, 34-35
● The impact of war on civilians, including the impact of feudal duties and army plunder on civilian lives. / p.22, 34 / There is limited existing content on feudal duties on p.22, 34. However, the existing content doesn’t cover this specification point adequately.
3 Case studies
● The Battle of Falkirk, 1298: reasons for its outcome; the roles of William Wallace and Edward I. / There is no existing content for this case study.
● The Battle of Agincourt, 1415: reasons for its outcome; the role of Henry V. / p.38-39 / There is existing content for the Battle of Agincourt on p.38-39, but more in-depth information is needed for a case study.
c1500–c1700: Warfare and English society in the early modern period
History B SHP: Warfare and its Impact
ISBN: 9781446906842 / Notes
1 The nature of warfare
● Continuity and change in the composition of the army in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, including the role of the musketeer, pikemen, dragoons and the cavalry. The development of a standing army. / p.41-42, 44-45, 48-49 / There is limited existing content on musketeers, pikemen, dragoons and the cavalry on p.41-42.
There is existing content on the development of a standing army on p.44-45.
● The impact on warfare of developments in weaponry, including new muskets and pistols. / p.41 / There is limited existing content on muskets on p.41.
2 The experience of war
● The recruitment and training of combatants, including the New Model Army. / p.45 / There is existing content on the New Model Army on p.45.
● The impact of war on civilians, including recruitment and requisitioning. / There is no existing content for this specification point.
3 Case study
● The Battle of Naseby, 1645: reasons for its outcome; the role of Oliver Cromwell. / p.46-47 / There is existing content on the Battle of Naseby on p.46-47, but more in-depth information is needed for a case study.
c1700–c1900: Warfare and British society in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
History B SHP: Warfare and its Impact
ISBN: 9781446906842 / Notes
1 The nature of warfare
● Continuity and change in the composition of the army, including the decline of the cavalry. / p.50-51, 60-61, 68-69
● Impact on warfare of changes in weaponry, including the use of rifles and bullets, and the development of field guns and heavy artillery. The impact on warfare of industrialisation, including steam-powered transport and the mass production of weapons. / p.50-51, 56-57, 64-65 / There is existing content on the warfare of industrialisation on p.64-65.
2 The experience of war
● The recruitment and training of combatants, including Cardwell’s army reforms and professionalisation. / p.52-55, 66 / There is limited existing content on Cardwell’s army reforms on p.66.
● The impact of war on civilians, including recruitment and requisitioning. The impact on popular attitudes of the growth of newspaper reporting and photography in the nineteenth century, exemplified in the Crimean and Boer Wars. / p.52, 63 / There is limited existing content on the impact of recruitment on civilians on p.52.
There is limited existing content on the Crimean War on p.63.
There is limited existing content on the Boer War on p.134-135, 160.
3 Case studies
● The Battle of Waterloo, 1815: reasons for its outcome; the role of the Duke of Wellington. / p.57-59 / There is existing content on the Battle of Waterloo on p.57-59.
● The Battle of Balaclava, 1854: reasons for its outcome; the role of Lord Raglan. / There is no existing content on the Battle of Balaclava.
c1900–present: Warfare and British society in the modern era
History B SHP: Warfare and its Impact
ISBN: 9781446906842 / Notes
1 The nature of warfare
● Continuity and change in the composition of the army, including the growth of a logistics corps and specialised bomb disposal units. / p.86, 90-91 / There is existing content on logistics corps on p.86.
There is no existing content on bomb disposal units.
● The impact on warfare of developments in weaponry, transport and surveillance, including machine guns, tanks, chemical and nuclear weapons, the use of radar and aircraft. The impact of computerised high-tech warfare. The increasing use of motor and air transport and aerial support. Dealing with guerrilla warfare in the twenty-first century. / p.70-71, p.78-84 / There is limited existing content on guerrilla warfare on p.84.
2 The experience of war
● The recruitment and training of combatants, including the introduction of conscription, national service, the recruitment of women and the development of a professional army. / p.79, 84, 117-119 / There’s no existing content on the recruitment of women in the armed forces, but there is existing content on the role of women in the First and Second World Wars.
● The impact of war on civilians, including recruitment and the organisation of a Home Front during the First and Second World Wars and fear of nuclear war post-1945. Attitudes to conscientious objectors. The influence of war reporting in the period on attitudes, including increased concern for casualties. Government use of censorship and propaganda in wartime. / p.76-77, 80, 85, 100-129, 160
Note, there is existing content on conscientious objectors on p.86-91 of History B SHP: Crime and Protest (ISBN 9781446906798) / There is existing content on the Home Front during the First World War on p.76-77, 100-101, 110, 120, 122, 126.
There is existing content on the Home Front during the Second World War on p.80, 102-107, 112, 114-115, 121, 123-129
There is existing content on propaganda and censorship in the First World War on p.110-111, 160.
There is existing content on propaganda and censorship in the Second World War on p.112-113, 160.
There is existing content on attitudes to conscientious objectors during the First and Second World Wars on p.119.
There is limited existing content on reporting on modern warfare on p.85.
There is no existing content on increased concern for casualties.
The existing book goes into more detail on the Home Front during the First and Second World Wars than is needed for this specification point.
3 Case studies
● The Western Front during the First World War and the Battle of the Somme, 1916: the nature of trench warfare and war of attrition; reasons for the outcome of the Somme; role of General Haig. / p.72-75 / There is existing content on the Western Front on p.72-73 and on the Battle of the Somme on p.74-75.
● The Iraq War 2003: reasons for its outcome; use of high-tech weaponry and surveillance techniques. / There is no existing content for this case study.
Historic Environment
There is limited existing content in History B SHP: Warfare and the Impact of War that is relevant to the historic environment topic: London and the Second World War, 1939–45. The relevant pages are p.102-105, 114-115, 128-129. However, this content is inadequate to cover this topic.
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