What is harder GCSE Geography or GCSE History

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I am currently deciding what to do for GCSE
Which one is harder AND WHY!

Personally if you enjoy writing essays/ like english I would say history is really good. I really enjoyed it and was predicted an a* all through year 10 and 11. Sadly idk what happened but I got a B in the exam :P and despite being predicted a C in Geog all year I got an A :P but anyway I defo enjoyed history waaaay more, and began to HATE geography. But I think if you like science, some of Geog is similar.
Geog is more theory, History is more about how you construct an argument/present the facts.

Reply 121

EllainKahlo

If History didn't have so many dates for you to remember, I would say they're both easy. But because of the technicalities of History and the length of the essays, I'd say it was more difficult but I certainly enjoyed Geography more.

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Original post by Txhmid

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just do geography man

i tried so hard for history, barely scraped a C

i did **** all in geography, never really liked it, did not even do my coursework properly (did it wrong too), had no folder, had no text book, took no notes, didn't even show up to like half the lessons, drove my OCD teacher crazy (sorry sir) , memorised 0 case studies, did not revise AT ALL except glance at someone's notes like 5 seconds before the exam, got a high C

also got an A* in the mock for physical, human was always the one that let me down -_- so got an A in the mock with around 3-4 days of revision

grade boundaries are also as low as them v shaped valleys, 66% for an A* daymmmm

now i wish i did better so i couldve done it for A level, i started to enjoy it when it was too late :P

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Txhmid

i have until thursday to decide and even after all these comments im still finding it hard to choose

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Original post by Txhmid

i have until thursday to decide and even after all these comments im still finding it hard to choose

Did you say which exam board you will be doing for them?
And what are your other options?

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Txhmid

I am doing Edexcel for Geography and Edexcel or AQA for History.
My other options are: Sociology and French

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z33

Original post by Txhmid

I am doing Edexcel for Geography and Edexcel or AQA for History.
My other options are: Sociology and French

sociology is PISSSSSSSSSSSS easy
but loads of writing i think

geography doesnt have as much writing and is more respectable cos it's like a core humanity but still easier than fricking history - plus geo opens loads of doors for you

avoid languages at all costs

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z33

Original post by Txhmid

I am doing Edexcel for Geography and Edexcel or AQA for History.
My other options are: Sociology and French

i'm telling you man -

when it comes down to it

geography

i would do that over and over and over again

plus you can take history a level without having taken the gcse so no losses here

how are your grades in english when it comes to writing essays and making conclusions and that?

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Txhmid

In English I am like a grade B.
We used levels in year 9; levels 1-8.
I got level 7's a lot.
Writing essays, I am good at but in history I heard you need to nail down the technique to get a lot of marks.
Conclusion is like stating your opinion or something like that right?

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i revised very hard for both geography and history at gcse

for geography my coursework was a C
Paper 1 i got an A
paper 2 i got a C
so OVERALL i got a C

for history my coursework was a B
Paper 1 i got a B
paper 2 i got a C
paper 3 i got a C
so OVERALL i got a B

i would highly recommend history as it is much easier and also is more fun and engaging
GEOGRAPHY WAS SO BORING!!!

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Original post by Txhmid

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I know I already replied to this thread, but what do you personally find more interesting? What field do you wish to enter when you're older?

Reply 135

addybongo

It depends what you find hard. My friends who take Geography have something like 20 hours of coursework to complete, whereas in History we have like 5 hours. If you enjoy History, I would definitely take it. I personally hated Geography so I dropped it. There is a lot of dates to revise in history, so bear that in mind. Most people here have just put their grades in, but think about what you are good at. If you are good at essays, then you just passed your History GCSE :tongue:

. It's just interpreting sources, which some people find hard, but if you did well at English then I'd assume you'd find History pretty easy. Anyway, good luck making your decision :smile: