Is anybody else struggling with 9-1 Edexcel History GCSE

i feel the same as you, Im studying Weimar and Nazi Germany, Crime and Punishment, American West and Anglo-Saxon England. The content is just too much to process...

We haven't even started to study Crime and Punishment and am only halfway through Anglo-Saxon England and our entire class is in a meltdown lol. My teacher is littlerly trying to rush as fast as possible through the content and then set compulsory after school sessions to help us revise and go ingot more depth on topics we didn't quite understand. Im not really that worried because my school has 25% higher results in history than the national average and the grade boundaries are almost guaranteed to be low.

My teacher gives us revision notes which contain paragraph structures for each question which are quite useful to remember. You could ask your teacher for something like this because they basically guarantee full marks if you do the structured answers alongside a few facts. GOOD LUCK

Honestly I think history isn't too bad as long as you know all of the content.
The topics im doing are

-USA 1920s-1970s
-The Cold War
-Elizabethan
-Medicine through time

In my opinion history is one of those subjects where a lot of it is memory based. I've also noticed that the way you structure your paragraphs is really important.
Like the other day we had a 'write an account' question and I wrote pretty much everything but because of the way I structured it and not explaining ALL of the consequences I lost marks.

I find Cold War the hardest because theres so many dates you have to remember.
My mocks last year went alright, I ended up getting a 6 and I was about 2 marks of a 7.
The exam was usa and Cold War and it was SO hard, the questions were worded so weirdly and it wasn't clear what you had to write about.
What bothers me most is that in my mocks in like 3 weeks, were doing usa and Cold War again, were not doing Elizabethan, which makes no sense how are we meant to know how were doing? we haven't even done medicine yet so its stressful lmao

I'm currently doing Anglo-Saxon England and im really struggling, none of it makes sense anymore. Does anyone know what a key feature of an earldom is. Help would be greatly appreciated.

Medicine is a really long topic but I’m sure your teachers know what they’re doing and have left enough time for revision. Yeah I agree structure is important. Although I’m struggling I’m not struggling like most of my year group. Are all history classes up to the same point because that’s probably why Elizabethan isn’t in it maybe? Well done with your mock results all the best with the real thing!

I'm so glad to hear that others are in the same boat as I am.
I will be studying the following components: Medicine through time, Anglo Saxons, Weimar/Nazi Germany, the American West.

Since we all seem to be stuck, let's try and tackle the problem together.
What revision resources are you guys using? I've just ordered a few revision guides, and hopefully they'll drag me out of the issues I'm suffering atm.

The topics I study are:
Medicine Through Time
Henry VIII and his Ministers
The American West
Weimar & Nazi Germany

Year 10:
In the end of Unit for Medicine I got a 5
In the end of Unit for Henry I got a 7
In the mocks for Medicine I got a 5 again and I dropped to a 6 in Henry
Year11:
My teacher decided that an end of unit for American West wasn’t necessary (which freaks me out)
Now I’m currently studying Germany

I’m quite academic, I’m part of G&T and I’m within the top 20 students in the year. Based on KS2 data my target is a 7.

However, I find remembering content quite easy but struggle with exam technique. Whilst in the exam I feel like I’m making excellent explanations but when I get my paper back to my teacher they’re not good. Meeting A02 is stressful. My teacher is adamant I can reach my target though.

Can anyone share their experience with GCSE history please? Good or bad and Why do you think you’re doing well and why do you think you’re struggling.