OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation Paper 1 (J199/11-12) - 20th May 2025 [Exam Chat]

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by PinkMobilePhone

thank you so much! i am only starting revision today but im hoping i can get through all these flaschards before the exam😭 also do u reccomend planning essays that could come up and does anyone have any predictions!

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by PinkMobilePhone

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! sorry one question does this basically cover everything we need to know?

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by nadiavetter

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! sorry one question does this basically cover everything we need to know?

It covers absolutely everything in the textbook for Myth and Religion, and Homeric World.

However you still need to familiarise yourself with the prescribed literary and visual sources which you can find here:
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/classical-civilisation-j199-from-2017/planning-and-teaching/

(edited 5 months ago)

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by nadiavetter

thank you so much! i am only starting revision today but im hoping i can get through all these flaschards before the exam😭 also do u reccomend planning essays that could come up and does anyone have any predictions!

Predictions no, sorry, I have no idea what could come up.

As for planning essays, I assume you want past papers. You can find some here:
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/classical-civilisation-j199-from-2017/assessment/

Although they seem to have removed 2019 past papers and mark scheme. I have them if anybody wants them but I suppose I'd have to figure out how to make them accessible to you as I don't think I can send files via DM.

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by PinkMobilePhone

It covers absolutely everything in the textbook for Myth and Religion, and Homeric World.
However you still need to familiarise yourself with the prescribed literary and visual sources which you can find here:
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/classical-civilisation-j199-from-2017/planning-and-teaching/

ohh thank you so much! that will definitely make my revision much more organised as my sources were a bit of a mess so tyy

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by PinkMobilePhone

Predictions no, sorry, I have no idea what could come up.
As for planning essays, I assume you want past papers. You can find some here:
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/classical-civilisation-j199-from-2017/assessment/
Although they seem to have removed 2019 past papers and mark scheme. I have them if anybody wants them but I suppose I'd have to figure out how to make them accessible to you as I don't think I can send files via DM.

that would be amazing if possible ty!! yes i'm not sure what the best way to send them is... do you possible have 2018 or 2017 too as i haven't been able to find them anywhere

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by nadiavetter

that would be amazing if possible ty!! yes i'm not sure what the best way to send them is... do you possible have 2018 or 2017 too as i haven't been able to find them anywhere

First assessment for this spec was in 2019, so no there literally isn't anything for earlier. Prior to that was the old spec.

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Little bit in the 11th hour here (sorry) but here's the 2019 past papers:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7fotfs50kbn1zvh7v2t5q/AFjao-bkFUWuaKjlnGKHrTc?rlkey=t98qmf2iwjdoktbqoxag92g2c&st=iujeo4au&dl=0

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by PinkMobilePhone

Little bit in the 11th hour here (sorry) but here's the 2019 past papers:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7fotfs50kbn1zvh7v2t5q/AFjao-bkFUWuaKjlnGKHrTc?rlkey=t98qmf2iwjdoktbqoxag92g2c&st=iujeo4au&dl=0

thank you so so much i rlly appreciate the time you put into this tyy. all the best!!

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by nadiavetter

thank you so so much i rlly appreciate the time you put into this tyy. all the best!!

Best of luck tomorrow!

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by PinkMobilePhone

Best of luck tomorrow!

do you know what the 2 15 markers were for myth and religion last year?!

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by creative-koala

do you know what the 2 15 markers were for myth and religion last year?!

Sorry I don't have access to the locked 2024 papers, and none of my kids took it last year I'm afraid.

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creative-koala

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by PinkMobilePhone

Sorry I don't have access to the locked 2024 papers, and none of my kids took it last year I'm afraid.

no worries thank you ! - do you have any last min tips?

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by creative-koala

no worries thank you ! - do you have any last min tips?

Don't forget to use PEEL structure for the longer essay questions. Get a balanced argument going and a solid conclusion based on what you argued in the body of the text.

Spellings don't matter as long as it's a valid variant, so for example Hephaestus is fine, but equally so is Hephaistos. Athena and Athene are both fine too. Etc.

Don't forget the differences between Heracles and Hercules - Hercules (Roman) fought Cacus, whereas Heracles didn't.

Scenes of the rape of Persephone (Proserpina if we're talking Roman) on a sarcophagus or tomb are multi-layered in meaning:
Persephone is queen of the underworld, so you have the links there with death itself and dying, but also the story is symbolic of Demeter / Ceres' grief at the loss of her daughter. So it represents the grief of the mourners just as much as it represents the passage to the underworld for the deceased themselves.

Don't forget your iconography. You will very likely be shown a statue or a vase or something of that sort and then asked which god / gods are depicted, so make sure you can identify who is who.

Remember your terminology for things like the types of priests, what happens in sacrifices, and so on.

I dunno what else to say really, just memorise everything as well as you can and do your best.

Good luck!

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am3l7e

does anyone else do women in the anicent world because that paper i just sat was ROUGH did anyone else find it hard?

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Crème_Brûlée

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by am3l7e

does anyone else do women in the anicent world because that paper i just sat was ROUGH did anyone else find it hard?

Yep, I just sat it… and I agree that it was pretty rough. I thought the 15 markers were nice though, I think I chose Q28.

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