Henry VIII - GCSE Exam Technique Walkthrough & Exam Past Questions - Edexcel

**UPDATED & READY FOR THE 2025 exams! **

This resource takes into account the latest amendments to Edexcel GCSE History question paper formatting, timing and question types.

This 15-slide presentation takes students on a step-by-step guide through the Paper 2 British Depth Study exam for Henry VIII & his Ministers and provides them with:

• Example questions
• Question walkthroughs
• Advice about exam technique
• Mark scheme reminders
• Model answers
• All past exam questions (2016-2023)

Slide 1: Introduction title slide
Slide 2: An overview of the British Depth Study question types
Slide 3-5: An outline of the ‘Describe one feature of [2 x 2]’ question type.
Slide 6-8: An outline of the ‘Explain why [12]’ question type
Slide 9-11: An outline of the ‘How far do you agree [16]’ question type.
Slide 12-15: All past paper questions from 2016 Samples to 2023.

Buyers of this resource have often used it as part of a walkthrough for their students before the exam, as an introduction to the topic or as a way to remind students of the exam techniques as they practice their skills.

Please be aware that any images used in this resource are copyright free. Others which require attribution have been attributed in the notes section of each slide. If you feel any errors have been made with this, please email me in the first instance at raschoolresources@gmail.com