History A-Level
Continuity and change across 1850–2009
What Continuity and change across 1850–2009 means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Continuity and change across 1850–2009
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Situating each named text in its specific decade and racial context rather than treating 1852 and 2009 as one undifferentiated period.
Topics that use Continuity and change across 1850–2009
- Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 2 Changing portrayal of civil rights issues in fiction and film (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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