History GCSE
Contested remembrance
What Contested remembrance means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Contested remembrance
Check what you remember
Read the wording for your board, then hide it and explain Contested remembrance in your own words. Rough notes are fine. This is a self-check, with no mark or grade.
Reference: OCR
Each form of commemoration selects and emphasises a particular version of events rather than being neutral, so remembering is not the same as recording.
Topics that use Contested remembrance
- Urban Environments: Patterns of Migration (J410/11) - Key events in local migration history (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Arrival and settlement events
- Evidence-based location
- Local migration history
- Place and locality
- Public history and memorials
- Site versus commemoration
- Community institutions and their founding
- Industrial and economic change
Using Contested remembrance in the exam
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