History GCSE
Public history and memorials
What Public history and memorials means in History GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Public history and memorials
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Reference: OCR
A specific form of remembrance for an event, such as a plaque, statue, museum display, festival or anniversary, created and maintained by particular people.
Topics that use Public history and memorials
- Urban Environments: Patterns of Migration (J410/11) - Key events in local migration history (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- Arrival and settlement events
- Contested remembrance
- Evidence-based location
- Local migration history
- Place and locality
- Site versus commemoration
- Community institutions and their founding
- Industrial and economic change
Using Public history and memorials in the exam
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