Edexcel GCSE History 2027 Predicted Practice Paper — Paper 1 Medicine

Answer ALL questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided. You must write down all the stages in your working.

Section A

Historic environment - British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18. Answer all questions in Sections A and B.

• 1

  Question SECTION-A1 (4 marks)

  Describe two features of the wounds and illnesses suffered by soldiers on the British sector of the Western Front, 1914-18. (4 marks)

  (Total for Question SECTION-A1 is 4 marks)
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  Question SECTION-A2 (8 marks)

  Study Sources A and B below. Both were created by StudyVector for this practice paper and are not genuine historical documents. Source A: From a StudyVector-invented letter, dated October 1916, imagining a Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) orderly at a Casualty Clearing Station near the Somme. 'The wounded arrive faster than we can deal with them. We have learned to sort the men as they come in - those who can wait, those we must operate on at once, and sadly those who cannot be saved. The new mobile X-ray sets have been a blessing for finding shrapnel, and the stored blood sent up from the base lets us save men who once would have bled to death on the table.' Source B: A StudyVector-created caption written to accompany an imagined 1917 training photograph of an operating tent at a Casualty Clearing Station. 'Note the clean instruments, the Thomas splint fitted to the soldier's leg, and the orderly recording each case. Cleanliness and record-keeping have cut deaths from infected leg wounds since 1915.' How useful are Sources A and B for an enquiry into the treatment of the wounded at Casualty Clearing Stations on the Western Front? Explain your answer, using Sources A and B and your knowledge of the historical context. (8 marks)

  (Total for Question SECTION-A2 is 8 marks)
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  Question SECTION-A3 (4 marks)

  Study Source A (the StudyVector-invented RAMC orderly's letter of October 1916, reproduced with Q2 above). How could you follow up Source A to find out more about the treatment of the wounded at Casualty Clearing Stations? In your answer you must give: the detail in Source A that you would follow up; the question you would ask; a type of source you could use; and how that source might help answer your question. (4 marks)

  (Total for Question SECTION-A3 is 4 marks)

Section B

Thematic study - Medicine in Britain, c1250-present. Answer all questions in Sections A and B.

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  Question SECTION-B1 (4 marks)

  Explain one way in which ideas about the cause of disease were similar in the medieval period (c1250-c1500) and the Renaissance period (c1500-c1700). (4 marks)

  (Total for Question SECTION-B1 is 4 marks)
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  Question SECTION-B2 (12 marks)

  Explain why there was rapid progress in improving public health in Britain in the period c1848-c1875. You may use the following in your answer: - the cholera epidemics - the work of Edwin Chadwick You must also use information of your own. (12 marks)

  (Total for Question SECTION-B2 is 12 marks)
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  Question SECTION-B3 (16 marks)

  'The discovery and development of penicillin was the most important turning point in the treatment of disease in the twentieth century.' How far do you agree? Explain your answer. You may use the following in your answer: - Fleming, Florey and Chain - the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in 1948 You must also use information of your own. (16 marks)

  (Total for Question SECTION-B3 is 16 marks)

SPaG

Spelling, punctuation, grammar and specialist terminology. Answer all questions in Sections A and B.

• 1

  Question SPAG1 (4 marks)

  Spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology. Marks are awarded for the quality of your written communication in your answer to the 16-mark question in Section B (the penicillin turning-point essay). Write with accurate spelling and punctuation, control your meaning through well-structured sentences, and use a range of correct historical and medical specialist terms. (4 marks)

  (Total for Question SPAG1 is 4 marks)