Ancient History and Classical Civilisation GCSEs
Ancient History and Classical Civilisation are suitable for private candidates as assessment is exam only. The first exams were Summer 2019.
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OCR Classical Civilisation
Specification: http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-classical-civilisation-j199-from-2017/
OCR Ancient History
Specification: http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-ancient-history-j198-from-2017/
OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE
Specification
Code J199
https://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse/classical-civilisation-j199-from-2017/
The specification aims to offer learners the opportunity to study elements of the literature and visual/material culture of the classical world, and acquire an understanding of their social, historical and cultural contexts.
Component Group 1: Thematic Study
Learners must study one component from
- Myth and Religion (J199/11) or
- Women in the Ancient World (J199/12)
These combine visual/material sources and involve a comparative study of ancient Greece and Rome.
90 marks, 1 hour 30 minutes written paper, 50% of total GCSE (9–1)
Component Group 2: Literature and Culture
Learners must study one component from:
- The Homeric World (J199/21)
- Roman City Life (J199/22)
- War and Warfare (J199/23)
There are two elements - an in depth cultural study and a study of related literature.
90 marks, 1 hour 30 minutes, written paper, 50% of total GCSE (9–1)
Resources
Textbook
The textbook is chosen on the basis of the first component. And then includes all three group two options.
Either
OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE Route 1 Myth and Religion, by Ben Greenley, Dan Menashe and James Renshaw. Published by Bloomsbury
Or
OCR Classical Civilisation GCSE Route 2 Women in the Ancient World, by Robert Hancock-Jones, Dan Menashe and James Renshaw. Published by Bloomsbury
Facebook group
Classical Civilisation GCSE (Home Education) Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/470649213432945/
Websites
The Classics Library https://www.theclassicslibrary.com/
OCR Ancient History GCSE
- Specification code - J198
- Component 1
- Greece and Persia
Students study one depth study from the three on offer:
- From Tyranny to Democracy, 546—483 BC
- Athens in the Age of Pericles, 462—429 BC
- Alexander the Great, 356—323 BC.
- Component 2: Rome and its neighbours
Students study one depth study from the three on offer:
- Hannibal and the Second Punic War, 218—201 BC
- Cleopatra: Rome and Egypt, 69—30 BC
- Britannia: from conquest to province, AD 43 — c. 84.
- Format
- 2 written papers, each 1 hour 45 minutes.:
Resources
- Textbook
- There are two textbooks, one for each component
- OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 1 Greece and Persia, by Sam Baddeley, James Renshaw et al published by Bloomsbury
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- OCR Ancient History GCSE Component 2 Rome, by Christopher Grocock and James Melville Paul Fowler published by Bloomsbury
====OCR Classical Civilization A-level
NEC list the following as 'essential textbooks'
AS:
Homer, The Odyssey, translation by E.V. Rieu, revised by D.C.H. Rieu, Penguin Classics, 2003
Aeschylus, The Oresteia, translation by R. Fagles, Penguin Classics for Agamemnon, 1984
Sophocles, Electra and Other Plays, translation by D. Raeburn, Penguin Classics for Ajax, 2008
Euripides, Medea and Other Plays, translation by Vellacott, Penguin Classics for Medea, 2002
Euripides, Electra and Other Plays, translation by J. Davie, Penguin Classics for Trojan Women, 2004
A2:
Virgil, Aeneid, translation by D. West, Penguin Classics, 2003
Homer, Iliad, translation by M. Hammond, Penguin Classics, 1987
Homer, The Odyssey, translation by E.V. Rieu, revised by D.C.H. Rieu, Penguin Classics, 2003
Woodford, S., An Introduction to Greek Art, Bloomsbury Academic, 1986
Emerson, M., Greek Sanctuaries: An Introduction, Bloomsbury Academic, 2007
The NEC course currently costs £750
CloudLearn.co.uk offer a course for £350 and have no recommended textbooks. Everything is found for you and in printed form (as well as digital) with links in the online platform to extra resources. Tutor marked assignments and self-assessment quizzes are throughout the course.
Tutor Recommendations
Several members of the HE-Exams group have used Peter McNeely as a tutor - he can do Skype tutorials.
“I am a Classics teacher with an MA in Latin. I am working for OCR as an examiner, and as a private tutor from home (in Lode, near Cambridge). I would be happy to supply tutoring or support for any Classical subject (Latin, Greek, Ancient History, Classical Civilisation) to pupils either individually, or as a small group. If anyone would be interested, my email address is: mcneely.peter@gmail.com “