For your GCSE you will be studying the compulsory Period Study The Persian Empire, 559-465 BC and one out of the three Depth Studies: From Tyranny to Democracy, 546-483 BC, Athens in the Ages of Pericles, 462-429 BC or Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC. Resources for all these components may be found on the left and links to the OCR Source Booklets are below.
Click here to read the OCR GCSE Ancient History specification.
Prescribed Literary Sources
Read the OCR Prescribed Source Booklets for the Greece and Persia Depth Studies here:
From Tyranny to Democracy, 564-483 BC: PDF/Word Athens in the Age of Pericles, 462-429 BC: Word Alexander the Great, 356-323 BC: PDF
