History: Cambridge 2027 syllabus mapping

Cambridge International AS & A Level 9489 · Examination year 2027

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Current question placements: 73 / 73
Direct conceptual matches: 10
Partial matches: 51
Enrichment: 12
Placements needing review: 0
Inventory entries without linked practice: 47

Inventory scope: specified content sections. Source inventory: partial; further source entries require review. Independent teacher approval: pending.

Official references

9489 History 2027-2029 · 2, April 2025 · checked 2026-10-24
9489 version-2 update: new Cold War history and source command · April 2025 update; notice copyright June 2025 · checked 2026-10-24
Bundestag: historical constitutional texts, including 1871 articles 5, 11, 15 · Official parliamentary archive accessed 2026-10-24 · checked 2026-10-24
US National Archives: Fourteenth Amendment transcript · Ratified 1868; archival transcription accessed 2026-10-24 · checked 2026-10-24
US National Archives: Sherman Act transcript · 1890 primary act; accessed 2026-10-24 · checked 2026-10-24
US National Archives: Social Security Act transcript · 1935 primary act; accessed 2026-10-24 · checked 2026-10-24
US National Archives: Civil Rights Act transcript · 1964 primary act; accessed 2026-10-24 · checked 2026-10-24
USHMM: translated Enabling Act and documentary context · 1933 act; page edited 3 April 2026 · checked 2026-10-24
National Archives of Singapore: Proclamation of Singapore · 9 August 1965 primary document · checked 2026-10-24
Australian diplomatic dispatch: sovereignty transfer to Indonesia · 27 December 1949, document 545 · checked 2026-10-24
South African government publication of Mandela inaugural speech · 10 May 1994 primary speech, later republication · checked 2026-10-24
Vatican archive: Lateran Treaty, Italian primary text · 11 February 1929, treaty articles1-3 · checked 2026-10-24
Library of Congress: Feigin to Ordzhonikidze, primary translation · 9 April 1932 letter · checked 2026-10-24
Library of Congress: Unity resolution opposing Gorbachev, primary translation · 28 October 1990 resolution · checked 2026-10-24
FRUS1905 document915: Treaty of Portsmouth primary translation · 1905 treaty enclosed in Meyer dispatch13December1905 · checked 2026-10-24
UN Geneva: Covenant of the League of Nations, primary text · 1919 Covenant, Article16 · checked 2026-10-24
French Yellow Book document13: Daladier to Bonnet · 30 September 1938, primary diplomatic message · checked 2026-10-24
Lancaster House constitutional conference report, primary document · 1979 agreement; report issued1980, opening paragraphs1-4 · checked 2026-10-24

Practice by syllabus reference

both · Core (3 entries)

History 9489: both · Core
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AO1	Relevant period knowledge	No linked practice
AO2	Explain and judge historical relationships	Source analysis and historical argument, question 2 (partial) Source analysis and historical argument, question 3 (partial) Evidence and competing interpretations, question 3 (partial) Causation and historical interpretation, question 1 (partial) Causation and historical interpretation, question 2 (partial) Causation and historical interpretation, question 3 (partial) Causation and historical interpretation, question 4 (partial) Causation and historical interpretation, question 5 (partial) Causation and historical interpretation, question 6 (partial)
AO3	Evaluate sources in historical context	Source analysis and historical argument, question 1 (partial) Evidence and competing interpretations, question 1 (partial) Evidence and competing interpretations, question 2 (partial) French Revolution: causes and change, question 2 (partial) French Revolution: causes and change, question 3 (partial) First World War and peace settlements, question 4 (partial) Russian revolutions of 1917, question 4 (partial) Cold War: crisis and deterrence, question 2 (partial) Cold War: crisis and deterrence, question 4 (partial) Source provenance and corroboration, question 1 (partial) Source provenance and corroboration, question 2 (partial) Source provenance and corroboration, question 3 (partial) Source provenance and corroboration, question 4 (partial) Source provenance and corroboration, question 5 (partial) Source provenance and corroboration, question 6 (partial) Causation and historical interpretation, question 3 (partial) 2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 6 (partial)

A · Core (1 entries)

History 9489: A · Core
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AO4	Analyse historians' interpretations	Causation and historical interpretation, question 2 (partial) 2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 11 (partial) 2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 12 (partial)

AS · European: France, 1774-1814 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · European: France, 1774-1814
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: European: France, 1774-1814: 1.1	Causes of revolution in 1789	French Revolution: causes and change, question 1 (direct) French Revolution: causes and change, question 2 (partial) French Revolution: causes and change, question 3 (partial) French Revolution: causes and change, question 4 (direct) French Revolution: causes and change, question 5 (direct) French Revolution: causes and change, question 6 (direct)
AS Level: European: France, 1774-1814: 1.2	From monarchy to republic	No linked practice
AS Level: European: France, 1774-1814: 1.3	Governing France, 1793-1799	No linked practice
AS Level: European: France, 1774-1814: 1.4	Napoleon's rise, rule and fall	No linked practice

AS · European: German unification, 1815-1871 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · European: German unification, 1815-1871
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: European: German unification, 1815-1871: 2.1	Causes of the 1848-1849 revolutions	No linked practice
AS Level: European: German unification, 1815-1871: 2.2	Consequences of the revolutions	No linked practice
AS Level: European: German unification, 1815-1871: 2.3	Bismarck's position and achievements to 1866	No linked practice
AS Level: European: German unification, 1815-1871: 2.4	Unification by 1871	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 1 (partial)

AS · European: Russia, 1881-1924 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · European: Russia, 1881-1924
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: European: Russia, 1881-1924: 3.1	Autocracy under Alexander III	No linked practice
AS Level: European: Russia, 1881-1924: 3.2	Opposition and stability, 1894-1914	No linked practice
AS Level: European: Russia, 1881-1924: 3.3	Bolshevik victory in 1917	Russian revolutions of 1917, question 1 (partial) Russian revolutions of 1917, question 2 (direct) Russian revolutions of 1917, question 3 (direct) Russian revolutions of 1917, question 4 (partial) Russian revolutions of 1917, question 5 (direct) Russian revolutions of 1917, question 6 (direct)
AS Level: European: Russia, 1881-1924: 3.4	Bolshevik consolidation to 1924	No linked practice

AS · American: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820-1877 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · American: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820-1877
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: American: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820-1877: 4.1	Sectional divisions before 1860	No linked practice
AS Level: American: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820-1877: 4.2	Outbreak of civil war	No linked practice
AS Level: American: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820-1877: 4.3	Why the war lasted four years	No linked practice
AS Level: American: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820-1877: 4.4	Reconstruction's results	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 2 (partial)

AS · American: Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s-1920 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · American: Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s-1920
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: American: Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s-1920: 5.1	Industrial growth	No linked practice
AS Level: American: Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s-1920: 5.2	Industrialisation's consequences	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 3 (partial)
AS Level: American: Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s-1920: 5.3	Progressive aims	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 3 (partial)
AS Level: American: Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1870s-1920: 5.4	Progressive achievements	No linked practice

AS · American: Depression and New Deal, 1920-1941 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · American: Depression and New Deal, 1920-1941
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: American: Depression and New Deal, 1920-1941: 6.1	Crash and Depression causes	No linked practice
AS Level: American: Depression and New Deal, 1920-1941: 6.2	Depression's effects	No linked practice
AS Level: American: Depression and New Deal, 1920-1941: 6.3	First New Deal	No linked practice
AS Level: American: Depression and New Deal, 1920-1941: 6.4	Second New Deal	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 4 (partial)

AS · International: Empire and world powers, 1870-1919 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · International: Empire and world powers, 1870-1919
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: International: Empire and world powers, 1870-1919: 7.1	European expansion in Africa	No linked practice
AS Level: International: Empire and world powers, 1870-1919: 7.2	Imperial rivalry	No linked practice
AS Level: International: Empire and world powers, 1870-1919: 7.3	Japan as a world power	2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 4 (partial)
AS Level: International: Empire and world powers, 1870-1919: 7.4	United States as a world power	No linked practice

AS · International: International relations, 1919-1929 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · International: International relations, 1919-1929
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: International: International relations, 1919-1929: 8.1	Dissatisfaction with the peace settlement	First World War and peace settlements, question 2 (direct) First World War and peace settlements, question 4 (partial) First World War and peace settlements, question 5 (partial) First World War and peace settlements, question 6 (partial)
AS Level: International: International relations, 1919-1929: 8.2	League of Nations effectiveness	2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 5 (partial)
AS Level: International: International relations, 1919-1929: 8.3	Continuing international tensions	No linked practice
AS Level: International: International relations, 1919-1929: 8.4	Improving relations during the 1920s	No linked practice

AS · International: International relations, 1929-1939 (4 entries)

History 9489: AS · International: International relations, 1929-1939
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
AS Level: International: International relations, 1929-1939: 9.1	Extremist foreign policies	No linked practice
AS Level: International: International relations, 1929-1939: 9.2	League failures	2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 5 (partial)
AS Level: International: International relations, 1929-1939: 9.3	Appeasement	2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 6 (partial)
AS Level: International: International relations, 1929-1939: 9.4	Outbreak of war in Europe	First World War and peace settlements, question 5 (partial)

A · European: Mussolini's Italy, 1919-1941 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · European: Mussolini's Italy, 1919-1941
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: European: Mussolini's Italy, 1919-1941: 1.1	Mussolini's rise	No linked practice
Paper 4: European: Mussolini's Italy, 1919-1941: 1.2	Fascist government	2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 1 (partial)
Paper 4: European: Mussolini's Italy, 1919-1941: 1.3	Economic policies	No linked practice
Paper 4: European: Mussolini's Italy, 1919-1941: 1.4	Social policies	2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 1 (partial)

A · European: Stalin's Russia, 1924-1941 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · European: Stalin's Russia, 1924-1941
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: European: Stalin's Russia, 1924-1941: 2.1	Stalin's rise	No linked practice
Paper 4: European: Stalin's Russia, 1924-1941: 2.2	Stalinist government	No linked practice
Paper 4: European: Stalin's Russia, 1924-1941: 2.3	Economic policies	2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 2 (partial)
Paper 4: European: Stalin's Russia, 1924-1941: 2.4	Social policies	No linked practice

A · European: Hitler's Germany, 1929-1941 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · European: Hitler's Germany, 1929-1941
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: European: Hitler's Germany, 1929-1941: 3.1	Hitler's rise	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 5 (partial)
Paper 4: European: Hitler's Germany, 1929-1941: 3.2	Nazi government	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 5 (partial)
Paper 4: European: Hitler's Germany, 1929-1941: 3.3	Economic policies	No linked practice
Paper 4: European: Hitler's Germany, 1929-1941: 3.4	Social policies	No linked practice

A · American: USA, 1945-1961 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · American: USA, 1945-1961
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1945-1961: 4.1	Truman's domestic policies	No linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1945-1961: 4.2	Eisenhower's domestic policies	No linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1945-1961: 4.3	Social and economic change	No linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1945-1961: 4.4	Truman and Eisenhower foreign policies	Cold War: crisis and deterrence, question 1 (direct) Cold War: crisis and deterrence, question 5 (partial)

A · American: USA, 1961-1974 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · American: USA, 1961-1974
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1961-1974: 5.1	Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon domestic policies	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 6 (partial)
Paper 4: American: USA, 1961-1974: 5.2	Cuba and Vietnam	Cold War: crisis and deterrence, question 3 (partial) Cold War: crisis and deterrence, question 5 (partial) Cold War: crisis and deterrence, question 6 (partial)
Paper 4: American: USA, 1961-1974: 5.3	Civil rights movements	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 6 (partial)
Paper 4: American: USA, 1961-1974: 5.4	Challenges to authority	No linked practice

A · American: USA, 1974-1993 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · American: USA, 1974-1993
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1974-1993: 6.1	Challenges of the late 1970s	No linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1974-1993: 6.2	New conservatism	No linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1974-1993: 6.3	Carter's foreign policy	No linked practice
Paper 4: American: USA, 1974-1993: 6.4	US-Soviet relations and Reagan	No linked practice

A · International: Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953-1991 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · International: Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953-1991
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: International: Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953-1991: 7.1	Control of satellite states to 1968	No linked practice
Paper 4: International: Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953-1991: 7.2	Stagnation under Brezhnev	No linked practice
Paper 4: International: Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953-1991: 7.3	Gorbachev's reforms	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 10 (partial) 2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 3 (partial)
Paper 4: International: Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe, 1953-1991: 7.4	Soviet collapse	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 10 (partial) 2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 3 (partial)

A · International: South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948-1994 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · International: South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948-1994
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: International: South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948-1994: 8.1	Apartheid's consolidation	No linked practice
Paper 4: International: South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948-1994: 8.2	Resistance, 1960-1977	No linked practice
Paper 4: International: South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948-1994: 8.3	End of apartheid, 1978-1994	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 9 (partial)
Paper 4: International: South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1948-1994: 8.4	Zimbabwean independence	2027 policy and diplomacy: primary evidence, question 7 (partial)

A · International: Malaysia and Indonesia, 1909-1967 (4 entries)

History 9489: A · International: Malaysia and Indonesia, 1909-1967
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 4: International: Malaysia and Indonesia, 1909-1967: 9.1	Malayan nationalism to 1945	No linked practice
Paper 4: International: Malaysia and Indonesia, 1909-1967: 9.2	Formation of Malaysia	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 7 (partial)
Paper 4: International: Malaysia and Indonesia, 1909-1967: 9.3	Indonesian nationalism to 1945	No linked practice
Paper 4: International: Malaysia and Indonesia, 1909-1967: 9.4	Independence and Indonesia to the mid-1960s	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 8 (partial)

A · Paper 3: choose one of three interpretation topics (3 entries)

History 9489: A · Paper 3: choose one of three interpretation topics
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 3 Topic 1	First World War origins: responsibility, revision and contingency	First World War and peace settlements, question 1 (partial) First World War and peace settlements, question 3 (partial)
Paper 3 Topic 2	Holocaust: intentions, structures, perpetrators and other perspectives	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 11 (partial)
Paper 3 Topic 3	Cold War origins, 1941-1949: competing historical explanations	Cold War: crisis and deterrence, question 2 (partial) 2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 12 (partial)

A · Paper 3 Topic 3 (1 entries)

History 9489: A · Paper 3 Topic 3
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Paper 3 Topic 3: The emergence of the 'New' Cold War history: post-post-revisionism	Interpretive change following access to new archives	2027 historical options: evidence and limits, question 12 (partial)

AS · Core (2 entries)

History 9489: AS · Core
Reference	Concept	Linked practice
Changes to assessment: Paper 1 Part (b)	Additional source-agreement command; four-source evaluation remains necessary	No linked practice
2027 topic rotation	Paper 1: France / Gilded and Progressive Era / Empire; Paper 2: other two topics in the chosen region	No linked practice

Remaining academic requirements

Inventory records all36 AS key questions,36 Paper4 key questions, three Paper3 options and the version2 addition; nested specified-content bullets and historiographical subdebates are not individually complete leaf outcomes.
2027 Paper1 rotation is France / Gilded and Progressive Era / Empire, depending on chosen region; Paper2 examines the other two topics of that same region (p37). A-Level Paper3 selects one interpretation topic and Paper4 one regional option. Do not aggregate mutually alternative routes into a certification claim.
Industrial Britain1750-1850 and China/Japan1912-45 removed at AS; former A-Level Britain1919-39, US-Soviet1950-91, broad sub-Saharan decolonisation1950-92, communist East/Southeast Asia1945-91 and Middle East1948-91 removed. India/Ghana examples and British factory tasks remain enrichment, not disguised new-option coverage (p78).
New international Paper4 options are Soviet Empire in Eastern Europe1953-91, South Africa/Zimbabwe1948-94 and Malaysia/Indonesia1909-67. Brief evidence tasks do not provide the required national histories, all leaders/policies, regional interactions or longer arguments.
Version2 notice adds post-post-revisionism to Paper3 Cold War origins and a Paper1(b) agreement command. The older generic no-change summary for Paper3 on p79 must not override the explicit April2025 version2 update. Full600-word historians' extracts, four-source authentic dossiers and sustained30/40-mark responses remain to be provided and assessed.
Invented Mere/Vale documents, pamphlets, interviews and memos teach bounded source/causation methods only; they are not authentic historical testimony. No invented quotation is promoted as a primary source.
9489 is not available to US schools in2027 and not all administrative zones; confirm centre eligibility (p80 and official availability page). June/November only. Conceptual mapping never establishes teacher approval.

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