AIM

• To develop and extend students’ knowledge and understanding of specified key events, periods and societies in local, British and wider world history   and of the wide diversity of human experience 

• To engage in historical enquiry to develop as independent learners and as critical and reflective thinkers 

• To develop the ability to ask relevant questions about the past, to investigate issues critically and make valid historical claims by using a range of sources in their historical context 

• To develop an awareness of why people, events and developments have been accorded historical significance and how and why different interpretations have been constructed about them 

• To organise and communicate historical knowledge and understanding in different ways and reach substantiated conclusions. 

CONTENT

There are four parts to the course: 

• One period study = Germany 1918- 1939 Weimar and Nazi Germany 

• One wider world study = Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-91 

• One Thematic study = Migration in Britain c800-present 

• One British Depth study including the historic environment = Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588 

ASSESSMENT

The course is composed of 2 exams:

OTHER INFORMATION

The students will be expected to take an interest in current affairs and social issues. Much of the work for Paper 1 will originate from and be centred around discussions of topics which are still in the news and relate to today’s world. There is also an expectation that the students will be able to independently learn and research relevant issues on their own. 

The study of History develops analytical and presentation skills which can be used in a wide range of employment opportunities, including the legal profession, managerial positions, journalism, and the travel industry