Description
Take History if the past fascinates you and you enjoy studying it. History combines exploration and discovery with the reward of successfully confronting and making sense of complex and challenging problems. The purpose of History is not just to collect facts but to search for an interpretation of the past. Through the study of evidence you will find patterns in, and meaning for, the events that have shaped our world. History informs the present and prepares for the future. The course followed is the AQA specification.
Structure
Two examinations will be sat at the end of Y13 based on the content of the two year, linear course. A non-examined assessment (coursework) is completed during Yr 13.
UNIT 1: The Tudors: England 1485-1603
- This is a study in breadth which explores the changes in government, foreign policy, economy, religion, society and culture over the Tudor period.
- 2 hour30 minute exam at the end of Y13. One source based question and two essay questions from a choice of three.
- This unit is worth 40% of the A Level grade.
- The course covers the reigns of Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I.
UNIT 2: Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918-1945
- This is a study in depth which explores political and ideological concepts and changes under both the Weimar and Nazi regimes.
- 2 hour30 minute exam at the end of Y13. One source based question and two essay questions from a choice of three.
- This unit is worth 40% of the A Level grade.
- The course covers the establishment of the Weimar Republic after the end of the First World War, the ‘Golden Age’ of the Weimar Republic, the collapse of democracy and the rise of the Nazi Party, life in Nazi Germany and Hitler’s dictatorship, the ‘racial state’ including the Holocaust and the impact of the Second World War.
UNIT 3: The age of the Crusades, c1071-1204
- This is a coursework personal study covering the period of the Crusading Wars.You willhave an introductory unit of work delivered and will then be guided in how to pursue a personal research study to produce an essay of no more than 4500 words on a choice of questions. You will use both primary and secondary evidence in your enquiry. It will be internally assessed and externally moderated.
- This unit is worth 20% of the A Level grade.
- The course covers society in the crusading period, the motivation to crusade, the power of the Pope, the role of individuals such as Richard the Lionheart and Saladin, and the first four crusades.
Course Requirements
Ideally 6 or above in GCSE History
Links to HE
https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/subject-guide/history
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/subjects/what-can-you-do-history-degree
https://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-tables/rankings/history
