History

Course summary

It will help to develop your ability to: • Analyse events, motives, causes, and consequences; • Argue a case coherently and clearly both on paper and orally; • Research and read widely and independently; • Use and analyze sources and interpretations; • Reach supported judgments on a wide range of historical events and outcomes. There are two components that are taught concurrently throughout the course until the exams at the end of Year 13. You will see two teachers during the fortnight and each teacher will deliver a component. The course examines the following: • Government and the changing society 1812-1832 • Political change and social reform 1832-1846 • Economy, society and politics 1846-1885