History

Course summary

England 1485-1558 – The Early Tudors · England 1485-1547 – Exploring the government of Henry VII, the foreign policy of Henry VII, Wolsey, and Henry VIII, and the reign of Henry VIII after 1529. · Mid-Tudor Crises 1547-1558 – Examining issues concerning the stability of the monarchy, religious changes, and rebellion and unrest. The Cold War in Asia, 1945 to 1993 · Exploring Western policies in post-war Asia 1945-1979 and Indochina 1945-1967. · Examining the Korean War 1950-1953 and its impact on 1977 and the Wars in Vietnam and Cambodia 1968-1993. Civil Rights in the USA 1865–1992 · African Americans, Trade Union and Labour Rights, Native American Indians, Women. · Civil Rights in the Gilded Age c. 1875-1895, The New Deal and Civil Rights, Malcolm X and Black Power. Topic Based Essay (Independent with assigned mentor} · Choose from topics including the Russian Civil War, Mussolini, the Vietnam War, the Cambodian Genocide, Women's Suffrage in Britain, the Holocaust, and Hitler's responsibility for WW2.