History

Course summary

The Year 12 course introduces students to a pivotal period of English History: ‘the swinging sixties’ and beyond. The course allows students to develop an appreciation of continuity and change across the period and they will become acquainted with such compelling characters as Winston Churchill, Mary Whitehouse, and Harold Wilson Students will also study Tsarist and Communist Russia between 1855 and 1917 and will be able to explore the changing nature of autocratic rule, the rise of opposition, and the use of force and compromise to maintain control of the Russian Empire. Component 1: Breadth Study Tsarist and Communist Russia: 1855-1917 Component 2: Depth Study The Making of Modern Britain: 1951–1979 The linear A-level course will build upon the areas and skills studied in Year 12 and develop them further with the addition of an independent study undertaken in Year 13. In Year 13 students will continue looking at the Wars of the Roses and Tsarist Russia and will consider 1979 - 2007 for the depth study and 1917-1964 for the breadth study. Again, meeting historical change-makers ranging from Lenin to Thatcher and evaluating their impact on their respective nations. In addition to these units, students will also undertake an independent coursework unit. This will be run as a series of taught study skills at the beginning of year 13 and will then move to one-to-one guidance. All students will complete their coursework by looking at the same question focussed on the development of the Witch Craze in England. Component 1: Breadth Study Tsarist and Communist Russia: 1917-1964 Component 2: Depth Study The Making of Modern Britain: 1979-2007 Component 3: Historical Investigation: The Witch Craze of the 16th and 17th Century