History

Course summary

We are shaped by our past just as the powerful nations of today were shaped by theirs. We are offering you the opportunity to gain an understanding of how two of today’s powerful nations were shaped by events in the 16th and 20th centuries. Our course looks at national and international History, contrasting a powerful emerging ‘Early Modern’ Nation with a 20th Century Super Power. Three units will be studied over the course of two years: • Historical themes in breadth (Tsarist and Communist Russia) • British History Depth Studies (The English Revolution) • Historical Enquiry (The Cold War).