History

Course summary

The History department aims to provide students with an exciting and engaging curriculum that prepares them with key skills and some relevant contextual knowledge to ensure they make progress whilst developing an enthusiasm for the subject. Year 12 Term 1: Britain1951-1964: ‘The affluent society’. Tsarist Russia and Communist Russia, 1855-1964: Trying to preserve autocracy. Term 2: Britain 1964-1970: ‘Sixties Britain’. Russia: the collapse of autocracy. Term 3: Britain 1970-1979: ‘The end of the post-war consensus’. Russia: the collapse of autocracy and Lenin. Year 13 Term 1: Britain 1979-1990: ‘The impact of Thatcherism’. Russia: the emergence of a Communist dictatorship. Term 2: Britain 1979-1990: ‘Towards a new consensus’. Russia: the political authority of Stalin and the rise of Khrushchev. Term 3: Britain 1997-2007: ‘The era of new Labour’. Russia: The State of the Soviet Union, 1964. Revision of Russia. Revision of Modern Britain. One hour per week final half term to begin NEA (Non-Examined Assessment).