History - A Level

Assessment

Unit 1 The Crusades, c1095-1204 Assessment: a 135 minute examination comprising two essays and a question about evaluation of interpretations. (30% of A Level) Unit 2 Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053-1106 Assessment: a 90 minute examination. One question is focused on source material, and the other will be an essay. (20% of A Level) Unit 3 Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA 1850-2009 Assessment: a 135 minute examination. One question is based on primary source material; one question will be an essay to assess student understanding of the period in depth; and one is an essay to assess the breadth of understanding across the whole time period studied. (30% of A Level) Unit 4 (coursework) Germany and the outbreak of the First World War Assessment: an extended and fully referenced essay of 4,000 words. The purpose of this coursework is to enable students to develop skills in the analysis and evaluation of interpretations of history in a chosen question, problem or issue as part of an independently researched assignment. (20% of A Level)