A Level History

Course summary

Through studying the past, we can understand how our world works. In the or above present, our world faces many challenges and the skills which history teaches have never been more critical. Through studying history, you will develop the ability to use sources, construct valid and justified arguments and examine change over time. You will also learn to explore and debate the reasons for these changes. A good historian will use the skills they develop in the subject to sort fact from fiction, opinion from fact and evidence to piece the jigsaw together. We will never truly know what happened in the past or why. However, the excellent historian will argue that by looking at the evidence and coming to decisions, we can form considered judgements and make considered arguments - skills highly valued by employers.