A Level History

Course summary

We cannot understand the present unless we understand the past; this makes history one of the most important of all the subjects taught at schools and colleges. Students will have developed some understanding of History at GCSE, but A Level History offers students the chance to take their understanding much further. What will I learn? The AQA course is split into three components: Component 1 – “Britain: industrialisation and the people, c.1783 – 1885”. Component 2 -“Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917 – 1953” Component 3 – of the course is the Historical Investigation, in which students will complete a 3,500 word piece of coursework on an aspect of twentieth century history