The course aims to help students understand the different ways in which we study the past and to study it in a way that is both relevant and useful.  Our students will develop their understanding of fellow human beings, learn something of how the world came to be as it is and about change, which is so much a part of today’s world.  They will also develop many skills which will be extremely useful when they leave school, e.g. to argue a case based on evidence, to interpret a range and variety of sources and to use balanced judgments.

We study:

• Thematic study and historic environment: Medicine in Britain, c1250-present and The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914-18: injuries, treatments and the trenches.
• British depth study: Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588.
• Period study: The American West, c1835-c1895.
• Modern depth study: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-1939.

Assessment: 

Paper 1 30% 1 hour 20 minutes: Medicine in Britain and the British Sector of the Western Front.

Paper 2 40% 1 hour 50 minutes: Early Elizabethan England/ The American West

Paper 3 30% 1 hour 30 minutes: Weimar and Nazi Germany

Further Education and Career Opportunities:  

Some further education/career opportunities are specifically linked to History e.g. Archaeologist, Archivist, Historian, Museum Work, Building Restoration.  However, since it deals with people and teaches transferable skills, encouraging the ability to argue cases based on evidence, History leads on to many other further education/career opportunities e.g. law, personnel management, broadcasting, journalism, diplomatic service, town planning, Conservation Officer, police, Customs and Excise, social work, public relations work, local government service, civil service, teaching and many other careers.

Examining Board:

Edexcel

Contact:

Mr Ireland