History

WHY SHOULD I CHOOSE A LEVEL HISTORY?

Ask yourself: How can you make sense of the present unless you have a good understanding of the past? How else can you understand why the place where you live, looks the way it does? How are you going to participate in society if you don’t know how it works?
Answer: By taking History A Level!

WHAT DOES THE COURSE INVOLVE?

In short, this course will involve you!  You will study A Level History over three modules. Your studies will include Tudor England, Twentieth Century American History and an independent investigation. You will need to be able to read all about these events, produce summarised notes, present your work to the class, talk about your thoughts and write it all down in clear, logical and well balanced arguments.

HOW WILL I LEARN?

You will learn through a variety of methods; reading, research, presentations, group and paired work, discussions, hearing university speakers and meeting historians.  

WHAT SKILLS WILL I DEVELOP?

You will develop your communication skills and be able to express yourself verbally and on paper. You will learn how to research and gather information from a variety of sources. You will learn that there are very few right or wrong answers but there are different sides to every argument. Finally, you will gain a greater understanding of the past and learn that History repeats itself time and time again. The focus of the course is source and interpretation analysis.

HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED?

Component One: The Tudors- England, 1485-1603 (2 hours and 30 minutes exam)
Component Two: The American Dream- Reality and Illusion, 1945-1980 (2 hours and 30 minutes exam)
Component Three: Historical Investigation of 4000 words based on the investigation of a historical issue over a hundred year period.

WHAT CAN A QUALIFICATION IN HISTORY LEAD TO?

On this question, the world really is your oyster! Employers and universities like to see that you have followed a balanced cours, History is certainly an important part of keeping that balance. History is recognised as an important academic subject as you can express yourself, research and offer balanced logical arguments.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Grade 6 in GCSE History.
We will accept applications from students who do not have GCSE History if they have a grade 7 or higher in GCSE English.