Who is the course for? All students with an enquiring mind, curiosity about the past and the ways in which it has impacted and shaped our world today. The course will be enjoyed by those with a passion and fascination for history and a deep respect for evidence. This course is designed for students who wish to make themselves desirable to a wide range of employers and higher education institutions because of the skills, knowledge and understanding it requires and develops. What can it lead to? History is a rigorously academic and widelyrespected discipline. Those who enjoy studying history at advanced and higher levels go into a very wide range of careers including law and are highly valued for the range of skills and aptitudes they possess. Employers widely respect and highly value history students as having a valuable combination of key skills such as constructing valid arguments and high level thinking abilities. In particular, A Level history is a very important and useful discipline for the following career paths: • Law • Accounting • Journalism • Finance • Local Government • Civil Service • Politics • Property Development • Town Planning How will I be taught? Students studying sixth form History at Canons will complete four units and will be taught in a variety of challenging ways with a focus on enquiry. This will take the form of: lectures in preparation for university style teaching; group and pair investigation; discussion, presentations, source analysis and supplemented by the use of ICT. What exactly will I study? The course title is Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Britain’s welfare system provides health care and education for all its citizens and the USA has voted into power a black president. In 1918, both of these things would have been unimaginable to most of those living at the time. Route H studies how the two leading western democracies responded and adapted to the challenges brought about by the greater political, social and economic expectations of ordinary people in the twentieth century. A level History comprises four units: • Paper 1 Britain transformed, 1918–97-Breadth study with interpretations • Paper 2 The USA, 1955-1992: conformity and challengeExam- Depth study with sources • Paper 3 Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763-1914 • Coursework
Ideally, you will have a good pass or above in GCSE History
About Education Provider
| Region | London |
| Local Authority | Harrow |
| Ofsted Rating | Good |
| Gender Type | Mixed |
| Address | Shaldon Road, Edgware, HA8 6AN |
Who is the course for? All students with an enquiring mind, curiosity about the past and the ways in which it has impacted and shaped our world today. The course will be enjoyed by those with a passion and fascination for history and a deep respect for evidence. This course is designed for students who wish to make themselves desirable to a wide range of employers and higher education institutions because of the skills, knowledge and understanding it requires and develops. What can it lead to? History is a rigorously academic and widelyrespected discipline. Those who enjoy studying history at advanced and higher levels go into a very wide range of careers including law and are highly valued for the range of skills and aptitudes they possess. Employers widely respect and highly value history students as having a valuable combination of key skills such as constructing valid arguments and high level thinking abilities. In particular, A Level history is a very important and useful discipline for the following career paths: • Law • Accounting • Journalism • Finance • Local Government • Civil Service • Politics • Property Development • Town Planning How will I be taught? Students studying sixth form History at Canons will complete four units and will be taught in a variety of challenging ways with a focus on enquiry. This will take the form of: lectures in preparation for university style teaching; group and pair investigation; discussion, presentations, source analysis and supplemented by the use of ICT. What exactly will I study? The course title is Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the twentieth century. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Britain’s welfare system provides health care and education for all its citizens and the USA has voted into power a black president. In 1918, both of these things would have been unimaginable to most of those living at the time. Route H studies how the two leading western democracies responded and adapted to the challenges brought about by the greater political, social and economic expectations of ordinary people in the twentieth century. A level History comprises four units: • Paper 1 Britain transformed, 1918–97-Breadth study with interpretations • Paper 2 The USA, 1955-1992: conformity and challengeExam- Depth study with sources • Paper 3 Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763-1914 • Coursework
Ideally, you will have a good pass or above in GCSE History
