History

Course summary

History at GCSE follows the Edexcel 9-1 syllabus and the course covers a wide range of historical events and aims to build upon and extend Key Stage 3 History. The course is divided into four modular units and pupils cover two modules in Year 10 and two in Year 11. The topics covered at GCSE level are: Crime and Punishment since c.1000 to today, Henry viii and his ministers, Life in Germany between 1919 – 1939 and The Cold War. History at 'A' level follows the AQA syllabus and is designed to test pupils' historical skills and enable them to develop a more analytical approach to studying the subject, no matter what period. Topics studied are: The Tudors, Cold War Relations 1943 – 1991 and The Struggle for Equality in the USA 1865 – 1968. Studying History involves dealing with real people, working out why they did what they did. Pupils learn to judge whether what they are being told is the truth, part of the truth, or something completely untrue.