History

Course summary

Teachers who are passionate about the topics they teach, and who want their students to immerse themselves in the periods we study. A caring environment where every student has the best chance to achieve the very highest they possibly can. COURSE CONTENT Year 12 Paper 1: Germany and West Germany, 1918-89 Students learn about key political changes experienced in a unified Germany and then in West Germany after the Second World War, and the impacts of these changes on German economic, social and cultural developments. Paper 2: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, 1911-46 Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the extent and nature of the profound political, economic and social changes experienced in the years 1911-46. Year 13 Paper 3: Britain: Losing and gaining an Empire, 1763-1914 Explore the development of the British Empire and the part played in this by the Royal Navy and merchant marine. Students will also study a series of developments that started with an imperial catastrophe which threatened to reduce Britain once more to a European offshore island, but then would transform Britain’s standing in the world so that by the end of the period it had the largest empire the world has known. Coursework: A controversy question based upon the government of Nazi Germany. ASSESSMENT Paper 1 (30%) Paper 2 (20%) Paper 3 (30%) Paper 4 (20%)