History
A Level History (Edexcel)
Aims
To enable students to:
- read widely and independently set texts and others that they have selected for themselves
- engage critically and creatively with a substantial body of texts and ways of responding to them
- develop and effectively apply their knowledge of literary analysis and evaluation
- explore the contexts of the texts they are reading and others’ interpretations of them
- undertake independent and sustained studies to deepen their appreciation and understanding of English literature, including its changing traditions.
Qualification at a glance
Paper 1: Breadth study with interpretations |
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| Externally assessed | 30% of the total qualification |
Overview of contentStudents take one of the following options: 1A: The crusades, c1095-1204 1B: England, 1509-1603: authority, nation and religion 1C: Britain, 1625-1701: conflict, revolution and settlement 1D: Britain, c1785-c1870: democracy, protest and reform 1E: Russia, 1917-91: from Lenin to Yeltsin 1F: In search of the American Dream the USA, c1917-96 1G: Germany and West Germany, 1918-89 1H: Britain transformed, 1918-97 |
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Paper 2: Depth Study |
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| Externally assessed | 20% of the total qualification |
Overview of contentStudents take one of the following options: 2A.1: Anglo-Saxon England and the Anglo-Norman Kingdom, c1053-1106 2A.2: England and the Angevin Empire in the reign of Henry II, 1154-89 2B.1: Luther and the German Reformation, c1515-55 2B.2: The Dutch Revolt, c1563-1609 2C.1: France in revolution, 1774-99 2C.2: Russia in revolution, 1894-1924 2D.1: The unification of Italy, c1830-70 2D.2: The unification of Germany, c1840-71 2E.1: Mao’s China, 1949-76 2F.1: India, c1914-48: the road to independence 2F.2: South Africa, 1948-94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911-46 2G.2: Spain, 1930-78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy 2H.1: The USA, c1920-55: boom, bust and recovery 2H.2: The USA, 1955-92: conformity and challenge |
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Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth |
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| Externally assessed | 30% of the total qualification |
Overview of contentStudents take one of the following options: 30: Lancastrians, Yorkists and Henry VII, 1399-1509 31: Rebellion and disorder under the Tudors, 1485-1603 32: The Golden Age of Spain, 1474-1598 33: The witch craze in Britain, Europe and North America, c1580-c1750 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759-1928: forging a new society 34.2: Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780-1939 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763-1914 35.2: The British experience of warfare, c1790-1928 36.1: Protest, agitation and parliamentary reform in Britain, c1780-1928 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774-1923 37.1: The changing nature of warfare, 1859-1991: perception and reality 37.2: Germany, 1871-1990: united, divided and reunited 38.1: The making of modern Russia, 1855-1991 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860-1997 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850-2009 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882-2004 |
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Coursework |
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| Internally assessed, externally moderated | 20% of the total qualification |
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Assessment Objectives
Students Must: |
% in GCE |
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AO1 |
Demonstrate, organise and communicate knowledge and understanding to analyse and evaluate the key features related to the periods studied, making substantiated judgements and exploring concepts, as relevant, of cause, consequence, change, continuity, similarity, difference and significance | 55 |
AO2 |
Analyse and evaluate appropriate source material, primary and/or contemporary to the period, within its historical context | 20 |
AO3 |
Analyse and evaluate, in relation to the historical context, different ways in which aspects of the past have been interpreted | 25 |
Total 100% |
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