History

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
· Students wishing to study the English Baccalaureate pathway.
· People who like learning about the past and how it has impacted on our lives today.
· Students with strong literacy skills. 
 
EXAM BOARD, COURSE CONTENT & ASSESSMENT DETAILS
 
EXAM BOARD: Edexcel
 
COURSE CONTENT AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS:
1. Paper 1 - Medicine through Time, c1250-present. [Thematic Study and Historical Environment Study]
Written Examination; 1 hour and 20 mins - 30% of the qualification.
This paper will consist of;
· A Thematic Study - Medicine in Britain, medieval to modern day; a chronological study of  key features and reasons for the development of medicine in Britain
· A Study of a historical environment - The British sector of the Western Front, WW1 1914–18; a detailed study using evidence from the time to explore injuries, treatment and the trenches.
 
2. Paper 2 – Elizabethan England and The American West [Period and British Depth Study]
Written Examination; 1 hour and 15 mins - 40% of the qualification.
This paper will consist of;
· A British Depth Study - Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88; a study which focuses upon Queen Elizabeth I, politics and religion, challenges to her authority and Elizabethan society in the Age of Exploration.
· A Period Study - The American West, c1835–c1895; a study which looks at the early settlement of the West, developments on the Plains and conflict and conquest.
 
3. Paper 3 – Weimar and Nazi Germany [Modern Depth Study]
Written Examination; 1 hour and 15 mins - 30% of the qualification.
This paper will consist of;
· A Modern Depth Study - Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39; a study focusing on initially the Weimar Republic and Hitler’s rise to power, then move on to consider Nazi control and dictatorship and life in Nazi Germany.
 
WHAT CAN THIS COURSE LEAD TO POST 16?
A Level History, Classics, Philosophy and complement a range of courses through developing strong literacy skills.
 
FOR WHAT CAREERS WILL THIS COURSE BE USEFUL?
People with a background of studying History at GCSE, A Level or Degree go in to a number of different career paths which include; Policing and Legal Professions, Business, Teaching, Journalism, Media, Armed Forces, Archaeologists and Anthropologist.
Reasoning for this is the transferable skills that History offers as a subject, which include; research, questioning, linking information together, planning, independent thought, reasoning, and evidential based work.
 

Contact Head of History, Mr Trengove for further information: