HISTORY

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course is part of the A-level programme but also part of the Humanities Foundation Course. It aims to help student acquire an understanding of the nature of historical study,
to build on their understanding of the past through experiencing a broad and balanced course of study, to become independent learners with critical and reflective but also curious and enquiring minds and to acquire an understanding of the nature of historical study through the study of a number of difrerent topics.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

Each year the teacher decides on the modules that will be chosen for each unit and recommends reading sources to students. Students should not rush to buy their books before they consult their teacher. For example in 2016-17 the recommended books are:

Access to History: France in Revolution 1774-1815 by Dylan Rees and Duncan Townson, Fifth Edition, 2015
Access to History: Britain and the American Colonies 1740-89 by Alan Farmer, 2008
Mastering Modern World History (Palgrave Master Series), by Norman Lowe, 2013

COURSE OUTLINE:

One of the following options:

Option 1A: France in Revolution, 1774–99
Option 1B: Russia in Revolution, 1881–1917
Option 1C: Germany, 1918–45
Option 1D: Britain, 1964–90

plus one of the following options:

Option 1A: India, 1857–1948: The Raj to Partition
Option 1B: China, 1900–76
Option 1C: Russia, 1917–91: From Lenin to Yeltsin**
Option 1D: South Africa, 1948–2014

plus one of the following options:

Option 1A: The USA, Independence to Civil War, 1763–1865
Option 1B: The British Experience of Warfare, 1803–1945
Option 1C: Germany: United, Divided and Reunited, 1870–1990
Option 1D: Civil Rights and Race Relations in the USA, 1865–2009

plus one of the following options:

Option 1A: The Making of Modern Europe, 1805–71
Option 1B: The World in Crisis, 1879–1945
Option 1C: The World Divided: Superpower Relations, 1943–90
Option 1D: The Cold War and Hot War in Asia, 1945–90