A Level History combines exploration and discovery with the reward of successfully confronting and making sense of complex and challenging problems. The purpose of History is not just to collect facts but to search for an interpretation of the past.
2 years full-time
AQA
Through the study of evidence, you will find patterns in, and meaning for, the events that have shaped our world. History informs the present and prepares for the future.
The History A Level course examines the following units:
Breadth study of The Tudors – 40% of the A Level
Depth study of Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918-1945 – 40% of the A Level
NEA: study and coursework into the crusades – 20% of the final A Level grade
This is a coursework personal study covering the period of the Crusading Wars. You will have an introductory unit of work delivered and will then be guided in how to pursue a personal research study to produce an essay of no more than 4500 words on a choice of questions. You will use both primary and secondary evidence in your enquiry. It will be internally assessed and externally moderated.
A Level history is a stepping stone to a degree in history. A degree in history truly is about independent thought. A history degree moves from history teaching to historiography. University courses focus upon themes in history as opposed to the chronological approach which is taken in school. History can lead to many careers, for instance teaching, the police force, research, media, museum curation and politics.
