Year 12 AS
 

Consists of two traditional exams and the third module which consists of two coursework essays (which are given two weeks in advance and then written under exam conditions with 2 sides of notes).
 

British history is studied from 1895 – 1918

Content includes the expanding role of the state, the nature and the role of the Conservative and Liberal parties. The rise of the Labour Party. Britain’s international pre-eminent position and her entry into the First World War.
 

How the First World War resulted in a further expansion of the role of the state and in the role of women.
 

The coursework essay is based upon New Liberalism.
 

European history is studied from 1870 – 1914
 

Coverage is focused on Germany and Russia.
 

Germany

Bismark’s domestic policy and alliance system. The development of Weltpolitik and diplomacy under Wilhelm II.
 

Russia

Tsarist policy of political repression combined with industrial development. Russia’s foreign policy, the 1905 revolution and the Russian Duma.
 

The coursework essay is based upon the Balkans.
 

Year 13 (A2)
 

Students choose a personal study topic of their own choice which usually fits in with their ‘A’ Level (though not always). They focus on a specific question which requires them to write approximately 3000 words and provide a detailed answer with a clear judgement.
 

British History

Study continues from 1918 on to 1951
Content includes:-
The rise of class based politics, the decline of the Liberal Party and the rise of the Labour Party.
 

Economic and social change, mass unemployment of the 1930’s, changing patterns of leisure and the development of the mass media.
 

Britian's role in international affairs: the League of Nations, appeasement and the post- war retreat from India.
 

The Beveridge Report, the development of the Welfare State and Post-war nationalisation.
 

European History

This is the main synoptic unit where candidates will be expected to draw upon what they have learnt elsewhere in the course.
 

Russia and Germany are again studied focusing on covering the broader time period of 1825 – 1939.
 

Content is in the two parts

Section A focuses on autocracy and reform throughout the entire time period.
The nature of conservative rule in Germany and Russia under monarchical governments, what reforms were made and why reform movements did not achieve greater success. The return to dictatorships in both countries after brief periods of democracy.
 

Section B focuses on the establishment of dictatorship in Germany under Hitler and USSR under Stalin. How power was consolidated and maintained and the degree to which they established a new social, economic and cultural order.

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