The A-level History qualification allows candidates to demonstrate the highest aptitude, literacy, discipline, and intelligence. It provides a curriculum designed to ignite and engage students’ passions and interests. The content will create independent learners, critical thinkers, and decision-makers. These personal skills will make you stand out as you progress to higher education or the workplace. Paper 1: Breadth study with interpretations: • Britain 1625-1701: conflict, revolution and settlement • The quest for political stability 1625-88 • Religion: conflict and dissent 1625-88 • Social and intellectual challenge 1625-88 • Economy, trade, and empire 1625-88 • The changing quality of life, 1918–79 Paper 2: Depth study: • Russia in revolution 1894-1924 • The rule of Nicholas II, 1894-1905 • The end of Romanov rule, 1906-17 • The Provisional government and its opponents, February-October 1917 • Defending the Bolshevik Revolution, October 1917-24 Paper 3: Themes in breadth with aspects in depth: • The witch craze in Britain, Europe, and North America, c1580–c1750 • Changing attitudes to witchcraft in Britain The wider intellectual context: • The coming of the age of science and reason • The North Berwick witches in Scotland, 1590–91 and the aftermath to 1597 • The Lancashire witches of 1604–13 • The Great Witch Hunt, in Bamberg, Germany, 1623–32 • Matthew Hopkins and the East Anglian witch craze, 1645–47 • Cotton Mather and the Salem witch hunt, 1692–93 Paper 4: Coursework The coursework will be assessed using a centre set assignment. Assignments must meet the requirements detailed below. An assignment framework is provided to support the development of individual assignments.