History

Assessment

The independent study enables students to demonstrate the application of their skills and knowledge to a historical topic that interests them and need not be related to the syllabus. They identify and evaluate sources relating to their topic, investigate the issues related to that topic and reflect on what the process has taught them about the methods used by, and the challenges facing historians. In the past pupils have opted to study the Franco- Prussian War, Stalingrad, the French Revolution and we have even been able to facilitate the use of family archives to produce a study of Bismarck and the unification of Germany. It is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by IBO.