History

Course summary

History is a well-established subject in the Sixth Form at BMS. Results in recent years have been excellent with an average of 84% of students obtaining grades A*- B since 2011. The course, combining both early modern and modern elements, is constructed from the AQA specification. This particular combination has a number of benefits for students. It gives them the opportunity to study a period of History before the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, adding breadth to their overall historical understanding. It also enables students to study modern History from an international perspective which helps them to develop a clear understanding of the key issues in the world around them. The A Level course requires students to study three components, two of which are examined in the form of written papers and the third of which is a Historical Investigation. The two examined components are: • Breadth Study: 1C: The Tudors: England, 1485-1603. • Depth Study: 2Q: The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945-1980. • The Historical Investigation will be focused on the relationship between Britain and South Africa, 1815-1910.