History

Course summary

Throughout the course you will be looking at various aspects of political, economical and social history in the Twentieth Century. In your first year: • Causes, practices and effects of World War One and Two • The Inter-War Years in Europe and the wider world • Rise and rule of single-party states - Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin and Stalin • Historical investigation - topic of your choice. In your second year: • Study of International Relations after 1919 • Preparation for the Higher Level Paper 3, which covers 100 years of European history. • Historical investigation – topic of your choice