History

Assessment

Unit 1 British study and enquiry (Y110) British History: From Pitt to Peel, 1783—1853. 25% of A Level (examination at end of Upper Sixth). Unit 2 Non-British study (Y216) History of the USA: Expansion, slavery and the Civil War, c.1803—c.1890. 15% of A Level (examination at end of Upper Sixth). Unit 3 Thematic study and interpretation (Y319) History of the USA: Civil Rights in the USA, 1865—1992. 40% of A Level (examination at end of Upper Sixth). Unit 4 Topic essay (Y100) History of the Spanish overseas empire, c.1492—c.1580: Fall of the Aztecs. 20% of A Level (coursework in Upper Sixth).