History

Course summary

A Level History is a popular option in the Sixth Form at Thetford Grammar School. Our course is varied and challenging. The study of History equips you to better understand our world today. How can you truly discuss the present and the future without an understanding of how it, and we, came to be? What is more, employers and universities place a high value upon History students because of the skills the subject develops: analysis, evaluation, problem-solving, categorising, sorting information for relevance, empathy, causation, change and continuity, interpretations, representations and significance. More than that, History is fun. History students engage in lively debate and theorise about what might have been whilst critiquing what actually occurred. Where else can you put a King on trial, become a minister in a government and explore the lives of freedom fighters? In your history lessons you will take part in debates, mysteries, podcasts, group work, seminars and a range of other learning styles. Should you choose History you will be supported closely by the History department, with the expectation that independent study outside of the classroom will be a core commitment made by you in your study of History A Level.