History

Assessment

The course is assessed linearly so that all three examined units will be taken at the end of the Upper Sixth year. You will be able to choose what you wish to study in both years of the Sixth Form. In the Lower Sixth, you have two clear choices: • The Wars of the Roses and Henry VII 1445-1509 and Democracy and Dictatorship in Germany 1919-1963. • The American Revolution, 1740-1796 and Churchill and British Politics 1930-1997. In the Upper Sixth, you will choose one unit out of a choice of three: • Rebellion and Disorder under the Tudors 1485-1603 • Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964. • The Changing Nature of Warfare 1792-1945. The final unit is a non-examined unit where you have to write a 3000-4000-word coursework essay on almost any historical topic that you wish to study. You may extend your knowledge of an area you have already studied or study an entirely different topic. A combination of assessment techniques will be used. You will be required to undertake extended writing and essays in all units, to present historical explanations, the significance of events, individuals, beliefs and movements, and to reach substantiated judgements. You will evaluate sources to reach judgements by analysis and evaluation and to address historical claims and debates.