History

Assessment

Unit 1: Tudor England 1485 - 1603 How did Richard III end up buried under a car park in Leicester? Why did Henry VIII break from Rome and establish the Church of England? Why was Mary I ‘bloody’? How did Elizabeth, a ‘mere woman’, rule England for 45 years? Unit 2: Cold War 1945-91 Why did the wartime allies fall out so quickly? How close to nuclear extinction did we come during the Cuban Missile Crisis? Did America ‘win’ the Cold War? Unit 3: Coursework This allows you to investigate a historical issue which interests you and to write an essay about it which will count for 20% of the A Level.