History AS and A Level

At AS Level students will study:

Unit 1 - England 1547-1603: the later Tudors

Enquiry topic: Mid Tudor Crisis, 1547-1558

• The stability of the monarchy – Edward VI and Mary

• Religious changes

• Rebellion and unrest

British period study

• Elizabeth and religion

• The nature of Elizabethan monarchy; Government and Parliament

• Elizabeth’s management of financial, economic and social affairs

• Elizabeth’s later years, 1588-1603

Unit 2: Non-British Period Study

Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919–1963

• The establishment and development of the Weimar Republic: 1919–Jan 1933

• The establishment of the Nazi Dictatorship and its domestic policies Feb 1933–1939

• The impact of war and defeat on Germany: 1939–1949

• Divided Germany: The Federal Republic and the DDR 1949–1963

At A level students will study:

Unit 3: Thematic Study and historical interpretations

Civil Rights in the USA 1865–1992

Key topics

• African Americans

• Trade Union and Labour rights

• Native American Indians

• Women

Depth Studies

• Civil rights in the ‘Gilded Age’ c.1875–c.1895

• The New Deal and civil rights

• Malcolm X and Black Power