History

Curriculum Leader Humanities: Mr Steven Green

Examination board: IGCSE Cambridge, CIE0977

Course Content

IGCSE History is a 2-year course with the final examinations taking place at the end of the second year. The students are invited to study:

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The League of Nations

• The Collapse of International Peace

• The Origins of the Cold War

• The United Nations

• Weimar Germany

• Nazi Germany OR Russia 1905-1953

• How successfully did the US Contain Communism? (Korea, Cuba and Vietnam)

• The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe by 1990

This History syllabus offers students the opportunity to study some of the major international issues of the 20th century, as well as looking in greater depth at the history of a particular region or regions. The emphasis within the syllabus is as much on developing lifelong historical skills as on acquiring knowledge.

How will you be assessed? 

Examination Paper 1 : 40% Essays

2 Hours

Examination Paper 2 : 30% sources

1 Hour 45 minutes

Coursework or Paper 4 : 30%

One piece of extended writing based on a Depth Study – 2000 words or Examination Paper 4

1 Hour

Key Skills

• To acquire and assimilate a complex range of knowledge relating to human activity and understanding

• To deploy historical knowledge in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of its nature and utility as evidence

• To appreciate, with maturity, the nature of cause and consequence, continuity and change, and similarity and difference

• To understand that the key to individual success lies in the fostering of international understanding

• To develop a greater degree of sophistication in their language and communication

Careers

History is unique because the subject provides an attractive platform for the pursuit of most, if not all, careers. The subject dovetails well with careers in Law, Journalism, and International Relations. However, many historians go into jobs in Finance and Banking due to the rigorously academic nature of the subject.