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Unit 1a: International Relations: the changing international order 1918–1975 [30%]

The Inter-War Years 1918 – 1939: The Treaty of Versailles; the Inter-War Years [1918-1939] / International Relations [1918-1939]: the League of Nations; the Great Depression of the 1930s; the Japanese invasion of Manchuria; the Italian invasion of Abyssinia; the actions of Hitler; the policy of Appeasement; the causes of the Second World War

The Cold War 1945 – 1975: The origins of the Cold War [1945-1953]: Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, the Soviet takeover of eastern Europe, the Iron Curtain, the US policy of Containment, the Berlin Blockade and Airlift, the formation of NATO, the Korean War; the Berlin Wall [1961-1989]; the Cuban Missile Crisis; the Vietnam War.

Historical Controversies:

Differing interpretations of the policy of Appeasement

Differing interpretations of the origins of the Cold War

Unit 1b: South Africa 1960 – 1994 - The Campaign against Apartheid [20%]

The origins and nature of Apartheid; protest against Apartheid in the 1960s and 1970s; Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress; Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement; the reasons for the end of Apartheid in the 1990s

Unit 2: British Thematic Study - Migration to Britain 1000-2010 [25%]

Focus: 1] Reasons for migration; 2] Experience of migrants; 3] Responses to immigration; 4] Impact of immigration

1000-1500: The Norman Conquest 1066; Jews in England 1066 – 1290; immigration during the Middle Ages

1500-1900: Africans in 16th Century England; the East India Company; Jews in England 1656-1900; the Huguenots; the impact of the Industrial Revolution: Irish and Scottish migration; Britain’s role in the trade in enslaved people and the Abolitionist Movement; the Chartist Movement; government laws on immigration

1900-2010: Government immigration laws during the 20th Century; the Kindertransport in the 1930s; post-war Polish immigration; post- war Commonwealth migration from the Caribbean and Asia; immigration as a political issue; multiculturalism, refugees and asylum seekers; immigration from the European Union

Unit 3a: British Depth Study - Impact of the British Empire 1688-1730 [15%]

English expansion and its impact on the British Isles c.1688–c.1730: England and Ireland, England and Scotland, the Act of Union 1707, the Jacobite Rebellion 1715, emigration to America

Economic impact of the British Empire on Britain 1688–c.1730: Trade with India and China,

colonies in North America and the Caribbean, the Atlantic Slave Trade

Political and social impact of British Empire on Britain 1688–c.1730: The growth of ports such as Bristol, London and Liverpool, resistance to slavery, the abolition of slavery

Unit 3b – Study of an historic environment – patterns of migration [10%]

Migration Case Study: The study of the physical environment of an area with regard to the impact of immigration: when immigrant groups arrived, why and from where; how immigrants were received by settled populations; the experiences of immigrants; key events in local migration history; the impact of migration on the area.

See Mr Harbon for more information.