HISTORY

Specification: AQA History (8145)

Introduction

This specification provides the opportunity to study Britain, Europe and the World from the Medieval, Early Modern and Modern eras across short, medium and long timescales. 

 'Historians are regarded as having had an education that trains their minds to assemble, organise, and present facts and opinions. This is a very useful quality in many walks of life and careers……….’

 (Which Career Magazine)

 Course Structure

 Paper 1: Understanding the modern world

Written examination: 2 hours - 50% of total mark

Section A: Period Studies (six compulsory questions)

Germany 1890-1945

• Germany and the growth of democracy

• Germany and the Depression

• The experiences of Germans under the Nazis

Section B: Wider world depth studies (four compulsory questions)

Conflict and tension 1918-1939

• Peacemaking

• The League of Nations and the international peace

• The origins and outbreak of the Second World War

Paper 2: Shaping the nation

Written examination: 2  hours – 50% of total mark

Section A: Thematic studies (four compulsory questions)

Britain: Power  and the people

• Challenging authority and feudalism

• Challenging royal authority

• Reform and reformers

• Equality and rights

Section B: British depth studies (four compulsory questions)

Norman England: c1066-1100

• The Normans: conquest and control

• Life under the Normans

• The Norman Church and monasticism

• The historic environment of Norman England – students will be examined on a specific site in depth and this will be related to the content of the depth study.