"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots."
Marcus Garvey
Students will study the following topics:
Paper 1: Rights and Protest (USA and South Africa)
1 hour source based exam, worth 20%
Paper 2: Authoritarian States (Hitler and Mao) and The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries
1 hour 30 minute essay based exam, worth 25%
Paper 3: History of Europe
Europe and the First World War 1871-1918
Imperial Russia, revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union (1855–1924)
The Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia (1924–2000
2 hour 30 minute essay based exam, worth 35%
Internal Assessment - A Historical investigation into a topic of your choice where you will identify and evaluate sources, investigate a historical enquiry and reflect on the challenges of historians. Worth 25%
For your induction session, please work your way through the PowerPoint below. This will then enable you to complete the Summer Project (also below) which will be used by your teachers as their first form of assessment in September. Should you need help at any stage, please contact Miss Youdale (lucy.youdale@wilmingtonacademy.org.uk). Completed projects should be emailed to: lucy.youdale@wilmingtonacademy.org.uk.