History supercharges such skills. It encourages you to think for yourself and support your ideas with carefully chosen evidence and it teaches you to research a subject and present your findings in a coherent way. Most important of all, History is intrinsically interesting, and an understanding of how this country and the wider world have developed will help you to become a thoughtful, well-informed member of today's global society.

What will I study?
Our Exam Board is Edexcel. The course includes the following topics:

Medicine in Britain c1250 - Today
Developments in the understanding of health and medicine from the Middle Ages through to modern times, including a study of medicine during WW1.

Early Elizabethan England 1558 - 1588
An investigation of the first 30 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, one of England's most characterful and significant monarchs.

Germany 1918 - 1939
What problems did Germany face after the First World War and how did these problems contribute to the rise of the Nazi party?

The American West c1835 -1895

The heroic and tragic tale of the creation of the modern USA, focussing on the struggle for control of 'the West', the land of cowboys, the indigenous people (formerly referred to as 'the Indians), gold-miners and outlaws.

OR

Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-91

This unit looks at the development of tensions between the USA and the USSR in the aftermath of the Second World War, building to decades of hostility that became known as the Cold War.

How will I be taught?

History is taught in mixed ability groups. We aim to use a variety of resources such as film clips, photographs and documents. History is a literacy-based subject, and you will have to write coherent answers that range in length from a paragraph to short essays.