KS 5 - HISTORY

Students study the Edexcel History course.

During Year 12, students study the folowing options:

• Unit 1 Option D - A World Divided, Communisum and Democracy in the 20th Century

• Unit 1 Option D5 - Pursuing Life and Liberty, Equality in the USA, 1945-1968

• Unit 1 Option D6 - Idiology, Conflict and Retreat, the USA in Asia, 1950 - 1973

British History Depth Studies:

• Unit 1 Option D2 - Britain and the Nationalist, Challenge in India, 1900 - 1947

During Year 13, students study the following units:

• Unit 3 Depth Studies and Assosiated Historical Controversies. Option C: the united States, Challenged and Transformed. Option C2: The United States, 1917-1954, Born, Bust and Recovery.
• Unit 4: Historical Enquiry - Coursework. Option Coursework: the Making of Modern Russia, 1856 - 1964.

Course Books and Equipment

• Prosperity, Depression and the New Deal, Peter Clements
• Race Relations in the USA since 1900, Vivienne Sanders
• Britain: Domestic Politics 1918-39, R Pearce
• Britain: Society, Economy and Industrial Relations 1900-39, R Pearce
• The British Empire 1815-1914, F McDonough
• End of Empires: European Decolonisation 1919-80, Gary Thorn
  Europe and the Cold War 1945-91, David Williamson
  The USA and the Cold War, 1945-63, Oliver Edwards
• The USA and Vietnam 1945-75, Vivienne Sanders
• Planner, pen, pencils, eraser, ruler, calculator

Events and Visits

Key Dates