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Overview

This A Level is currently being revised for first teaching in September 2008. View the new draft specification and sample assessment materials for History A and History B.

This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to select and study from a variety of periods and topics in English, European and American History from medieval to the late twentieth centuary. It allows the study of History in depth from a range of historical perspectives. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to develop their capacity for critical thinking and to see relationships between different aspects of History.

Previous study of the subject is not essential. The course offers a sound foundation for the study of History or related courses in further or higher education. Those who want to progress directly into employment will also find opportunities to work in a variety of jobs including law, business administration, police service, journalism and the media, and other History-related careers.

Specification aims

The aims of these specifications are to encourage students to:

• Acquire knowledge and understanding of selected periods of history.
• Develop an understanding of historical facts, terms and concepts.
• Explore the significance of events, individuals, ideas and societies in history.
• Study a variety of historical perspectives: social, religous, military, economic, intellectual and cultural, as well as political.
• Understand the nature of historical evidence and the methods used in analysing evidence, evaluating problems and making judgements drawn from a range of evidence.
• Develop an understanding of how the past has been interpreted and represented.
• Communicate effectively, in an ordered and coherent way, using appropriate spelling, punctuation and grammar.
• Develop an interest in and an enthusiasm for History, and to acquire a sound basis for further historical study.