CREATIVE EVENTS
GCSE HISTORY
Pupils will be entered for the GCSE History specification offered by CCEA at Higher Tier level.
The options pupils will study are:-
(a)Germany 1919-41
(b)Northern Ireland and its Neighbours 1965-1985
(c)Superpower Relations 1945-1991
Each of these topics and the coursework assignment allow pupils to investigate and explore gripping modern and contemporary issues and develop their reasoning and writing skills. In general, the course provides pupils with a keen grasp of the world around them and explore the past whilst considering a variety of view points. They see the past from a local, European and global perspective.
History coursework will consist of one assignment carried out as part of the study of this specification.
The assignment will be a Controlled Assessment Task. Pupils will prepare for the task with direction from the teacher.
They will write out their assignment independently, but in class.
Marks awarded for coursework will be 25% of the total available for the examination.
Course Content
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AS History
At AS Level, we go on a fascinating journey through the world of some of the great European dictators of the twentieth century. Our modules are as follows:
In Module 2 we look at the last years of Tsarist Russia, how it worked and what helped bring its collapse. After that, it is Russia (and later the USSR) under the control of Lenin and Stalin, two of the great dictators of the world in the early twentieth century. We look (among other things) at such momentous events as the 1917 revolutions, the Russian Civil War, the leadership struggle after Lenin, and Stalin's Great Terror.
In Module 1 (with which we finish) we explore the period of Germany's first true democracy, the Weimar Republic. We look at how it worked and what its strengths and problems were. One of its biggest problems was the rise of extreme groups like the Nazis. We investigate this rise, as well as the Nazis time in power going right up to Hitler's death in 1945. There's an intriguing study of Hitler's methods of control and the success of his policies.
A2 History
At A2, we do 2 modules which take us into the ground-breaking events of modern Soviet and Irish history. Here they are:
Module 3 takes us into the world-moulding period of Soviet Foreign Policy in the twentieth century and what influenced Russian/Soviet Foreign Policy, its aims, the main features and its success. We look at the foreign policy careers of Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev and Gorbachev. It also looks at the enemies of communism (Fascist and Democratic) and their opposition to communism.
Finally, Module 4 gives the opportunity to do some modern Irish history. We investigate the 3rd Home Rule Crisis, Ireland in World War One and the circumstances leading up the formation of Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State. We also look at the early years of those 2 countries and the priorities, problems and successes of each.
