Paper 1 - The British Empire, 1857–1967. This unit assesses the rise and fall of the British Empire, allowing students to study in breadth issues of change, continuity, cause and consequence. The following themes are explored:
- Imperial policy.
- Expansion and Contraction of Empire.
- Trade and Commerce.
- Attitudes to Empire.
- Relations with indigenous peoples.
Paper 2 - Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953. This unit enables students to study Russia in depth, considering issues of political authority, the power of individuals and the inter-relationship of governmental, economic and social change.
- The end of Tsarism in Russia.
- The establishment of the Communist dictatorship.
- Stalin’s rise to power.
- Stalin’s rule in the 1930s.
- The Great Patriotic War.
The NEA – Tudor Rebellions, 1485-1569. The coursework requires students to investigate the Tudor century and assess the causes of rebellions against the five Tudor monarchs. Students will create and develop, through research, their own arguments and present these findings in an extended piece of critical writing.
