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Studying History helps make sense of the modern world and provides a broad general knowledge background that will stand you in good stead at university interviews and in life in general. History is a course that involves reading and discussing past events and making sense of the relative significance of these moments in time.
At HSDC these skills of analysis and evaluation will be developed so that you can effectively think, read, communicate, and write about history to a higher level, whether directly for your exams, for further studies in humanities at university, or to be a successful person in modern society.
Five GCSEs at grade 4 or above and a grade 5 in GCSE English Language is recommended.
On this History A Level course, you will have the opportunity to study a mix of British and German history covering the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871-1991
This option allows you to study in breadth issues of change, continuity, cause and consequence within the context of German history 1871-1991. Starting with the unification of Germany and rapid industrial development of the country, through the experience of the First World War and the attempt to establish democracy, the first year of this course concludes with the devastating impact of the Wall Street Crash on German politics. The second year begins with the rise of the Nazi Party and the consequences for Germany of the Second World War, through the post-war division between East and West Germany, and finally, the reunification in 1991.
The Making of Modern Britain, 1951-2007
This option provides for the in-depth study of the key political, economic, social and international changes that helped to mould Britain in the second half of the 20th century. It explores concepts such as government and opposition, class, social division and cultural change. It encourages you to reflect on Britain’s changing place in the world, as well as the interrelationship between political policies, economic developments and political survival.
Coursework
You will be given a choice of three options:
1. Witch-hunting in early modern Europe.
2. Challenging authority in the 19th Century.
3. The progress of women in the 19th century.
In the second year, you’ll take two exams and produce one piece of coursework of approximately 4000 words.
Our past students have gone on to a wide variety of Higher Education courses and out into various positions in the world of work. Degrees that our students have studied include history, history with qualified teacher status (primary and secondary teaching), modern history, medieval history, war studies, peace studies, American studies, international history and heritage conservation. Our students applying for law, politics or philosophy have also found their History A Level advantageous.
