Welcome to A level History Why study ALevel
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Welcome to A level History!
Why study A-Level History? Aside from the knowledge you acquire, you will develop skills. You will use sources, argue how significant a person or event was, examine change over time and give your judgements. As good historians you will develop your skills in using evidence to sort fact from fiction and opinion from fact. These are valuable life skills that will help you navigate a modern world of fake news, misinformation and alarmism. Analysing evidence and making decisions are skills that employers value highly.
Why study A-Level History? The Historical Association has a careers section on their website with a information on a whole range of careers where it will help a lot if you've studied history. The HA has also filmed a variety of people across some very different careers who have studied history either to A-Level or degree level about how beneficial the study of history has been to them in their chosen fields. Click on the link to gain inspiration and learn more about where a qualification in history can take you. Careers covered in these interviews so far include: • Business • Head of Learning at a national museum • Community Assistant Producer for Historic Royal Palaces • School organiser for a children's charity • Law • Brand Marketing Manager • Book Binder • Racing Manager • Stock Market Analyst
What will you study? The course is comprised of five units, two at AS level, two at A-Level and a coursework piece (for which you will choose the focus). There are two exams in each year. QKA students study with the exam board AQA. The breath unit is 1 D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603– 1702 (the AS unit is 1603 -1649). The depth study is 2 O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918– 1945 (the AS unit is 1918 -1933). These are the two main textbooks we use at QKA and if you click on these images I have included a link to each section on AQA’s website.
What can you do to prepare? The Historical Association’s website is recommended strongly (www. history. org. uk), there are many articles and podcasts for students and lovers of history. Books • Burleigh, The Third Reich: A New History • Sir I Kershaw, The 'Hitler Myth': Image and Reality in the Third Reich • Barry Coward, The Stuart Age DVDs • Cromwell (1970) • Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) • The Nazis - A Warning From History (1997) • The Stuarts (2014) Websites • spartacus-educational. com • www. ushmm. org/research-in-collections/search-thecollections/bibliography/primary-sources • www. besthistorysites. net/index. php/modern-history/hitler • bcw-project. org
We look forward to welcoming you soon!
