History

To understand the present, we must examine the struggles, transformations, and ideologies that shaped it - through the lens of power, revolution, and the stories of those who fought to define their world.

Course Summary

The aim of the History department at Christ’s is to stimulate a curiosity about the lives of people living in the past. This helps to place value on their own and other people’s cultures in modern multicultural Britain. An understanding of the past helps to bring greater understanding of the present; through which students can form their own opinions about the world in which they live, using the mistakes of the past to guide them. We also teach them to investigate these past events and, by so doing, to develop the skills of enquiry, analysis, evaluation, interpretation and problem solving. In order to communicate their ideas, students will learn to write clearly and analytically.

History is an exciting and enjoyable subject to study at Christ’s. Lesson are varied; many are enquiry based to allow students to explore historical evidence for themselves. Other lessons may use media or games to help all ability levels to learn about the past.

Years 12 and 13

Russia: From Lenin to Yeltsin 1917-1991

Mao’s China 1949 – 1976

Agitation, protest and Parliamentary Reform in Britain c1780 – 1928

Coursework (Student choice- Russian Revolution and French Revolution are encouraged)

Enrichment and Extra-Curricular

Lecture Day on either Russia or China.

Trips to the National Archives including sessions on Chartism and the Suffragettes

Exam Board

Edexcel A Level History - Course Code: 9HI0

Specification

Sample papers

Reading and Resources

Class specific resources:

Year 12

Communist States in the Twentieth Century (Hodder)

Communist States in the Twentieth Century (Pearson)

My Revision Notes: Russia 1917 – 1991 (Hodder)

My Revision Notes: Mao’s China 1949 – 1976 (Hodder)

Year 13

Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain 1780 – 1928 (Hodder)

Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain c1780 – 1928 (Pearson)

My revision Notes: Protest, Agitation and Parliamentary Reform in Britain 1780 – 1928 (Hodder)

Wider reading

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang

Soviet Union: A Very Short Introduction by Stephen Lovell

Podcast: The Rest is History