Tudors: England (1485–1603)
This option allows students to study in
breadth issues of change, continuity, cause and consequence in this period
through the following key questions:
The Cold War (1945-1991)
This unit will develop your understanding of
international conflicts and alliances that have shaped the modern world. You
will study key events such as the reasons for these tensions between the USA and
the USSR, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis, how other events such as
the Korean, Vietnamese and Afghan wars became involved and then ultimately, the
collapse of the Soviet Union and communism in Europe.
This will all be studied alongside focus on historical interpretation and
research projects which mirror university style investigations.
Independent Historical Enquiry
This unit is your chance to be the
historian by conducting your own investigation into Tsarist Russia, the Russian
Revolution and Communist life in the early years of the USSR.
This will provide you with an invaluable insight into how the USSR was formed
and perfectly complements what you will discover about the later USSR in the
Cold War module.
You will be required to research and develop an historical investigation and
write a referenced and discursive essay of approximately 3,500
words.
