Why choose Studio 6?
Board: Edexcel
• You will recall, select and deploy historical knowledge appropriately, and communicate knowledge and understanding of history in a clear and effective manner.
• You will analyse and evaluate a range of appropriate source material with discrimination.
Subject Skills
• The communication of historical knowledge.
• The ability to analyse and interpret historical sources.
• Research skills.
Course Content
Unit 1: Historical Themes in Breadth
In this unit you will study two topics on Russia - autocracy to dictatorship 1881- 1924 and Stalin’s Russia 1924-53.You will look at broad developments and changes in the periods studied.
Unit 2: British History
Here you will carry out an in-depth study of one period of British history.You will explore source material on the topic of relationships between Ireland and Britain from 1867-1922. The material studied is to develop a deep understanding of the relationships between the two countries.
To study the GCE in history you need an interest in the world around you, an enquiring mind and the ability to weigh up different evidence or arguments.You do not need to have GCSE history in order to study AS history. However, you may find it helpful, as the GCE builds on the skills developed at GCSE such as the communication of historical knowledge and the ability to analyse historical sources. You should have gained at least a C at English and if you have taken GCSE history you should have achieved a minimum of grade B.
Unit 1: Historical Themes in Breadth
You will take a written exam.You will need to answer two extended writing questions, one on each topic you have studied.You will have a choice of two questions for each topic.
Unit 2: British History
You will take a written exam.You will need to answer two questions based on historical sources supplied with the paper. In one question you will need to analyse, cross-reference and evaluate the source material to reach a judgement. In the second question you will address an historical view or claim using two sources and your own knowledge.
You will be taught by two teachers - one for each unit. A variety of methods will be used such as individual presentations to
group work. Discussion and reading are a very important part of history lessons, especially the ability to form and communicate an opinion.
The A2 course involves a coursework unit in which you have to collect sources to make a judgement on a key historical event. You will also take an exam on the fascinating events of the Cold War.
You will have a number of skills relevant to many types of employment, such as the ability to seek information and to analyse it in order to identify facts and motives and to present information clearly for others to understand.
The skills you will obtain through studying history will be useful in a number of careers, either directly related to history (e.g. working in museums, galleries, heritage sites, record offices and archives and teaching), or in areas such as journalism, libraries, national and local government and the civil service.
1. You have an interest in the world around you, the society you live in, and how it has developed.
2. You like learning about people, how they interact, and what motivates them.
3. You like learning about different countries, societies and cultures.
4. You enjoy discussion, debate and argument.
5. You like to think for yourself and develop your own views.
6. You enjoy research and analysing material to check for bias and propaganda.
See Mr Mernagh.
