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Station New Road Old Tupton Chesterfield Derbyshire
S42 6LG Tel: 01246 863127
www.tuptonhall.derbyshire.sch.uk
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History provides graduates with a wide range of transferable skills. Students develop the ability to understand and analyse issues and events to a high level of competence. Other marketable skills include:
A talent for clear expression, both oral and written.
Putting forward ideas and arguments in a concise manner.
Gathering, investigating and assessing material.
Basing conclusions on research and generating ideas.
Organising material in a logical and coherent way.
A small sample of some of the many careers related to the study of history include those in:
accountancy, administration, archaeology architecture, archives, the armed forces business management, the civil service, conservation, the heritage industry, human resources, journalism, law, local government, media, the police, politics, publishing, teaching, tourism, university research.
For further information please contact
Mr R Crunkhorn
Faculty of Humanities
Tupton Hall School
A LEVEL
HISTORY
TUPTON HALL
SIXTH FORM
Why study History?
Entry Requirements:
At least grade C in English Language. GCSE
History is preferable but not compulsory.
* The assessment format is :
AS Level Exams
A Level Exams
Unit 1:
British Political History 1783–1832
This will include economic, political, social and industrial development over this period. Examples are: The government of Pitt the
Younger and his successors.
Living and working condi-tions.
The effects of industrialisation and the sometimes violent resistance to economic change.
The Great reform Act of 1832.
Unit 2:
The Cold War 1945-1963
This will include a study of key international events that shaped the post-war world. Examples are The creation of the cold war. The Berlin airlift and the Berlin
Wall. The Korean War. The space race. The Cuban Missile Crisis.
Unit 1: British Political History 1783–1885
This will build upon the Year 12 content and will include economic, political, social and industrial development over this period. Examples are: Social reform, focussing on
education, working conditions and the treatment of the poor.
The development of the railways and international trade.
Political reform and the extension of the franchise.
Unit 2: The Cold War 1963-1991 This will include: The Vietnam War. Relations with China. The roles of Reagan, Thatcher and
Gorbachev. The collapse of communism.
Unit 3: Coursework A 100 year study of the development of Germany. Students will write a
piece of coursework between 3500– 4000 words in length answering a question provided by their teacher.
AS Level History
Unit 1
50% of total A Level
grade
Unit 2
50% of total A Level
grade
Assessment
The Year 13 exams will
be based on the
content of Y12 and Y13
Unit 1
40% of total A Level
grade
Unit 2
40% of total A Level
grade
Unit 3
20% of total A Level
grade
A Level History
