KS4 - History
Board
AQA
Outline of the Course
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The course studies four areas of history and provides both a detailed knowledge and understanding of world history, as well as advanced analytical skills.
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Students will learn in a variety of different ways that are based around investigating key historical events, ideas and individuals. Students will be expected to investigate and evaluate the importance of each area studied.
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Students will be expected to form short and long written answers based on both their knowledge of events and the source material that has been produced about those events.
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Students will be expected to read around the key areas that they study and will be asked to explain their research in their lessons.
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Each paper has a range of question types, from source questions to knowledge and evaluation.
Assessment
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Type of Assessment |
Duration |
Weighting |
1 |
Paper 1: Understanding the Modern WorldAmerica: Expansion and Consolidation 1840-1895Conflict and Tension 1918-1939 |
2 hours |
50% |
2 |
Paper 2: Shaping the NationHealth and the People: Medicine in Society 1000-PresentElizabethan England c. 1568-1603 |
2 hours |
50% |
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