Exam Board: AQA

http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/as-and-a-level/history-7041-7042

This is a two year course consisting of two examined units and one coursework unit.

Unit Code	Unit Title	Taught by…	How is this unit assessed?	What will I be expected to do?	When is the exam?	How much of the A Level grade?
Unit IK	The Making of a Superpower:   USA, 1865–1975	Miss Mason	Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes • three questions (one compulsory) • 80 marks	Questions: Two sections • Section A – one compulsory question linked to historical interpretations (30 marks) • Section B – two from three essays (2 x 25 marks)	June of Year 2	40%
Unit 2S	The Making of Modern Britain:   1951–2007	Mrs Coyle	Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes • three questions (one compulsory) • 80 marks	Questions: Two sections •Section A – one compulsory question linked to primary sources or sources contemporary to the period (30 marks) •Section B – two from three essays (2 x 25 marks)	June of Year 2	40%
Unit 4 NEA Non Examined Assessment	An essay which covers 100 years and is subject to historical interpretation. The topic will centre around changes in the lives of women.	This is an independent unit of study. You will be tutored by your History teachers.	N/A	3,000 – 3,500 words • 40 marks • marked by teachers • moderated by AQA	January  of Year 2	20%

A-level students must take assessments in all three of the following components:

• Component 1: Breadth study (USA)
• Component 2: Depth study (Britain)
• Component 3: Historical investigation (Personal study).

Students must:

• study the history of more than one country
• study a British history option for Component 1 or 2
• study a non-British history option for Component 1 or 2
• study topics from a chronological range of at least 200 years.

Assessment Objectives in A Level History:

AO1: Demonstrate, organise and communicate knowledge and understanding to analyse and evaluate the key features related to the periods studied, making substantiated judgements and exploring concepts, as relevant, of cause, consequence, change, continuity, similarity, difference and significance.

(These concepts will inform the setting of questions.)

AO2: Analyse and evaluate appropriate source material, primary and/or contemporary to the period, within its historical context. DEPTH

STUDY and HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION

AO3: Analyse and evaluate, in relation to the historical context, different ways in which aspects of the past have been interpreted.

BREADTH STUDY and HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION