Unit 1
Studies in Depth – Wales and the wider perspective
(1C Depression, War & Recovery)
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Written examination: 1 hour.
Assessed by compulsory questions. These will focus largely on the analysis and evaluation of historical sources and interpretations. There will also be questions testing second order historical concepts
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25% |
Unit 2
Studies in Depth – History with a European / world focus
(2D Changes in South Africa)
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Written examination: 1 hour.
Assessed by compulsory questions. These will test second order historical concepts and also analyse and evaluate historical sources and interpretations.
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25% |
Unit 3
Thematic studies from a broad historical perspective
(3A Changes in Crime & Punishment)
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Written examination: 1 hour 15 minutes.
The Thematic Study will include the study of an appropriate historic site and its significance.
Assessed by compulsory questions focusing extensively on second order historical concepts including continuity, change, cause, consequence, significance, similarity and difference.
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30% |
Unit 4
Working as a historian
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Non-exam assessment
The non-examination assessment will involve the completion of two separate tasks, one with a focus on source evaluation within the creation of an historical narrative and one with a focus on the formation of different historical interpretations of history:
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Racial Segregation in 1950s USA
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The career and impact of Dr Martin Luther King
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20% |