COURSES

History (Pre-U)
Course outline
More topics will be covered for Pre-U than are
expected at AS. In the first year one of your tutors
will teach a period of British and Irish history, with
an emphasis on the personality clashes of Peel,
O’Connell, Gladstone and Disraeli and the turbulent
politics of reform and protest in the nineteenth
century. The other tutor will cover a similar time
period of either European or American history
depending on options available. This will include the
conflicts surrounding German and Italian unification,
or the struggles in the USA from independence to
the twenty-first century including the Civil War, the
Great Depression, and the 1960s. In the second year,
a shorter period of history will be studied in depth
and at present, this is Nazi Germany.
Pre-U History consists of four papers, each worth
25% of the final grade. In the two outline papers,
studied in the Lower Sixth, you will be expected to
write analytical responses to the questions asked
and to be able to place the topic in its broader
historical framework. In the special subject paper,
studied in the Upper Sixth, you will study a set of
recommended documents and be required to
evaluate extracts from these in the examination.
There will also be an essay question. The final paper
in the Upper Sixth is the personal investigation or
coursework paper, in which you undertake a detailed
study of 3,500 to 4,000 words on an historical topic
of your choice.
Further information
It is desirable that Sixth Form history pupils have at
least grade B at GCSE History. At least a C grade in
English Language is essential.
The specification number is: 9769 and is run by
University of Cambridge International Examinations
(CIE).
Full course details can be found at:
www.cie.org.uk
For further information, please contact:
Mr N Whiskerd,
jnw@millfieldschool.com
Or:
Head of History, Mrs T J Crouch,
tjc@millfieldschool.com
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