History Year 10 & 11


Year 10 & 11 History Course Modules


  • OCR Explaining the Modern World A: Year 10 & 11 War and Society – thematic Study

    This British thematic study focuses on the relationship between war and society over a long period of British history, c790 to c.2010. This includes a broad sweep of time which covers the impact of different types of warfare (including defence from invasion, conquest and civil war).  Continuous themes addressed are Themes:

    • Different types of war
    • Attitudes and responses to war
    • Impacts of war on people
    • Impacts of war on government and politics
  • OCR Explaining the Modern World A: Year 10 & 11 Personal Rule to Restoration – Depth Study

    This depth study focuses on the main political and religious developments in Britain from 1629–1660. The aim is to give learners the opportunity to study in depth a period of fundamental significance in British history. Content covered; Relationship between Parliament and Charles I 1629–1642, The political and religious impact of war 1642–1649 and The nature and extent of political and religious change 1649–c.1660

  • OCR Explaining the Modern World A: Year 10 & 11 OCR A Explaining the Modern World

    The focus of the period study is on the unfolding narrative of international relations from 1918–2001. We will study the substantial developments and issues associated with this period, in order to understand the forces and events which shaped the 20th and early 21st century world and how these forces and events have come to shape our world. We will also investigate the ways in which some of the developments have been interpreted differently by different historians or others (including popular interpretations) and also how and why these interpretations have sometimes changed over time.

  • OCR Explaining the Modern World A: Year 10 & 11 The USA 1945–1974: The People and the State

    This depth study focuses on the relationship between the people and the state in the USA  from 1945–1974. Post-war challenges in the USA 1945–1954, Civil Rights in the USA 1954–1964, Government and dissent c.1964–197

  • OCR Explaining the Modern World A: Year 10 & 11 Castles, a study of the historic environment

    The essence of this study is for learners to practise and develop their ability to use evidence effectively, specifically the site of a castle.

    The aim of this study is that learners should be able to explain how historians and archaeologists can use the physical fabric of the site and accompanying relevant documents and other source material to understand the purpose of a castle site at specific points in time, and also how this purpose may have changed across a particular timespan.

    The sites specified for this study have been selected in conjunction with English Heritage.

    o 2019 site: Kenilworth Castle

    o 2020 site: Carlisle Castle

    o 2021 site: Stokesay Castle

    o 2022 site: Portchester Castle

    Questions will assess learners’ knowledge of aspects of the history of the castle and the lives of those who lived and worked in it. Questions will also  assess learners’ ability to analyse and evaluate different types of source material (both physical  and documentary including the castle itself) as evidence about the history of the castle.

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