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A Level - History
Thomas Aveling School, The
Arethusa Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2UW
Available start dates
Available start dates
Application Instructions
Applications Open: Thursday, 6 November from 5pm
Applications Close: date and time to be confirmed by the school soon!
How To Apply:
Internal students - Apply via Applicaa using this link - https://thomasaveling.applicaa.com/year12
External students - Apply via KentChoices using this link - https://www.kentprospectus.co.uk/login. Please note - After sending your application, you'll receive a welcome email from Applicaa asking for further information.
Entry Requirements: Five GCSEs grade 4 and above. Refer to individual subjects for the specific entry requirements.
Course Summary
Students at Key Stage 5 study 3 separate units, The Tudors (1485-1603), Democracy and Nazism: Germany 1918-1945, and Civil Rights 1865-1970.
Units 1 and 2 (Tudors and Germany) are examined at the end of Year 13.
The Civil Rights unit is the Non-Examined Assessment (NEA), and is an individual study on any element of interest within the Civil Rights unit. Topics can be as diverse as the importance of women to the movement or the role of film and television in influencing change, to more established enquiries as the importance of Martin Luther King Jr., or the Supreme Court.
The course is much more in depth than GCSE and will involve the use of original sources and explore a range of historians’ interpretations of key events. The course is ultimately debate driven, and students are encouraged to challenge traditional thinking and support their ideas with evidence.
The course develops a huge range of practical skills including selecting relevant information, critical evaluation of not just events, but also how these events have been interpreted, as well as research and communication. The ability and desire to have a rigorous, well-informed debate is strongly developed in lessons.
Course Details
Year 12
• Germany 1890-1945
• The Tudors
• Civil Rights (Non-Exam Assessment NEA)
Year 13
• Germany 1890-1945
• The Tudors
How will it be delivered and assessed?
The course is ultimately debate driven, and students are encouraged to challenge traditional thinking and support their ideas with evidence.
The Civil Rights unit is a Non-Examined Assessment (NEA)
Units 1 and 2 (Tudors and Germany) are examined at the end of Year 13.
Entry requirements
Grade 4 or above in History or grade 4 or above in English if new to the subject
Your next steps...
https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/a-level/history-7042/specification/subject-content/introduction
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