History gce as level

2. Course description Summary: This subject covers modern European and British history, including nationalism, war and its impact on society, revolution and Fascism. Course description: Themes of study include nationalism, the impact of war on society, Nazi Germany and the development of British democracy. A typical class will include reading, analysing and evaluating historical sources and discussion. Trips are organised to local museums and one of the highlights is the optional visit to Berlin in the second year, where history comes alive as visits are made to see the sites of Imperial Berlin, the Weimar Republic and the Nazi regime. History is academically challenging. To succeed you will need to enjoy reading, think logically and be good at evaluating evidence and opinions. You must also be prepared to read widely and deeply, to work at developing essay writing skills and to think analytically and independently. History can be taken with any other subjects, but students often choose government and politics, law, sociology or English. Objective: This course helps to explain our present and collective past as a story, or a series of stories, whose content shifts according to the storyteller. As George Santayana said, 'A country without a memory is a country of madmen.' Assessment: Assessment is through exams with essays and there is coursework in the second year.