History A-Level (2028 exam) – Term 3b (April 2027)

Important note

Do not purchase Term 3b if the student intends to sit the AS-Level exam (purchase Term 3a instead)! Term 3b is for students taking the full A-Level exam.

Course Overview

Terms 3b to 6 of this course cover the full content of the A2 component of the Cambridge International A-Level (9489) specification for A-Level History (with the first few weeks of Term 3b still being in AS-Level territory). PX A2-Level History is a one-and-a-third-year course and assumes that PX AS-Level History (Terms 1 & 2) have already been mastered.

This course covers the following options of the Cambridge International A-Level (9489):

Year 1 (AS-Level)

Modern Europe, 1750-1921:

• France, 1774-1814
• Liberalism and nationalism in Germany, 1815-1871
• Russia from autocracy to revolution, 1881-1924

Year 1 Supplement (A2-Level only)

• Mussolini’s Italy, 1919-41

Year 2 (A2-Level)

1. Interpretations of the Holocaust
2. Depth study: European history, 1919-41

• • Stalin’s Russia, 1924-41
  • Hitler’s Germany, 1929-41

Course Method

Classes involve discussions on issues related to the content covered in the previous lesson and an introduction to the part of the specification to be covered in homework during the following week, directed particularly at developing key conceptual understandings. They also involve guidance and shared practice in writing exam-style essays.

The aim is to create a relaxed but purposeful atmosphere in which students feel free to ask questions and to share ideas with each other. Guidance is given on note-making, and templates are provided for students to use in structuring their own notes. Students should expect to spend six to seven hours per week on note-making and other tasks set each week.

Students will need to acquire the following coursebooks:

AS-Level

• Cambridge International AS-Level History Modern Europe 1774-1924 Coursebook by G. Goodlad & P. Walsh-Atkins (ISBN 9781009556200)

A2-Level

• Mussolini and Italy by E. Townley (ISBN 9780435327255)
• Stalin’s Russia, 1924-53 by M. Lynch (ISBN 9780340965894)
• Hitler and Germany by W. Simpson (ISBN 9780521376297)
• Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust by A. Farmer (ISBN 9780340984963)

Tests of exam-style questions are set at the end of each topic and marked by the teacher. A bank of questions is also provided for students who wish to do extra practice and answers to these can also be submitted to the teacher for marking.

If notice is given in advance of a lesson that a student will not be able to attend, a video recording may be made, to be temporarily available after the lesson.

Course Details

Term 3b covers revision for Papers 1 and 2 and Mussolini’s Italy, 1919-41. It comprises 24 lessons. Each lesson lasts 60 minutes.

This PX Classroom is held on Tuesdays at 11.30am and Wednesdays at 9.30am (London time zone), starting on Tuesday, 13th April 2027. There will be no lessons during the half-term break which commences on 31st May. The last lesson is due to be on Wednesday, 7th July 2027.