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11–12Modern History 11–12 Syllabus

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Implementation from 2027
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Content

Year 11

The shaping of the modern world

Students investigate forces and ideas that shaped the modern world through a study of key events and developments and the meaning of modernity. The historical concepts and skills content is to be integrated as appropriate.

Students study at least ONE of the following options:

  • The Age of Enlightenment
  • The French Revolution
  • The Age of Imperialism
  • The Industrial Age
  • The First World War
  • The Age of Decolonisation
The First World War
The historical context
  • Long-term causes of the war

The nature and course of WWI
  • The short-term causes and the nature of the outbreak of war in 1914

  • The changing nature of warfare on at least TWO military fronts, including scientific and industrial developments in weaponry, medicine and communications

  • The varying experiences of soldiers in key battles

  • The nature and impact of ‘total war’ on different social groups, including the changing role of women

  • The reasons for the Allied victory

The significance of WWI
  • The short-term effects of WWI

  • The legacy of WWI

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