As a CAIE (Cambridge) subject, marks for History Units examined in Year 12 are carried forward to Year 13.  This means, students sit their A Level over two years rather than all at the end of Year 13.  Year 12 (AS) History consists of two examined units based on The History of the USA, 1820-1941.  Unit 1 is a source-based paper focusing on factors linked to the Gilded Age & Progressive Era.  Unit 2 is an essay-based paper examining two topics from: Origins of the US Civil War, The Civil War & Reconstruction, and The Great Depression & the New Deal. This will give students both an excellent understanding of this period of American history, and a grounding in many of the issues that have influenced global history post-WWII.  Students have an option to resit the AS units in November of Year 13 should they feel it necessary.