1. AS /A2 History : Course Overview Rationale : 19 th and 20th Century British and European History –’people ,power and authority’. Focusing on states and societies over this time period. AS A2 YOU WILL BE STUDYING British political history 1945-90 responding to change. THE NATURE OF ASSESSMENT: Unit 1 : written examination 1hr 20 mins. Two essay questions. Unit 2: written examination 1hr 20 mins. Two source based questions. Unit 2: Britain in the later 20 th Century: responding to change. YOU WILL BE STUDYING : Germany 1918-45: From the Second Reich to Third Reich. The collapse of the Liberal state and triumph of fascism in Italy 1896-1943. Unit 1: The expansion and challenge of nationalism. THE NATURE OF ASSESSMENT: Unit 3 : written examination 2hrs. Section a essay question and section B source based historical debate extended question. Unit 4:Internally assessed 4000 word assignment of a 100year history period . YOU WILL BE STUDYING The state and the poor 1815-39. Unit 4:Coursework unit YOU WILL BE STUDYING : Superpower Relations 1944-90. Unit 3: World divided: Superpower Relations 1944-90.