AQA A-level History 2024 — 7042
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| Examination | AQA A-level |
|---|---|
| Subject | History |
| Year and session | 2024 · June |
| Publisher | AQA |
| Component 1: Breadth study | Choose one of the following options: Choose one British and one non-British option. British options: 1C, 1D, 1F, 1G, 1J; 2A, 2B, 2D, 2E, 2M, 2S. Do not combine 1C with 2C, or 1D with 2F. The three components together must cover at least 200 years. The historical investigation must not duplicate the examined topics. |
| The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204 | 7042/1A · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Spain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598 (A-level only) | 7042/1B · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 | 7042/1C · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 | 7042/1D · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) | 7042/1E · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 | 7042/1F · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 | 7042/1G · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964 | 7042/1H · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The British Empire, c1857–1967 | 7042/1J · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975 | 7042/1K · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 | 7042/1L · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Component 2: Depth study | Choose one of the following options: |
| Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216 | 7042/2A · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499 | 7042/2B · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564 (A-level only) | 7042/2C · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Religious conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570 | 7042/2D · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The English Revolution, 1625–1660 | 7042/2E · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715 (A-level only) | 7042/2F · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Birth of the USA, 1760–1801 | 7042/2G · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only) | 7042/2H · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877 | 7042/2J · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| International Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941 (A-level only) | 7042/2K · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Italy and Fascism, c1900–1945 | 7042/2L · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 | 7042/2M · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953 | 7042/2N · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945 | 7042/2O · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Transformation of China, 1936–1997 | 7042/2P · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980 | 7042/2Q · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Cold War, c1945–1991 | 7042/2R · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007 | 7042/2S · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) (page 62) Component 3: Historical Investigation | 7042/2T · Option Time: 150 min · Weighting: 40% |
| Component 3: Historical investigation | Required Weighting: 20% |