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History (9489)
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Free History (9489) study notes for Cambridge International AS Level students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Papers 1 and 2 (AS Level)
European option: Modern Europe, 1750–1921
American option: The history of the USA, 1820–1941
International option: International history, 1870–1945
Paper 3 (A Level)
The origins of the First World War
The Holocaust
The origins and development of the Cold War
European option: Modern Europe, 1774–1924
France, 1774–1814
Liberalism and nationalism in Germany, 1815–71
Russia from autocracy to revolution, 1881–1924
American option: The history of the USA, 1820–1941
The Civil War and Reconstruction, 1820–77
The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1870–1920
The Great Crash, the Great Depression and the New Deal, 1920–41
Paper 4 (A Level)
European option, Depth study 1: European history in the interwar years, 1919–41
American option, Depth study 2: The USA, 1944–92
International option, Depth study 3: International history, 1945–92
International option: International history, 1870–1939
Imperialism and the emergence of world powers, c.1870–1918
International relations, 1919–29: conflict and cooperation
International history, 1929–39: the rise of extremism and the road to war
Skills: Sources & essays
Comparing two sources (Paper 1 Part (a))
Using four sources to test a claim (Paper 1 Part (b))
Causal explanation: 'Explain why' (Paper 2 Part (a))
Argument, alternative perspectives and judgement (Paper 2 Part (b))
Source provenance, context and reliability
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