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History 7041
8 sections available · 27 chapters available
Free History 7041 study notes for AQA AS Level students. Each chapter breaks down a key concept with examples and practice prompts you can turn into AI drills in the thinka app.
Component 1: Breadth Study
Component 2: Depth Study
Component 1 Breadth Study: earlier options
1A The Age of the Crusades, c1071–1149
1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1547
1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1649
1F Industrialisation and the People: Britain, c1783–1832
Component 1 Breadth Study: later options
1G Challenge and Transformation: Britain, c1851–1914
1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1917
1J The British Empire, c1857–1914
1K The Making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1920
1L The Quest for Political Stability: Germany, 1871–1929
Component 2 Depth Study: medieval and early modern options
2A Royal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1189
2B The Wars of the Roses, 1450–1471
2D Religious Conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1547
2E The English Revolution, 1625–1642
2G The Birth of the USA, 1760–1776
Component 2 Depth Study: nineteenth and early twentieth century options
2J America: A Nation Divided, c1845–1861
2L Italy and Fascism, c1900–1926
2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1929
2N Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917–1929
2O Democracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1933
Component 2 Depth Study: post-1936 options
2P The Transformation of China, 1936–1962
2Q The American Dream: Reality and Illusion, 1945–1963
2R The Cold War, c1945–1963
2S The Making of Modern Britain, 1951–1979
Exam skills
Evaluating historical interpretations (Component 1 Section A)
Evaluating primary sources (Component 2 Section A)
Breadth essays: change over an extended period (Component 1 Section B)
Depth essays: analysing a judgement (Component 2 Section B)
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