History

Pre-course tasks to be completed by September

2023

AQA History (7042)

Component 1C: The Tudors: England 1485-1603

Core textbook: Oxford AQA History The Tudors: England 1485-1603

• Listen to a Tudor podcast from History Hit or Not Just the Tudors –summarise 5 key points from the podcast.

• Create an information leaflet on Henry VII – make a note of where you got your information from.

Component 2N: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia, 1917-1953

Core textbook: Oxford AQA History Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia, 1917-1953

• Create a booklet on Karl Marx, Socialism and Communism - make a note of where you got your information from

• Watch this documentary on YouTube: Last of the Czars: Last of the Czars - 01 - Nicky and Alix (1996) - YouTube.

Recommended reading / viewing

Component 1C: The Tudors: England 1485-1603

• A History of Britain DVD – S Schama

• Tudor Fiction series by Phillipa Gregory

• Wolf Hall, Bring up the Bodies or the Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

• Winter King: The Dawn of Tudor England by Thomas Penn

Component 2N: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia, 1917-1953

• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

• Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991 by Orlando Figes – Chapter 1

• S Montefiore, Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar, Phoenix, 2003

• Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak book/film