AICE European History (AS)

Course Description

For more information about this Cambridge course, visit https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/programmes-and-qualifications/cambridge-international-as-and-a-level-history-9981/

Cambridge International AS and A Level European History explores the past from a diversity of perspectives, including social, economic, political and cultural. Learners develop transferable skills. These include the ability to evaluate historical evidence, present clear and logical arguments and assess different historical interpretations of an argument. Learners develop an understanding of historical concepts such as cause and consequence, and significance.
The key concepts for Cambridge International AS and A Level European History are:

• Similarity and difference The patterns of similarity and difference that exist between people, lived experiences, events and situations in the past. 
• Cause and consequence The relationship in history between events, circumstances, actions and beliefs (cause) and the result, event or action that follows (consequence). 
• Change and continuity How some aspects have changed over time (change) and how some have stayed the same (continuity) within a given time frame.
•  Significance The importance given to events, individuals or ideas from the past. One person’s view of historical significance may not be the same as another’s, and views may change over time. 
• Interpretations How the past is interpreted and presented by historians.

Additional Information

This is an elective credit. 
Students must sit for the Cambridge AICE Exam, which may be after the end of the school year.