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You will need to purchase a copy of this textbook - this link is to amazon, but you may be able to get it second hand for a much lower price: google "Holland, Russia, 1894-1941".

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Level: A Level
Subject: History
Successfully cover Unit Group 2 with the right amount of depth and pace. This bespoke series from the leading History publisher follows our proven and popular approach for OCR A Level, blending clear course coverage with focused activities and comprehensive assessment support.

- Develops understanding of the period through an accessible narrative that is tailored to the specification content and structured around key questions for each topic

- Builds the skills required for Unit Group 2, from explanation, assessment and analysis to the ability to make substantiated judgements

- Enables students to consolidate and extend their topic knowledge with a range of activities suitable for classwork or homework

- Helps students achieve their best by providing step-by-step assessment guidance and practice questions

- Facilitates revision with useful summaries at the start and end of each chapter

- Ensures that students understand key historical terms and concepts by defining them in the glossary
First teaching: September 2015
First exams: AS: Summer 2016, A Level: Summer 2017

An OCR endorsed resource

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Buy OCR A Level History: Russia 1894-1941 by Holland, Andrew (ISBN: 9781510416550) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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For Unit 1:  David Reynolds, "Mirrors of Greatness"

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For Unit 1:  David Reynolds, "Mirrors of Greatness"

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'A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age' ADAM ZAMOYSKI

Winston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be 'great', to gain historical immortality. And he did so through deeds and words: his actions as a soldier and politician, gilded by his writings as a journalist and historian.

But Churchill's path to greatness was also defined by the leaders he encountered along the way - friends and foes, at home and abroad. Men of power such as Hitler and Mussolini, Roosevelt and Stalin, David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain and Charles de Gaulle. And the haunting presence of the adored father who had seen nothing of merit in his troublesome son. In these men Churchill discerned greatness, or its absence, in ways that influenced his own career.

This book includes some whom Churchill would not have deemed 'great', but who - in our own day - offer alternative mirrors of what that word might mean. Mahatma Gandhi, who infuriated Churchill by exploiting the power of powerlessness. Clement Attlee, whose heretical vision of 'Great Britain' was socialist and post-imperial. And his darling Clementine, channelling her 'pinko' sentiments to become Winston's essential helpmate and most devoted critic.

Mirrors of Greatness offers vivid new perspectives on Churchill's life and work, showing how this unique man - with dazzling gifts and jagged flaws - learned from his 'great contemporaries' and what they saw in him.

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Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him

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Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him eBook : Reynolds, David: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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For Unit 2:  Orlando Figes, "Revolutionary Russia"

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For Unit 2:  Orlando Figes, "Revolutionary Russia"

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Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction (Pelican Books)

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Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction (Pelican Books) eBook : Figes, Orlando: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Update from induction day: You do not have to purchase a copy of this textbook, but if you want a copy at home, then you can buy one - this link is to amazon, but you may be able to get it second hand for a much lower price: google "Wells, Britain, 1930-1997".

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- Develops the analytical skills required to succeed in the period study by organising the narrative content around the key issues for students to explore

- Enhances understanding of the chosen historical period, supplying a wealth of extracts and sources that offer opportunities to practise the evaluative skills needed for the enquiry

- Progressively improves study skills through developmental activities and advice on answering practice exam questions

- Helps students to review, revise and reflect on the course material through chapter summaries and revision activities that consolidate topic knowledge

- Equips students with transferable critical thinking skills, presenting contrasting academic opinions that encourage A Level historians to make informed judgements on major debates

Each title in the OCR A Level History series contains one or two British period studies and its associated enquiry, providing complete support for every option in Unit Group 1.

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Buy OCR A Level History: Britain 1930-1997 UK ed. by Wells, Mike, Fellows, Nicholas (ISBN: 9781471837296) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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For Unit 3 (in Year 13):  Emerson Baker, "A Storm of Witchcraft"

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For Unit 3 (in Year 13):  Emerson Baker, "A Storm of Witchcraft"

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Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. Villagers--mainly young women--suffered from unseen torments that caused them to writhe, shriek, and contort their bodies, complaining of pins stuck into their flesh and of being haunted by specters. Believing that they suffered from assaults by an invisible spirit, the community began a hunt to track down those responsible for the demonic work. The resulting Salem Witch Trials, culminating in the execution of 19 villagers, persists as one of the most mysterious and fascinating events in American history.

Historians have speculated on a web of possible causes for the witchcraft that stated in Salem and spread across the region-religious crisis, ergot poisoning, an encephalitis outbreak, frontier war hysteria--but most agree that there was no single factor. Rather, as Emerson Baker illustrates in this seminal new work, Salem was "a perfect storm": a unique convergence of conditions and events that produced something extraordinary throughout New England in 1692 and the following years, and which has haunted us ever since.

Baker shows how a range of factors in the Bay colony in the 1690s, including a new charter and government, a lethal frontier war, and religious and political conflicts, set the stage for the dramatic events in Salem. Engaging a range of perspectives, he looks at the key players in the outbreak--the accused witches and the people they allegedly bewitched, as well as the judges and government officials who prosecuted them--and wrestles with questions about why the Salem tragedy unfolded as it did, and why it has become an enduring legacy.

Salem in 1692 was a critical moment for the fading Puritan government of Massachusetts Bay, whose attempts to suppress the story of the trials and erase them from memory only fueled the popular imagination. Baker argues that the trials marked a turning point in colonial history from Puritan communalism to Yankee independence, from faith in collective conscience to skepticism toward moral governance. A brilliantly told tale, A Storm of Witchcraft also puts Salem's storm into its broader context as a part of the ongoing narrative of American history and the history of the Atlantic World.

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A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience (Pivotal Moments in American History)

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A Storm of Witchcraft: The Salem Trials and the American Experience (Pivotal Moments in American History) eBook : Baker, Emerson W.: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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History A level - independent study guide

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For more reading recommendations, please see the transition tasks & our CSF super-curricular information.

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Finding your way to the 'Super-curricular' information via our CSF website

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Finding your way to the 'Super-curricular' information via our CSF website

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You'll be given exercise books to work in, so don't need a folder for history (unless you want one to store extra reading in).

You will need to bring the following equipment with you to all history lessons:

-          Pens, pencils, highlighters (several different colours)

-          Glue, scissors, ruler