International School History - European School History and Human Science

S6 4hr History

Last update - 06 January 2021

Official European School History S6 Syllabus: English, French, German

Europe and the World from the end of the 19th Century to 1945

Textbook and resources lists for 4 option history

The new syllabus from September 2013


Compulsory Core Europe 1 Europe transformed by WWI	Compulsory Core Europe 2 Dictatorship and democracy	Compulsory Core Europe 3 Second World War	The History 4hr compulsory Research Study


Optional Theme 6.4B Culture and Society to 1945	Optional Theme 6.4C European colonisation	Optional Theme 6.4D Warfare in the 20th Century	Revision - Xmas Revision Summer

Want to get ahead over the summer? Try some recommended summer reading for S6 into S7.

The website for the old syllabus is still accessible by following the links below:


1870-1914 The Age of Imperialism	1914-1921 War and Revolution	1921-1934 Boom and Bust	1935-1945 The Era of Total War	Revision - Xmas Revision Summer