Typical Syllabus

History A Level

1. 20th century Britain and America
2. The Tudors
3. Napoleon’s domestic policy

English A Level

1. The Handmaid’s Tale
2. Frankenstein
3. The Importance of Being Ernest
4. King Lear
5. Romantic Poetry
6. Post-2000s Poetry
7. Great Expectations
8. Jamaica Inn

Classical Civilisation A Level

1. Greek Theatre
   a) Oedipus Rex
   b) The Bacchae
   c) Frog

2. World of the Hero
   a) The Odyssey
   b) The Aeneid

3. Love and Relationships
   a) Plato (Symposium)
   b) Ovid
   c) Sappho

Drama A Level

1. Stanislavski
2. The House of Bernarda Alba
3. Brecht, and specifically The Caucasian Chalk Circle
4. The Crucible
5. Monsters

History GCSE

1. Nazi Germany
2. The Cold War
3. The Russian Revolution
4. The development of Communism in China

English GCSE

1. Pride and Prejudice
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
3. An Inspector Calls

Drama GCSE

1. Blue Stockings
2. The Woman in Black
3. Crave

Classical Civilisation GCSE

1. Women in the Ancient World – studying Helen of Troy, ‘the Assemblywomen’ (by Aristophanes), Medea, Pandora, The Sabine Women, Tarpeia, Lucretia and ancient systems of education and marriage, life in the home, female slaves, Neaira and Aspasia, Clodia (who could be ‘Lesbia’) and Cytheris/ Lycoris, Agnodice, the repeal of the Oppian Law, Sempronia and the Catilinarian Conspiracy, the Amazons, Camilla (in Virgil’s Aeneid) and Cleopatra
2. Roman City Life – Looking at a range of ancient buildings and lifestyles in Rome (looked at the Colosseum and the Circus Maximus as forms of entertainment, the role and lifestyles of citizens and slaves and the household and education).