Modern British History A-level
How can the Archive help with History A-Level dissertations and coursework addressing post-war issues?
We are particularly suitable for use by A-Level Students working on the OCR module Y113 Britain 1930 – 1997 because we have a wide range of material on post war issues which can address questions such as:
- Assess the reasons for the sexual revolution in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s.
- How effectively did British governments deal with issues of race relations and immigration in the 1970s?
- Assess the reasons why Britain’s membership of the EEC/EU was such a controversial political issue during the period from 1979 to 1997.
- Review the 1970 and 1974 General Elections, opinion polling and public attitudes to Heath, Wilson and Thorpe
- Assess the reasons for Margaret Thatcher’s downfall in 1990
We have contemporary opinion polls, surveys on immigration and of immigrants, attitudes to social change such as divorce, abortion, capital and corporal punishment, the financial equality act, attitudes to Mrs Thatcher throughout her tenure as Prime Minister… and lots more. It’s a mine of contemporary material suitable for A-level students.
CASE STUDY
‘How effectively did British governments deal with issues of race relations and immigration in the 1970s?’
We have an NOP Report on Immigration and Race Relations which includes a survey of Asian and West Indian communities. And a Harris Poll on the Issues of the coming Election. Both very relevant
The NOP Political Bulletin 1973 November/December contains an article on Enoch Powell and his effect on Race Relations.
Also a MORI report: MORI BPO (1997) – which includes data on voting by ethnicity (p2) and laws on racial discrimination (p18), and another: MORI BPO (Nov 2001) – includes data on ‘Views of British Asians post 9/11’
All these reports can support your research into the topic and lead you into other areas of interest
Please do contact us (phyllis.macfarlane@amsr.org.uk) if you have any specific areas that we could help with – we have other reports on political issues, women and young peoples issues, music, marketing etc. etc which are useful for your dissertations, coursework and independent studies.
Please do contact us if you have any specific areas that we could help with. We like to know what the Archive is being used for!
