Option 3: History of Asia and Oceania
There are 18 possible topics in this section which range from 8th Century to 20th Century, from Medieval times to developments at the end of the 20th Century.This allows you to broaden out your curriculum to cover a wider chronology. You do not have to choose sections from the same time frame - you could, for example, do the unit on the Samurai alongside 20th Century topics.
A full list of topics can be seen here
It is recommended that you teach three sections in full.
To see the sections that we have covered so far on this site, please see below!
Topic 07. Challenges to traditional East Asian societies (1700 - 1868)
This section focuses on the challenges faced by both imperial China and Japan from the mid-18th Century to the mid-19th Century as they dealt with domestic economic, political and social strains and also...
Topic 09: Early modernization and imperial decline in East Asia (1860–1912)
This Topic follows on from Topic 7 and provides an interesting comparison between China and Japan and their efforts to deal with Western threats and incursions. While Japan was successful in modernising...
Topic 10: Nationalism and independence in India (1919–1964
This topic examines the development of nationalism in India, from the end of the First World War to the achievement of Indian independence. It also examines the development of India to 1964.
Topic 11: Japan 1912 to 1990
This period of Japan's history starts with a period of 'liberal' democracy, examines the descent into nationalism and militarism in the 1930s with its catastrophic results, and then looks at the reconstruction...
Topic 12: China and Korea (1910 - 1950)
Topic 12 examines the momentous events in China and Korea between 1910 and 1950; the development of a national movement in China, the events leading to a civil war between Nationalists and the Communists...
Topic 14: The Peoples Republic of China (1949 - 2005)
Topic 14 examines the nature of Mao's rule over China; the impact of his domestic and foreign policies as well as the changes that took place after his death under Deng Xiaoping.Specifically this unit...
Topic 15: Cold War conflicts in Asia
This section looks at the impact of the Cold War on Asia. There is a lot of overlap with this topic for Paper 3 and the Superpower rivalry topic for paper 2. Specifically this topic covers the following...