The A Level History syllabus offers a really exciting choice of options to study. All A Level History courses now require the study of a minimum 200 years of history, plus a unit of British history. Power If you are fascinated by the ways in which governments use their power to control their people and change society, then study this option. In the first part of the course you will study how the Tudor monarchy established the shape of Britain as we know it today, led by some of the most interesting monarchs in British History. Alongside this you will explore the rise of the Communists in Russia, when they overthrew the Tsars and transformed the lives of 125 million people overnight.