History

 

 

Introduction to the subject:

History is everywhere and helps you to understand your past, your present and your future.

History helps you discover how your world evolved.

History helps you develop the skills to look beyond the headlines, to ask questions properly, and to express your own opinions. Those with a sound historical knowledge truly understand the world they live in.

Studying History gives you skills which will put you head and shoulders above the crowd.

Using evidence to find answers, understanding causation and, best of all, being able to argue your point in an educated and thought out fashion.

Key Stage 3

Students in Y7 and 8 receive two History lessons per week. (2 hours study)

Topics we study include:

Year 7

  • What is History?
  • Here Come the Normans: William the Conqueror and the Battle of Hasting.
  • History Mystery: Who killed Thomas Becket
  • Life in the Middle ages.
  • Rats and Rebels: The Black Death and The Peasants Revolt.

Year 8

  • Chopping and Changing:  Henry VIII’s break from Rome
  • Elizabethan England.
  • The Witch Craze of the 17th Century.
  • Long Live the King? : The Gunpowder plot, The English Civil War, Charles I & Oliver Cromwell.
  • The Greatest Crime in Humanity: Imperial expansion, Industrial Revolution, Slavery and the Holocaust.

Trip  opportunities include:

Warwick Castle, Imperial War Museum.

Key Stage 4

GCSE History Exam Board: AQA

3 hours per week

Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World

(1hr 45 min)- 50% of overall grade

  • Germany 1890- 1945
  • Conflict and tension1918-39

Paper 2: Shaping the Nation

(1hr 45 min) 50% of overall grade

  • Health and People
  • Norman England 1066-1100

Key Stage 5

GCSE History Exam Board: OCR

Year 12:

  • Britain 1930-1997 & Churchill depth study. 1 hour 30 exam (25% of overall A level)
  • The American Revolution 1740-1796. 1 hour exam (15% of overall A level)

Year 13:

  • Civil Rights 1865-1992. 2 hour 30 exam (40% of overall A level)
  • Topic Based essay. No examination. (20% of overall A Level)

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