Why do we learn history?
We study history because:
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The past has led to the present, and knowing this empowers us.
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We develop a complex range of skills which includes writing extended balanced arguments. This helps us to see and understand different points of view.
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We can understand ourselves, our societies, our cultures in a local, national and global context.
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We can contextualise and be critical of the vast amount of information which we are exposed to because the media.
Head of Department
Ms Joanne Smith
Our approach
We backwards plan from KS5, and ensure that those who chose to not continue with history after the end of year 9 have been exposed to a broad and balanced curriculum, that will enable them to have a sound chronology of history through a knowledge rich curriculum of Britain and the wider world. They will also have developed their ability to write a balanced argument, historical explanation, and analysis/evaluation of sources. They will also study the idea of interpretations, and that historians and individuals have differing views on historical events. This fortifies them in their future study and in their lives, upskilling them in how they able to articulate themselves both orally and in writing. All of this gives the children the skills, knowledge, and cultural capital that they will need to be active contributors to their society throughout their lives.
Year 7
Autumn | |
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What is History? Pre-Norman England |
Spring | |
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The Norman Invasion Norman Consolidation |
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Medieval Britain – Power shifts and struggles The Tudors |
Year 8
Autumn | |
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The Stuarts and the English Civil War The British Empire |
Spring | |
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The Slave Trade |
Summer | |
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The Industrial Revolution |
Year 9
Autumn | |
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World War One Women’s Suffrage |
Spring | |
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The rise of Hitler and the Holocaust Black Rights in Britain |
Summer | |
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Thematic Study – Medicine in Britain 1200-1500 |
Studying history at GCSE
Year 10
Autumn | |
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Thematic Study – Medicine in Britain 1500-present |
Spring | |
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The British Sector of the Western Front 1914-1918 – injuries, treatment and trenches |
Summer | |
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Anglo-Saxon and Norman England 1060-1088 |
Year 11
Autumn | |
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Weimer and Nazi Germany 1918-1939 |
Spring | |
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The American West 1835-1895 |
Year 12 & 13
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Tudor England 1485-1603 |
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Revolution and Dictatorship in Russia 1917-1953 |
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Non-examined Assessment |
All Year 12 & 13 subjects Next Year 12 & 13 Subject - Geography