History Y7-13
Subject Aims
In the History Department, we seek to ensure that all of our pupils, regardless or academic starting point, become the absolute best version of themselves who have the desire and key values to make a positive contribution to society. We offer a broad diet of History in terms of periods studied, themes and concepts ranging from medieval to the present day. We deliver a course which allows students to explore British history in depth as well as World history (Super power relations, USA, South Africa, Empire, World Wars), allowing students to understand their place in the world by adopting a more tolerant social and political awareness.
Staff
Mr S Davies
Mrs L Hamilton
Mrs M Griffiths
Curriculum Overview
KS3 – Year 7-9
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 7 |
The Norman Conquest 1066 –
What was England like before the Normans arrived?
The reasons for William’s Victory and the Impact on English society
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The Norman Conquest 1066 –
the Impact of the Normans on English society
The development of Castles
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The Importance of Religion in Medieval England
The Struggle between the Church and the Crown
The murder of Thomas Becket
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The emergence of democracy in Britain and the problems of Medieval monarchs and society
The Magna Carta and the Emergence of Parliament
Jews in Medieval England
The Black Death and its social and economic Impact
The Peasant’s Revolt
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Challenges to the Catholic Church
The English Reformation Henry VIII
The Counter-Reformation – Mary I
Elizabeth’s Religious Settlement |
The English Civil Wars
The causes and events of the English Civil Wars
The execution of King Charles 1
Life under Oliver Cromwell – the Interregnum
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Year 8 |
Slave Trade
Life in West Africa Slave Trade Triangle Middle Passage Slave Trade Auction Plantation life Why was slavery abolished |
The Age of Empire
The development of the British Empire The reasons for Empire and the Growth of the British Empire India – the Jewel in the crown of the British Empire India’s Independence
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The impact of Industrialisation
What was the Industrial Revolution?
What was life like during the Industrial Revolution?
Did the Industrial Revolution bring about progress and change?
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Search for Rights
Women’s Suffrage: Men’s view of Victorian women The rise of WSPU Reasons for women gaining the vote |
The First World War and the Peace Settlement
The causes of the War
War recruitment
Trench Warfare
The reasons for Allied Victory The Treaty of Versailles
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The USA: The Roaring 20s and the Economic Depression of the 1930s
WWI impact – why boom? Mass Production Was everyone a winner? Prohibition Wall Street Crash – Economic Depression FDR |
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Year 9 |
The Rise of the Nazis in Germany
Inter-War years
What was Germany like after WW1?
Life in Hitler’s Germany |
The Holocaust
The Development of the persecution of the Jews life before 1930’s and the Holocaust |
The Second World War 1939-45
Key causes of the War – appeasement
Key battels of the War – Dunkirk, Battle of Britain. And D-Day
Why did the allies win? |
SUPER POWER RELATIONS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 1941-91
The origins of the Cold War 1941-58 |
SUPER POWER RELATIONS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 1941-91
Cold War crises 1958-70 |
SUPER POWER RELATIONS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 1941-91
The end of the Cold War 1970-91 |
KS4 – Year 10-11
Exam Board at GCSE - Edexcel
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 10 |
EARLY ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND 1558-88
Queen, government and religion 1558-1569
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EARLY ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND 1558-88
Challenges to Elizabeth at home and abroad 1569-1588
Elizabeth society in the Age of Exploration 1558-1588
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EARLY ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND 1558-88
Elizabeth society in the Age of Exploration 1558-1588
CRIME AND PUBISHMENT AND WHITECHAPEL
c1000-c1500 Crime and punishment in Medieval England
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CRIME AND PUBISHMENT AND WHITECHAPEL
c1000-c1500 Crime and punishment in Medieval England
c1500-c1700 Crime and punishment in early modern England
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CRIME AND PUBISHMENT AND WHITECHAPEL
c1700-c1900 Crime and punishment in 18th and 19th century Britain
Historical Environment: Whitechapel 1888-1900
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CRIME AND PUBISHMENT AND WHITECHAPEL
Historical Environment: Whitechapel 1888-1900
c1900-present Crime and punishment in modern Britain
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Year 11 |
THE USA 1954-75 CONFLICT AT HOME AND ABROAD
The development of the civil rights movement 1954-60 Protest, progress and radicalism 1960-75 |
THE USA 1954-75 CONFLICT AT HOME AND ABROAD
US involvement in the Vietnam war 1954-75 Reactions to, and the end of, US involvements in Vietnam, 1964-75 |
Revision Programme
CRIME AND PUBISHMENT AND WHITECHAPEL
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Revision Programme
SUPER POWER RELATIONS AND THE ORIGINS OF THE COLD WAR 1941-91
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Revision Programme
EARLY ELIZABETHAN ENGLAND 1558-88
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Exams |
KS5 – Year 12 – 13
Exam Board at A level - Edexcel
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 12 |
In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96
The changing political environment, 1917–80
Paper 2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ The response to apartheid, c1948–59 |
In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96
The quest for civil rights, 1917–80
Paper 2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ Radicalisation of resistance and the consolidation of National Party power, 1960–68 |
In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96
3 Society and culture in change, 1917–80
Paper 2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ Redefining resistance and challenges to National Party power, 1968–83
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In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96
4 The changing quality of life, 1917–80
Paper 2: South Africa, 1948–94: from apartheid state to ‘rainbow nation’ The end of apartheid and the creation of the ‘rainbow nation’, 1984–94 |
In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96
What impact did the Reagan presidency (1981–89) have on the USA in the years 1981–96?
Coursework: Analysis of Historical Interpretations
Why do Historical Interpretation differ? |
The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918
Aspects in breadth: the changing role of government in preparing the nation for war, c1790–1918
Coursework: Analysis of Historical Interpretations
Why do Historical Interpretation differ? |
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Year 13 |
The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 Britain and the French Wars, 1793–1815, The Crimean War, 1854–56
Coursework: Analysis of Historical Interpretations Causes of WWI
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The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 The second Boer War, 1899–1902
Coursework: Analysis of Historical Interpretations First Draft |
The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 Trench warfare on the Western Front, 1914–18
Coursework: Analysis of Historical Interpretations Final Draft
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The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918 The war in the air, 1914–18
Revision: Paper 2: South Africa, 1948–94: |
Revision: In search of the American Dream
Revision: South Africa, 1948–94: |
Revision: The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918
Revision: South Africa, 1948–94: |
Useful Websites
Edexcel GCSE History Information
Extra-Curricular
We offer the chance for two Sixth Formers to go to Auschwitz Concentration camp in Poland and to meet a Holocaust Survivor through the Holocaust Educational Trust.
