History
History is alive and all around us - a living, breathing subject. Who we are today is because of what has gone before. History allows us to celebrate human successes but also allows us to learn from failures in the past. It is important that our pupils learn about local, national and global history to enable them to become informed and active citizens. A genuine interest and passion for history is nurtured through the spirit of enquiry; making connections between the past and the present and challenging existing narratives. History encourages the development of independent thought, analysis and critical thinking.
Principles
Through the studying of history, students:
- Develop substantive knowledge within a chronological and narrative framework.
- Develop an understanding of second-order concepts such as cause and consequence, change and continuity, significance and similarity and difference.
- Analyse and evaluate sources to make inferences about the past.
- Understand that there are multiple narratives / interpretations in History.
- Read critically, to understand the past and to question how we access information.
- Construct arguments supported with evidence.
- Develop extended writing and oracy communication skills.
Key Stage 3 content
Year 7
- Anglo-Saxon England & Vikings
- The Norman Conquest
- Medieval life in England
- The Islamic World
- The Crusades
- Later Medieval England
- Medieval African kingdoms
Year 8
- Henry VIII & the Reformation
- Renaissance Europe
- The Later Tudors (Mary I & Elizabeth I)
- Mughal India
- The English Civil War, Commonwealth, and Restoration
- Georgian Britain
- The Ottoman Empire
Y9
- The early British Empire
- The transatlantic trade of enslaved people
- The Industrial Revolution
- American & French Revolutions
- Nineteenth century political and social reforms
- Nineteenth century British imperialism
- First World War
- Russian Revolution & Soviet Union
- World War Two & the Holocaust
- Post-War Britain
- Israel-Palestine conflict
Key Stage 4 content
Three eras: Medieval (500-1500), Early Modern (1450-1750) and Modern (1700-present day)
Three time scales: short (depth study), medium (period study) and long (thematic study)
Three geographical contexts: a locality (the historic environment); British; and European and / or wider world settings
Key areas of content are:
- Crime and Punishment Through Time (1000-Present Day).
- Superpower relations and the Cold War (1941-91)
- Weimar and Nazi Germany (1918-39)
- Early Elizabethan England (1558-1588)
Key Stage 5 content
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The British Empire, c1857–1967 |
The Birth of the USA, 1760–180 |
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This option allows students to study in breadth issues of change, continuity, cause and consequence in this period through the following key questions: Why did the British Empire grow and contract? What influenced imperial policy? What part did economic factors play in the development of the British Empire? How did the Empire influence British attitudes and culture? How did the indigenous peoples respond to British rule? How important was the role of key individuals and groups and how were they affected by developments?
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This option provides for the study in depth of the years in which thirteen American colonies chose to sever their links with Great Britain and thus found the USA. Part one: the origins of the American Revolution, 1760–1776 Britain and the American Colonies, 1760–1763 Enforcing the Colonial Relationship, 1763–1774 Ending the Colonial Relationship, 1774–1776 Part two: establishing the Nation, 1776–1801 (A-level only) The War of Independence, 1776–1783 The American Revolution, 1776–1789 The American Constitution, 1781 – 1789 Washington and Adams, 1789 - 1801 |
Exam Specifications
Edexcel | H10 BQ | GCSE History
AQA| 7042 | A Level History
