Welcome to the History Department
Introduction
The study of History enables pupils to understand the origins of many of the issues in society today. Pupils gain an insight into the nature of social, political and economic change and human motivation. Through historical investigation pupils learn a range of transferrable skills. For example: critical thinking, evaluation, the ability to construct a reasoned argument and clarity of expression.
At Key Stage Three History is taught as a separate subject to Years 7, 8 and 9. Pupils in Year 7 and 9 have one 50 minute lesson per week and in Year 8 they have two lessons per week. Pupils follow schemes of work that allow them to develop skills such as enquiry and interpretation.
The department has three classrooms in the new building. All of the classrooms have interactive facilities.
The department offers a variety of extra-curricular experiences including a trip to Auschwitz in Poland and to the Belgium Battlefields for Y9-11. A Holocaust survivor comes in annually to speak to Year 9. Every other year pupils in Year 10 and 11 are offered the opportunity to visit Ancient Rome.
Staff in the History department are:
- Mrs. S Holland (HOD)
- Mrs. C Campbell
- Miss J Mapson.
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Map
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 7 |
What is History? |
Norman Conquest |
Norman Conquest |
Medieval Life |
Medieval Life |
Roman Britain |
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Year 8 |
Tudor Society |
Civil War |
Industrial Change |
The British Empire |
Slavery |
Introduction to the Greeks |
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Year 9 |
World War One |
Trench Warfare |
Hitler’s Germany |
Hitler’s Germany |
The Holocaust |
The Holocaust |
Assessments
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 7 |
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William the What? (Norman Conquest) |
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Was life in Medieval times all muck and misery? (Medieval Life) |
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Year 8 |
Which brought the most change to Tudor life; a) the Poor Laws b) the Reformation? (Tudor Society) |
Which was the most important cause of the English Civil War? A) Religion B) Politics? (Civil War) |
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What can we learn about the Industrial Revolution from a study of Wigan? (Industrial Change) |
Should Britain be proud of the Empire? (Empire) |
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Year 9 |
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Trench warfare and the Battle of the Somme (WWI) |
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How far did life change for the better in Nazi Germany? (Nazi Germany) |
The Holocaust: Interpretations (Holocaust) |
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Key Stage 4 Curriculum Map
History 9-1
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 10 |
USA 1920-29 Boom |
USA 1920-35 Boom and Depression and New Deal |
USA 1930's - 40's New Deal and Post WWII |
Korean War |
Vietnam War |
USA 1950’s – 70’s Civil Rights |
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Year 11 |
Health and Britain |
Health and Britain |
Norman Conquest |
Norman Conquest |
Revision |
Revision |
Ancient History 9-1
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 10 |
Persians |
Persians |
Persians |
Pericles |
Pericles |
Romans |
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Year 11 |
Romans |
Romans |
Hannibal |
Hannibal |
Revision |
Revision |
Assessments
History 9-1
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 10 |
Boom test |
Bust test |
Korean War test |
Vietnam test |
Y10 exam |
Civil Rights test |
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Year 11 |
Health test |
Health test |
Normans test |
Normans test |
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Ancient History 9-1
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Year 10 |
Cyrus Test |
Cambyses Test |
Xerxes / Darius test |
Pericles test |
Y10 exam |
Myths test |
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Year 11 |
Kings test |
Republic test |
Hannibal test |
Hannibal test |
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Link to specifications
Pupils follow the AQA History 9-1 syllabus (8145). This course covers USA 1919 – 73AD, the Korean and Vietnam Wars, Britain: Health and the People 1000AD – Modern day and the Norman Conquest 1066 – 1100AD. More information can be found here - http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145
From September 2017 the Ancient History course will be Ancient History 9-1 (J198). This course covers the Persian Empire, Pericles in the age of Athens, the Origins of Rome and the Republic and Hannibal. More information can be found here - http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/gcse-ancient-history-j198-from-2017/
Link to any revision web sites or in school resources
Many of the revision websites still have content that is relevant from the old GCSE’s. Very few have updated exam question content. If it is a general quiz testing knowledge it will be relevant but if it is an exam style question it won’t be.
A revision guide will be published in August 2017 that covers all four of our options.
My Revision Notes AQA GCSE 9-1
ISBN 9781510404045 £9.99
Some useful sites are
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zj26n39
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/video/
Where does it lead?
The conclusion to an article written by Professor David Nicholls, Department of History and Economic History, Manchester Metropolitan University entitled
What's the Use of History? The Career Destinations of History Graduates
‘So what may we conclude, is the use of history in the world of work? A history degree undoubtedly provides an opening to a wide range of careers. Some will come as no surprise: teaching, academia, clerical and administrative, PR, retail and catering, politics, and library, museum and information services. Others, notably business, may raise an eyebrow. Perhaps most surprising though, is the extent to which historians have risen to the very top of a diverse range of professions and to key positions in civil society and in the attainment of which their education must have played no mean part. A truly remarkable number of history graduates have gone on to become the movers-and-shakers of modern-day Britain. Many top jobs are within the grasp of historians. With a history degree you can aspire to be prime minister, press baron and media mogul, overlord of the BBC, archbishop of Canterbury, top diplomat, Oxbridge vice-chancellor, England footballer and football manager or chairman of the richest football club in the world, celebrated pop musician, best-selling novelist, trade union boss, business millionaire and perhaps even, one day, monarch of the realm.’
