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History

Curriculum Information

HISTORY AT KEY STAGE 3

'How do you know who you are unless you know where you've come from? How can you tell what's going to happen, unless you know what's happened before? History isn't just about the past. It's about why we are who we are .and about what's next.'
Tony Robinson, Actor and Television Presenter.

The Importance of History

History fires students' curiosity about the past in Britain and the wider world Students consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like how these societies organised their politics, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people's actions. As they do this students develop a chronological framework for their knowledge of significant events and people. They see the diversity of the human experience, and understand more about themselves as individuals and members of society. What they learn can influence their decisions about personal choices, attitudes and values. In history, students find evidence weigh it up and reach their own conclusions. To do this they need to be able to research, sift through evidence, and argue for their point of view .skills which are prized in adult life.

Aims and Purposes of History

  • History offers opportunities for students to:
  • learn about the past in Britain and the wider world
  • consider how the past influences the present
  • find out about what past societies were like, how these societies organised themselves, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people's actions
  • develop a chronological framework.
  • see the diversity of human experience, and understand more about themselves as individuals and members of society.

Content

During Key Stage Three students leam about significant individuals and events in the history of Britain from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. They also learn about key aspects of European and world history. They show their understanding by making connections between events and changes in the different periods and areas studied, and by comparing the structure of societies and economic, cultural and political developments. They evaluate and use sources of information, using their historical knowledge to analyze the past and explain how it can be.

Represented and interpreted in different ways.

In history, students acquire and apply knowledge skills and understanding in five main areas:

  • Chronological understanding;
  • Knowledge and understanding of events,
  • people and changes in the past;
  • Historical interpretation;
  • Historical enquiry;
  • organization and communication

These aspects of knowledge, understanding and skills are developed in the programme of study for history through three British studies, a European study and two world studies.

Homework

All classes in key stage three complete one written homework per week.

HISTORY AT KEY STAGE 4

During the course students will study the following:

One study in development - Medicine and Public Health Through Time.

This is a chronological study of medicine over a period of time. Students will examine developments during different periods of history. This will include the study of change and continuity and similarities and differences that relate to events in the history of medicine and their wider historical context.

One study in depth - Germany 1919 - 1945

This will include a detailed examination of the political, economic and social conditions that allowed Nazism to take root and flourish. In addition, students will explore the role of Adolph Hitler and Nazi policies towards education, youth religion, culture and entertainment.

A modern world study - Ireland

This focuses on the connections between the past and the present by considering the political problems in contemporary Ireland in the light of past events. This study will be assessed by coursework only.

A historical site - The Grand Union Canal and Great Western Railway in Hayes.

This will be a local study investigating the history of the Grand Union Canal and the Great Western Railway. Students will also study the impact of both on the development of Hayes. This study will be assessed by coursework only.

Assessment

This course is assessed by terminal examination and coursework.
Paper 1 will consist of two pieces of coursework 25%
Paper 2 will be a written examination on medicine 37.5%
Paper 3 will be a written examination on Germany 37.5%