In KS3 we have consulted local primary schools through our transition co-ordinator to ensure a minimal clash with topics taught in KS2. This had led the department to teach through thematic enquiries rather than chronologically through each year group. (Although each theme is taught chronologically)
Year 7 – Introductory unit on History Skills
The rest of the year we follow a historical enquiry titled - What were people’s lives like? (A social history unit studying what everyday peoples’ lives were like in different time periods.)
Year 8 – Power and Protest from Medieval times to the 20th Century
Years 9, 10 and 11 – Due to the increased content of the new Grade 9-1 History GCSE we begin the GCSE content in Year 9.
GCSE History studied follows the AQA Examination Board Specification. The two-year course will follow four topics:
Thematic Study-Shaping the Nation: Britain-Health and the people: c10000 to the present day
Depth Study-Shaping the Nation: Norman E gland, c1066-c1100 to include a study of a historical environment. (Durham Cathedral)
Depth Study-Wider world depth studies: Conflict and tension 1894-1918
Period Study-Wider world depth studies: Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship
Click here for exam board information on GCSE History