Humanities

History is taught in half term units by a team of specialist teachers with a wide range of experience at GCSE and Advanced Level, in our suite of Humanities rooms. We focus on an evidence based approach to learning.

Year 7 History

Term 1

• What is History?
• Medieval Britain.
• Assessment - The Battle of Hastings

Kenilworth Castle Visit

Term 2

• Tudors
• Assessment - Elizabeth’s appearance

Term 3

• Stuarts
• Assessment - Battle of Naseby

Year 8 History

Term 1

• Industrial Revolution (Transport)
• Slavery
• Assessment - Slave Conditions

Term 2

• Industrial Revolution (Factories/city life)
• Assessment - Working Conditions

Term 3

• 19th Century Popular Protest
• Empire

Year 9 History

Term 1

• First World War
• Assessment - Causes
• Visit by First World War Specialist 

Term 2

• Inter-War Causes of World War 2- Rise of Hitler
• Assessment - German Expansion/Appeasement
• First World War Battlefields Tour

Term 3

• World War 2
• Assessment - Dunkirk -Triumph or Disaster?
• Holocaust
• Hiroshima
• Cold War- Kennedy. Vietnam

Visit to Beth Shalom

KS4 History

GCSE History is a fantastic opportunity for students to develop a greater understanding of key events in time and develop a wide range of transferrable skills that are highly valued by employers.