History Department
Head of Department: Mrs L. Kernohan
Departmental Curriculum
KS3
In Year 7 History lessons students cover History skills, the Medieval Realms, the Tudors and the Stuarts and The Native American Indians. In Year 8 the focus moves to the modern era with the study of the Industrial Revolution, World War One and World War Two.
KS4
From year 9-11 students who have chosen History study 4 key topics over the three years. The course begins with the breadth study Britain Health and the People 1300- modern day. This is followed with a British depth study on the Elizabethan era. The remaining topics consider the shaping of the modern world and cover Germany 1870-1945 and Conflict and tension in the interwar years 1919-1939.
Extra-Curricular
The faculty also takes a KS4 trip each year to Poland to support and consolidate learning centred around the persecution within the Nazi regime. This trip involves visiting Auschwitz concentration camp and meeting a Holocaust survivor at the Galicia Jewish museum in Krakow.
Revision Guides for GCSE
CGP GCSE AQA History The Revision Guide
ISBN 9781782946045