The History Department

The History department has three dedicated History rooms all with interactive whiteboards. Two of the rooms have access to laptops for student use.

Summary of KS3 delivery

In Key Stage 3 students develop knowledge and understanding of events, people and changes in the past. They acquire skills of interpreting evidence and of critical thinking, as well as carrying out historical enquiry. In addition students learn how to present historical arguments and communicate clearly.

Year 7:	Year 8:	Year 9:
What is History?	Medieval African civilisations	The Industrial Revolution and the British Empire
The Battle of Hastings and Norman Conquest	The spread of Islam	The First World War
The Black Death and Peasants’ Revolt	The Atlantic Slave Trade	Dictatorship in Nazi Germany
The Reformation	Resistance to and Abolition of the Slave Trade	The Holocaust
Images of Tudor monarchs
The English Civil War

 
At Key Stage 4 students can choose to continue with their study of history.

GCSE History builds on knowledge and skills from Key Stage Three. Students develop essay writing skills, and learn to analyse evidence for historians’ usage.

Year 10 lessons cover Crime, Punishment and Protest in Britain from Roman Britain through to the present day, and involve a trip to the Clink Prison Museum and the London Dungeons, as well as coursework on Jack the Ripper.

The Year 11 course involves in-depth study of Germany between the wars, including the Rise of Hitler and Nazi Germany. Students also learn about India’s Struggle for Independence for coursework.

Two exams at the end of Year 11 make up 75% of students’ final grade, with coursework accounting for 25%.