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Pupils cover a variety of key periods, events, and issues at Key Stage 3. Teaching styles are varied according to pupils’ learning styles.
History at Key Stage 3
| Year 7 |
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The following topics are covered during Year 7:
Skills: Chronology: Use of source materials and identification of historical periods
Roman Empire in Europe: Founding of Rome, rise of the empire, Army and battle tactics, life in Rome, including Entertainment, Beliefs and Leagues
Medieval England: 1066, The Feudal system, church influence, law and order, key events, life in towns / villages, Trade and economy |
| Year 8 |
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The following topics are covered during Year 8:
The Tudors 1500 – 1750: Tudors: Break with Rome, The Monarchs, Towns and Country life, King V Parliament, Civil War, Cromwell, Beliefs and events
Industrial and Agricultural Changes 1750 - 1900: Textiles, Travel, Power, Working conditions, the poor, Health of towns
Black People of the Americas: Slave Trade, plantations, life of slaves, abolition, beliefs / actions of the 20th Century, Martin Luther King |
| Year 9 |
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The following topics are covered during Year 9:
Twentieth Century: Causes of WW1, life in the trenches, Treaty of Versailles, Russian Revolution, Life in Britain during the 20’s and 30’s, Road to World War 2, Rise of Hitler, The Holocaust, Key Events of World War 2, Britain during WW2, the Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Key events of the 60’s to 90’s. |
History at GCSE
| Years 10 & 11 |
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Pupils in Year 10 and 11 study the Edexcel SHP 1336 course. Students must study one enquiry in depth – American West c1840 – 1895, one study in Development - Medicine Through Time and two coursework units. The American West enquiry looks at inhabitants and early settlers; the Plain’s Indians trappers and miners, the Mormons and cattlemen and cowboys. Settlement of the great plains; reasons for settlements, role of the companies, life and work of homesteaders and conflict on the plains: Indian wars, Custer, Sitting Bull and the demise of the Native Americans. Medicine study development looks at the changes in medicine and Public health in England and Europe from the time of the Black Death to the present day. In addition, students study an extension unit on either Ancient World and Middle Ages medicine or changes in surgery. There are also two coursework units normally from the approved Edexcel list – these are completed normally one in year 10 and one in year 11.
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