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History offers an opportunity to refresh
and re-invigorate thinking and to
inspire and engage learners of the
twenty-first century. Part of the
department's mission to inspire and
motivate students in their investigation
of the past. It aims to help students
develop their own identities, and to
respect each other through study of
history at personal, local, national and
international levels.
The History Department aims to make the
study of history relevant and engaging
to its students to foster independent
learning in order to encourage confident
and thoughtful young people to take an
interest in the world around them.
Curriculum Aims
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successful learners who enjoy
learning, make progress and achieve
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confident individuals who are able
to live safe, healthy and fulfilling
lives
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responsible citizens who make a
positive contribution to society.
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Curriculum Model: |
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At KS3
the study of history is with all pupils closely following
the National Curriculum Programmes of Study: |
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- Medieval
Society, 10-1381
- China
and the Empires
- The
Tudors, Stuarts, Republican Britain and the Restoration
- Causes
of the French Revolution
- Britain:
An Industrial, Economic and Social Survey, 1750-1900
- Causes
of World War II
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At GCSE
(KS4) Level, pupils follow AQA History Modern World Spec B,
studying the following options: |
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- Causes
of the First World War
- The
Great War
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Versailles and the Peacemaking
- The
League of Nations
- Hitler's
Foreign Policy
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Appeasement and War by 1939
- The Cold
War, 1945-51
- The
Weimar Republic, 1918-33
- Life in
Nazi Germany, 1933-39
- The USA,
1917-41
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At AS/A2
(KS5) Level, pupils follow EDEXCEL British and European
courses |
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There is also
the award of an ‘Annual History Prize’. It is presented to a
student or students for outstanding achievement. |
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Dept Mission
