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History

Curriculum narrative

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Exam board: GCSE: AQA GCSE History

A level: OCR A level History

Key Stage 3

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Year 7

Roman Republic

Pompeii

Ancient China

Silk Roads

Year 8

Reformation

Black Tudors

Year 9

Causes of WW1

Causes of WW1

Russian Revolution

Key Stage 3

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Year 7

Silk roads

Constantinople

Constantinople

Norman England

Year 8

Civil War and interregnum

Witchcraft

Witchcraft

Slavery

Year 9

Russian Revolution

The Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis

Key Stage 3

 

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year 7

Norman England

Black Death

Black Death

Year 8

The American revolution, French Revolution and Haitian revolution

Industrial revolution

Year 9

The Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis

Holocaust

Holocaust

 

Key Stage 4

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

First year GCSE

America 1920-1973 opportunity and inequality

America 1920-1973 opportunity and inequality

Second year GCSE

Elizabethan England

Elizabethan England

Key Stage 4

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

First year GCSE

America 1920-1973 opportunity and inequality

Conflict and tension between east and west 1945-1972 (Cold War)

Conflict and tension between east and west 1945-1972 (Cold War)

Second year GCSE

Health and the people

Health and the people

Key Stage 4

 

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

First year GCSE

Conflict and tension between east and west 1945-1972 (Cold War)

Conflict and tension between east and west 1945-1972 (Cold War)

Elizabethan England

Second year GCSE

Health and the people

Revision

 

Key Stage 5

 

Autumn Term 1

Autumn Term 2

Year 12

Russia

Pitt to Peel

Russia

Pitt to Peel

Year 13

Nazi Germany coursework

China

China

Key Stage 5

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Year 12

Russia

Pitt to Peel

Russia

Pitt to Peel

Year 13

China

China

Key Stage 5

 

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year 12

Russia

Pitt to Peel

Russia

Pitt to Peel

Year 13

China

Revision

Homework 

Subject:

KS3 History

Homework task:

Revision questions/flashcards and application task.

Resources:

Questions booklet for revision questions. Class booklets and pink exercise books for application task. 

Frequency:

Revision questions will be assigned at the end of every completed lesson. Application tasks will be 1-2 pieces per unit. 

Support:

  • Revision questions: detailed instructions inside the booklet. 

  • Application task: sentence starters and writing frames.

Additional information:

The above will be set in addition to any other work assigned by the class teacher. 

 

Subject:

KS4 History

Homework task:

  • Content retrieval quizzes (Google).

Resources:

  • Google quiz (accessed via Google Classroom).

Frequency:

Weekly/at the end of every completed lesson. 

Support:

Students to speak to the class teacher before the deadline. 

Class booklet (hardcopy and electronic).

Additional information:

The above will be set in addition to any other work assigned by the individual class teacher.

 

Subject:

KS5 History

Homework task:

Year 12: Homework can include any of the following: further reading, essays/essay plans. 

Year 13: Homework can include any of the following: coursework write-up/research, further reading, exit quizzes and essays/essay plans.

Resources:

Class booklets, Google Classroom quizzes, exam technique booklets, textbooks (Russia and China). 

Frequency:

Any combination of the above on a weekly basis.

Support:

Year 12 and 13: exam technique booklets. Year 13: coursework study sessions.

Additional information:

The above will be set in addition to any other work assigned by the individual class teacher.