History
Curriculum intent:
- Have an ambitious curriculum. The topics we teach are wide-ranging and challenging, which can be seen with tackling substantive concepts such as democracy in the first year 7 unit on the Roman Republic.
- Have a sequenced curriculum. We have worked hard and, with the direction and support of Christine Counsell, have a clear narrative from year 7 - 13. Concepts are revisited and built upon - for instance, democracy in year 7, followed by the English Civil War and Revolutions in year 8.
- Have a curriculum that participates within the community - we have ensured that our curriculum engages with questions to encourage critical thinking, such as tackling the narrative of how the First World War was written in year 9. We cover topics which are relevant to our democracy, such as Constantinople. We are introducing a topic on Israel and Palestine to year 9. We have produced this over a year to ensure it isn’t ‘rushed out’ and that all teachers are confident in the resources and delivery.
- We support the school’s literacy focus by celebrating historians. For example, we include extracts from Mary Beard’s SPQR to year 7s, which is broken down and explained. We continue this with Peter Frankopan and the Silk Roads.
- We plan collaboratively - we discussed the curriculum map draft, and adapted (Romans weren’t originally the initial focus). We give feedback to each other on resources, we have all created resources within the Key Stage 3, and ensure the topics we create link to others. We have given resources to others to review, such as the CML for geography.
Exam board: GCSE: AQA GCSE History
A level: OCR A level History
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Key Stage 3 |
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Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term 2 |
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Year 7 |
Roman Republic Pompeii |
Ancient China Silk Roads |
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Year 8 |
Reformation |
Black Tudors |
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Year 9 |
Causes of WW1 |
Causes of WW1 Russian Revolution |
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Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
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Year 7 |
Silk roads Constantinople |
Constantinople Norman England |
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Year 8 |
Civil War and interregnum Witchcraft |
Witchcraft Slavery |
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Year 9 |
Russian Revolution |
The Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis |
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Summer Term 1 |
Summer Term 2 |
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Year 7 |
Norman England Black Death |
Black Death |
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Year 8 |
The American revolution, French Revolution and Haitian revolution |
Industrial revolution |
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Year 9 |
The Weimar Republic and the rise of the Nazis Holocaust |
Holocaust |
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Key Stage 4 |
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Autumn Term 1 |
Autumn Term 2 |
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First year GCSE |
America 1920-1973 opportunity and inequality |
America 1920-1973 opportunity and inequality |
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Second year GCSE |
Elizabethan England |
Elizabethan England |
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Key Stage 4 |
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Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
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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) |
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Second year GCSE |
Health and the people |
Health and the people |
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Key Stage 4 |
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Summer Term 1 |
Summer Term 2 |
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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 |
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Second year GCSE |
Health and the people Revision |
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Key Stage 5 |
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Autumn Term 1 |
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Year 12 |
Russia Pit to peel |
Russia Pit to peel |
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Year 13 |
Nazi Germany coursework China |
China |
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Key Stage 5 |
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Spring Term 1 |
Spring Term 2 |
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Year 12 |
Russia Pit to peel |
Russia Pit to peel |
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Year 13 |
China |
China |
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Key Stage 5 |
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Summer Term 1 |
Summer Term 2 |
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Year 12 |
Russia Pit to peel |
Russia Pit to peel |
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Year 13 |
China Revision |
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