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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

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

Pit to peel

Russia

Pit to peel

Year 13

Nazi Germany coursework

China

China

Key Stage 5

 

Spring Term 1

Spring Term 2

Year 12

Russia

Pit to peel

Russia

Pit to peel

Year 13

China

China

Key Stage 5

 

Summer Term 1

Summer Term 2

Year 12

Russia

Pit to peel

Russia

Pit to peel

Year 13

China

Revision