History
Develop outstanding individuals who understand and appreciate the beauty of the past and the world around them
In History we aim for students to:
- To understand the world we live in looking at past events in order to make sense of world developments.
- Be able to make and sustain judgements and form informed opinions and arguments.
- To understand and practice skills which are source/interpretation based and extended writing with specific focus on GCSE success.
- To encourage a love of extended writing and reading for understanding, comprehension and literacy.
- Have access to world history, European and local.
Year 7
| Term | History Curriculum Overview |
| Half term 1 (7 weeks) |
How did England change due to invasions? |
| Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) |
How did the Norman conquest impact England? |
| Half term 3 (6 weeks) |
Life in the Middle Ages (Local study) |
| Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) |
Life in the Middle Ages around the globe |
| Half term 5 (5 weeks) |
The Tudors |
| Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) |
The Tudor legacy |
Year 8
| Term | History Curriculum Overview |
| Half term 1 (7 weeks) |
British Empire and the Slave trade |
| Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) |
How did the emancipation of slave’s impact America? |
| Half term 3 (6 weeks) |
How did crime and punishment develop during the industrial revolution? |
| Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) |
Crime and Punishment |
| Half term 5 (5 weeks) |
How did poverty impact Europe in the 1900s? |
| Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) |
What was the impact of WWI globally? |
Year 9
| Term | History Curriculum Overview |
| Half term 1 (7 weeks) |
How did America become a Superpower? |
| Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) |
The role of America and Germany in the 1930’s |
| Half term 3 (6 weeks) |
Why did WWII happen? |
| Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) |
The final solution and Holocaust |
| Half term 5 (5 weeks) |
Cold War and the History of terrorism |
| Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) |
GCSE Topic 1: Middle Ages Medicine |
Year 10
| Term | History Curriculum Overview |
| Half term 1 (7 weeks) |
GCSE Paper 1 Medicine |
| Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) |
GCSE Paper 1 Medicine |
| Half term 3 (6 weeks) |
GCSE Paper 1 Medicine and GCSE Paper 2: Henry VIII |
| Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) | GCSE Paper 2: Henry VIII |
| Half term 5 (5 weeks) |
GCSE Paper 2: Henry VIII |
| Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) | GCSE Paper 2: Henry VIII and GCSE Paper 2: Superpower Relations |
Year 11
| Term | History Curriculum Overview |
| Half term 1 (7 weeks) |
GCSE Paper 2: Superpower Relations |
| Half term 2 (7.5 weeks) | GCSE Paper 2: Superpower Relations |
| Half term 3 (6 weeks) | GCSE Paper 3: USA |
| Half term 4 (5.5 weeks) | GCSE Paper 3: USA |
| Half term 5 (5 weeks) |
GCSE Paper 3: USA Revision and exams |
| Half term 6 (7.5 weeks) |