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History
Key Stage 3
Year 7 | Year 8 | Year 9 |
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Students will consider the overarching question, ‘Was Medieval England a divided Kingdom’ across the academic year.
Students will study a series of historical enquiries including:
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Students will consider the overarching question,
Students will study a series of historical enquiries including:
Did Britannia ruling the waves do more harm than good?
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Students will consider the overarching question ‘how should the 20th Century be remembered?’ across the academic year.
Students will study a series of historical enquiries including:
From Easter onwards students will prepare for GCSE study by studying a Unit on Medieval Crime and Punishment from 1000-1500.
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Key Stage 3 assessment
- Students are assessed once every half term and are given formal written feedback
- Students are assessed across a range of skills including: evaluating the value of primary sources, explaining why events happen, evaluating historical interpretations and assessing the validity of statements
Key Stage 4
Edexcel History (1H10)
Year 9 | Year 10 | Year 11 |
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Key Stage 4 assessment
- Students are given written feedback a minimum of once per half-term
- Students are assessed on a range of question stems and sit two full mock exams over the two-year course
Key Stage 5
AQA A Level History
Year 12 | Year 13 | Over the two years students consider: |
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Unit 1C
Unit 2O
Coursework investigation – African American Civil Rights
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Unit 1C
Unit 20 Democracy and Nazism: The Weimar Republic 1918-1933
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Key Stage 5 assessment
- Students are given written feedback a minimum of once per half-term
- Students are assessed on a range of question stems and sit two full mock exams over the two-year course
Curriculum enrichment outside of the classroom
We believe that students can develop their understanding of History greatly by visiting various historical sites or attending relevant lectures or talks. Therefore, as a department we run a variety of residential and day trips.
Students in Year 9 visit the World War I battlefields and currently we run a very popular trip to Berlin for Year 10 students. This trip helps to demonstrate the impact that the Cold War has had on Europe by seeing the deep divisions that it has caused in one city. In July 2015 and 2017, we ran very successful visits to Vietnam which not only helped to develop their understanding of the Vietnam War and the Cold War more generally, but also to experience a very different culture and society. We also run another popular visit to New York and Washington for Year 13 students to help support their understanding of the African American civil rights course that they study. From September 2019, we will be offering a trip for Year 12 students to visit Krakow and Auschwitz.
We have also taken students to Hampton Court Palace, the Tower of London, the National Archives, the Imperial War Museum and also a series of different lectures for our sixth form students.
Students can regularly take part in extracurricular activities organised by the department. For example we arrange for students to speak to the local University of the Third Age helping to extend our most able students and some students have also volunteered at Chesham Museum very successfully. Some students have also entered national essay competitions and have performed very well.