History Department
Curriculum
History is a compulsory subject in years 7 to 9.
It is an optional subject at GCSE and is available in at least two ‘blocks’ to allow for the widest possible subject choice combination. There are usually three GCSE teaching groups.
History in the VI form is again available in at least two option blocks and there are usually two and sometimes three sets, according to numbers.
The topics covered are as follows:
Year 7 - UIII:
- China
- Medieval Britain, including Castles and Cathedrals
Year 8 - LIV:
- Renaissance
- Tudors
- Stuarts
Year 9 - UIV:
- Overview of the British Empire and slavery
- Overview of the developments of the 18th and 19th centuries
- Causes of the First World War and the First World War
- International relations after the First World War
- Hitler and the outbreak of the Second World War
- The Second World War
- The Cold War
GCSE - Edexcel Syllabus A (1325): Modern European and World History
Paper 1 – The Emergence of Modern China, 1911-1976
A Divided Union? USA, 1941-1980
Paper 2 – The Russian Revolution, c.1910-1924
Nazi Germany, c.1930-1939
Coursework – Votes for Women
Bletchley Park and the breaking of the Enigma code
A/S - Edexcel (8264)
Securing the Tudor Dynasty: the Reign of Henry VII
Luther and the Reformation in Germany, 1517-1555
A Very English Reformation: The Church and Henry VIII, 1529-1547
A2 - Edexcel (9264)
- Settlement and Security: Elizabethan England, 1558-1588
The Tudor State, 1485-1603
The Crisis of the Tudor State, 1547-1558
