History

As Cicero said, ‘to be ignorant of what occurred before you were born, is to remain always a child’.

History enables students to study different aspects of the past so they can engage with bigger issues like conflict, understand what drives change and how the past influences the world around us today.

The course builds upon the History covered in previous years while introducing a range of new topics.

COURSE CONTENT Year 11 Paper 1 - Depth Studies:

● A World Divided - Superpower Relations, 1943-72

Year 10 Paper 2 - Investigation and Breadth Studies:

● Changes in medicine, c1848-c1948

SKILLS DEVELOPED

● Demonstrate knowledge and understandings of key features and characteristics of the periods of history studied. (AO1) ● Explain and analyse historical events and periods using second-order concepts like cause, consequence, change,continuity and significance. (AO2) ● Analyse, evaluate and use sources (contemporary to the period) and interpretations (written after a period) to make substantiated judgements in the context of historical events studied. (AO3 and AO4)

FURTHER STUDY

Students require at least a grade 6 in GCSE History to continue to A Level. History is recognised as a rigorous, academic subject by educational institutions and provides an excellent enabling degree for a range of careers including Historians, Teaching and Lecturing, Law, Commerce, Business, Government and Politics, Journalism, Media and Marketing.

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ASSESSMENTS

Paper 1: Depth Studies (1h 30 minutes) - 50% of GCSE. Includes Germany and superpower relations. Paper 2: Investigation and Breadth Studies (1h 30 minutes) - 50% of GCSE. Includes medicine and the Vietnam Conflict.