History

History aims to engage students' curiosity and imagination and present them with the dilemmas, choices and beliefs of people in the past. It helps students develop their own identities through an understanding of history at personal, local, national and international levels.

Year 9 prepares students for the step up to GCSE, introducing them to the type of questions they can expect in Year 10 and 11.

COURSE CONTENT Term 1

● The causes and origins of WW1 ● Reasons why men joined up to fight in WW1 ● Trench Warfare ● The defeat of Germany and Treaty of Versailles

Term 2

● Britain in the 1880’s ● Industrial Revolution - a period of change. ● Hard-to-catch criminals - a history mystery.

Term 3

● Key questions about key events of the 20th Century including suffrage, the Atomic Bomb and the role of key individuals.

SKILLS DEVELOPED

Chronology - What happens when? Cause and Consequence - Why do things happen? Change and Continuity - What changes and stays the same? Significance - What made something important? Interpretations - What do other people think? Using Evidence - What evidence do I have?

RESOURCES

Resources will be provided through text books, worksheet and via Google Classroom.

SETTING

Teaching will be delivered in mixed ability groups in Year 9.

ASSESSMENTS

History is assessed formally through at least one assessment per half term, linked closely to the history skills. End of year assessment is through a one hour written paper, covering a selection of the topics from the whole year.

ISLAMIC STUDIES A & B