History

Key Stage 3

We cover short topics on a range of historical era’s looking at different enquiry questions which by the end of the unit the pupils have answered to help them understand how History has shaped the world we live in.

Key Stage Four:

Paper 1: Thematic Study (1HIO/10-12) - Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present

Section A: Historic environment, 10 % of total qualification –In depth study of Whitechapel (Jack the Ripper).

Section B: Thematic study, 20% of total qualification (SPAG included here). Normans to Present day including Witchcraft,

Trial by ordeal, Gunpowder plotters, prisons, and death penalty.

Possible trip to London for a Jack the Ripper Walking tour.

 

Paper 2: Period and British Depth Study (1HIO/20-29)

Section A: Period Study (20%) - British America, 1713–83: empire and revolution

 Piracy (Blackbeard), Slave trade, Enlightenment, B.Franklin, King George War, French/Indian War, Native Americans, Boston tea party and American war of Independence.

 

Section B: British Depth Study (20%) - Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88

 Religious divisions, Mary Queen of Scots & execution, Sir Francis Drake, Spanish Armada, poor laws and Sir Walter Raleigh.

 

Paper 3: Modern Depth Study (1HIO/30-33) - Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39, 30% of total qualification.

 Legacy of WWI, Treaty of Versailles, Stresemann, Nazi party, Munich Putsch, Reichstag fire, SA, SS, Propaganda and persecution of minorities.

Section A: worth 10% and Section B: worth 20% (SPAG included here).

Possible trip to Berlin to support this aspect of the course.

Exams:

YEAR 11

Paper 1:  30% - 1 hour 15minuteswritten paper 52 marks.

Paper 2:  40%  - 1 hour 45 minutes written paper 64 marks.

Paper 3:  30%  -  1 hour 20 minutes written paper 52 marks

Key Stage Five

The options in Route D are linked by the theme of challenges to the authority of the state, which was manifested in different ways such as protests and the growth of nationalist sentiment. This period was one in which ordinary people, often with strong leadership, were instrumental in changing the nature of government in their respective countries. It was also a time of major political developments, when state authority in Britain, Italy and Germany was changed dramatically.

Studying two different countries allows students to develop a greater appreciation of the nature of power and authority in the given period, and to understand the similarities and contrasts between them (although students will not be required to answer comparative questions that link the breadth and the chosen depth option).

Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform:

1 The growth of parliamentary democracy, c1785–c1870

2 Industrialisation and protest, c1785–c1870

3 Unionism and cooperation, c1785–c1870

4 Poverty and pauperism, c1785–c1870

Paper 2, Option 2D.2: The unification of Germany, c1840–71.

1 Popular pressure and causes of revolution, 1840–48

2 Failure of revolution, 1848–51

3 Austro Prussian rivalry 1852–66

4 Prussia and the Kleindeutschland solution, 1866–71

Paper 3, Option 37.2: Germany, 1871–1990: united, divided and reunited

A Social change in Germany and West Germany

B Economic change in Germany and West Germany

1 Ruling the Second Reich, 1871–79

2 The birth of democratic Germany, 1917–19

3 A new Reich, 1933–35

4 Establishing and ruling the new Federal Republic, 1949–60

5 Reunification: recreating a united Germany, 1989–90

Coursework: Napoléon: Hero or Villain?

Exams:

YEAR 13

Paper 1:

2 hour 15minuteswritten paper. 30%

Paper 2:

1 hour 30 minutes written paper. 20%

Paper 3:

2 hour 15 minutes written paper. 30%

Coursework 2 x 2,000 word essays. 20%

Trips

Berlin

We run a trip every other year for A level students to Berlin where they visit the Jewish Museum, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, the Film Museum, the Gestapo Headquarters, Checkpoint Charlie, the Schwules Museum, and the Reichstag, as well as a a walking tour of the city. The cost of this trip c.650 pounds.  

 Ypres

We run a trip to Ypres for our Year 9’s, having just learnt about the World War One, it will allow them to gain an appreciation of the conflict by visiting the battlefields, and cemeteries first-hand.  Attending the laying of the wreath ceremony will be a very special occasion where students will come to realise the importance of remembering those turbulent years.  Sites to visit will include Lijssenthoek cemetery, Passchendaele museum, Tyne Cot, Vancouver Corner, Langemark Cemetery, Essex farm, the town of Ypres, and Menin gate.  The approximate cost of this trip is  c.50 pounds.

Colchester Castle

We run a trip to Colchester for year 7 students.  This trip with have a triple focus; History,  Geography and R.E.    The town centre of Colchester offers historical value in the shape of Colchester castle.  The year 7’s study the Norman invasion and how castles were used to secure power for William the Conqueror.  This is a rich part of our British history and national identity.  By visiting the castle the students can appreciate the defensive features, the triumph in engineering and take full advantage of the various artefacts inside.  As well as this, the students will also be using the trip to conduct a Geographical enquiry.  Why do cities look the way that they do?  Why do people settle around castles/natural water features?  This cross curriculum trip is valuable to students as it emphasises the appreciation of local landmarks and taps into the idea of British values. The cost of this trip is c.15 pounds.

Whitechapel

We run a trip for Year 10 students to Jack the Ripper which is a fascinating, and in parts spine chilling, journey through the cobbled alleys and narrow streets that form the back cloth for Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.

This journey provides the pupils with a step-by-step crime scene investigation that will draw from contemporary documents, police reports and eye witness accounts that will build a genuine understanding of the horror that the Whitechapel murders brought to the East End of London.

Pupils get to see the original Victorian photographs, hold and study copies of the infamous Jack the Ripper letters and the guide will bring them up to date on all the latest finds concerning the murderer’s identity.