Introduction

The following courses are followed:

Year 7

• What is history?
• The Roman Empire
• Britain 1066 - 1500

Year 8

• Britain 1500 - 1750
• Britain 1750 - 1900

Year 9

• The Slave Trade
• The 20^th Century World

Year 10 + 11 - GCSE

From September 2009:

• The history of medicine throughout time
• The American West 1840 - 1895
• A Local history study

Assessments:

Paper 1:

• History of Medicine and the American West.

Paper 2:

• Source investigation of an aspect of the History of Medicine.

• Controlled assessment on the aspect of Local History (25% of final grade)