History

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 20th 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)