SUBJECT OVERVIEW
SCHEMES OF WORK
KEY STAGE 3
Year 7 | The Norman conquest; power and politics | The Reformation and the Tudors. An inquiry of the impact of significant individuals on continuity and change | Protest over time. From the Harrying of the North to the Toxteth Riots. A study of causes and consequences | History mysteries. Case studies: Princes in the towers Jack the Ripper. How do historians use sources to reach conclusions? |
Year 8 | Black people of the Americas. A social history | Women and the vote in the UK. The impact of the Suffragettes | War over time, a thematic study of how wars have been fought | Modern conspiracy theories: from the moon landings to the twin towers |
KEY STAGE 4
Year 9 | The Kaiser’s Germany | The Weimar Republic | Hitler’s Germany | Medieval Medicine | Renaissance
Medicine |
Year 10 | Industrial Age and Modern Medicine | Causes of WWI
The situation before 1918 |
Triggers and impact of WW1 | The US enters the war and its conclusion | Elizabeth’s court and Parliament |
Year 11 | Life in Elizabethan times 1568-1603 | The Historic Environment
Elizabethan country hoses |
Elizabeth I, troubles at home and abroad | Germany and WW1 | Medicine over time and Elizabeth |
KEY STAGE 5
At A-level the department continues to follow the AQA syllabus allowing students to further develop skills gained at GCSE. Students will be expected to complete essays that assess historical debate by applying knowledge. They must take a clear line of argument while evaluating both sides and reach substantiated judgments. Students will also be expected to examine historical sources for their value and validity of interpretation. The topics we cover are The Making of Modern Britain 1951-2007 and Russia and its Rulers. There is also a Non Examined Unit which requires students to develop their research skills on a topic of their choosing which must address a historical debate that covers a 100 years.
Unit 1: Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855 – 1964
Year 12 | Autocracy and the rule of the Tsars | Serfdom and the demands for change and reform | The challenge to autocracy (Liberal and Socialist opposition) | Russia at war, the revolutions and the establishment of Bolshevik government |
Year 13 | The emergence of Communist dictatorship and consolidation of authority | Leninist and Stalinist Society and the use of terror. | The Stalinist dictatorship and the USSR in wartime | The rise and fall of Khrushchev – The state of the USSR in 1964 |
Unit 2: The Making of Modern Britain 1951-2007
Year 12 | The Conservative Government and the affluent society 1951-64 | The 60’s. The Wilson Labour Government | The end of post war consensus 1970-79 from Heath to Callaghan |
Year 13 | The Impact of Thatcherism, 1979-87 | Towards a new consensus: Major and the realignment of Labour. 1987-1997 | The era of new Labour 1997-2007 |
You can find more information about the curriculum the school is following by contacting Mr Tudor by email or calling 0151 230 2570.