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Classroom

History

History

Year 11 GCSE Resources CLICK HERE

Curriculum overview

Aims

A high-quality history education will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world. It will inspire pupils’ curiosity to know more about the past. Studying history will equip pupils to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement. History helps pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time.

Key Stage 3:

Year 7 – Topics Taught (10 week cycle)

  1. What is History?/The Norman Conquest
  2. Medieval Life (including The Crusades)
  3. The Making of the United Kingdom (The Tudors and The Civil War)

Year 8 – Topics Taught (10 week cycle)

  1. The Industrial Revolution
  2. Empire, Slavery and Civil Rights
  3. World War One

Year 9 – Topics Taught

  • Britain’s Class System explained through the study of The Titanic
  • The First World War and the Peace Settlement
  • The inter-war years: the Great Depression and the rise of dictators
  • The Holocaust
  • A local history study (The Holocaust Memorial in Hyde Park)

Method of Assessment at Key Stage 3:

  • Extended writing
  • Oral answers
  • Presentations
  • Group work
  • In class assessments under exam conditions
  • Formal end of year exam

Key Stage 4: OCR History B

Year 10 – Topics Taught

  • American Depth Study 1919 – 41
(The economic boom after WW1; roaring twenties; intolerance and xenophobia; race relations and discrimination against African Americans; the Ku Klux Klan; prohibition and gangsterism; the changing roles of women; the Wall Street Crash, the Great Depression, Hoover vs. Roosevelt; the New Deal).

 

 

 

 

45%
  • The Cold War 1945 – 75
(The origins of the Cold War; conferences at Yalta and Potsdam; breakdown of the USA-USSR alliance; Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe; the Iron Curtain; the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan; the Berlin Blockade; the Cuban Revolution; the Bay of Pigs; Khrushchev vs. Kennedy; increasing American involvement in Vietnam under Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson; tactics used in Vietnam; reasons for American withdrawal).

 

Year 11 – Topics Taught

  • British Depth Study 1890 – 1919
(Poverty and distress in the 1890s; Charles Booth and Seebohm Rowntree; Liberal reforms; New Liberalism; the roles of Lloyd George and Churchill; the threat from the recently formed Labour Party; the Children’s Charter; the position of women in the 1890s; campaign to win female suffrage; Millicent Fawcett and the NUWSS; the Pankhursts and the WSPU; reactions of the authorities including Lloyd George and Asquith; contribution of women during the First World War; the 1918 Representation of the People Act; Recruiting in the early years of the war; New government powers: the Defence of the Realm Act 1914, conscription, rationing, use of propaganda, and their impact on civilian life. The mood of the British people at the end of the war and the different attitudes about what should happen to Germany.

 

 

 

 

 

30%
  • The USA, the Land of Freedom? 1945−1975
(2000 word Controlled Assessment)

 



25%

Method of Assessment at KS4 (include Exam boards and weightings)

  • All assessments will be based on exam style questions using past exam papers and ‘unseen’ questions
  • Controlled Assessment

 

Year 11 GCSE Resources

The units taught are:

A013 Aspects of International Relations (Section A - The Cold War, 1945-1975) with the depth study The USA 1919-1945

AO21 How was British society changed, 1890-1918?

AO10 Historical Enquiry (examined by controlled assessment)

 

GCSE History B

Specification

Key Documents

Past Papers

Mark Schemes

Examiner Reports

 

 

 OCR History Pic CLICK HERE

Past Papers

Aspects of International Relations: The USA 1919 -1945
  Question Paper Mark Scheme
2016 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2015 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2014 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2013 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2012 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2011 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2010 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
 
Britain 1890 - 1918
  Question Paper Mark Scheme
2016 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2015 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2014 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2013 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2012 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2011 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
2010 CLICK HERE CLICK HERE
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Key Words

For Key Words for the units studied CLICK HERE

Revision Book

A useful revision book can be purchased from Amazon CLICK HERE

Useful Websites

johndclaire.net

A modern World History revision site.

 

 

 

 JCHistoryWeb Pic CLICK HERE

Mr Allsop .com

International Relations revision and more...

 MrAllsopHistoryWeb Pic  CLICK HERE

BBC Bitesize History

Modern World History revision, videos, exam skills and more...

 BBCBitesizeHistoryWeb Pic  CLICK HERE

 

 

 

 

KS5: Edexcel

Year 12 – Topics Taught

Paper 1

Option 1F: In search of the American Dream: the USA, c1917–96 56		 Paper 1: (30% of qualification)
Written examination, lasting 2 hours 15 minutes.
● Marks available: 60
● Students answer three questions: one from Section A, one from Section B and one from Section C.
● Sections A and B comprise a choice of essays that assess understanding of the period in breadth (AO1).
● Section C comprises one compulsory question that assesses the ability to analyse and evaluate historical interpretations (AO3).
Paper 2

Option 2F.1: India, c1914–48: the road to independence 58		 Paper 2: (20% of qualification)
Written examination, lasting 1 hour 30 minutes.
● Marks available: 40
● Students answer two questions: one from Section A and one from Section B.
● Section A comprises one compulsory question for the option studied, based on two sources. It assesses source analysis and evaluation skills (AO2).
● Section B comprises a choice of essays that assess understanding of the period in depth (AO1).

 

Year 13 – Topics Taught

Paper 3

The British experience of warfare, c1790–1918		 Paper 3: (30% of Qualification)
Written examination, lasting 2 hours 15 minutes.
● Marks available: 60
● Students answer three questions: one from Section A, one from Section B and one from Section C.
● Section A comprises one compulsory question for the option studied, assessing source analysis and evaluation skills (AO2).
● Section B comprises a choice of essays that assess understanding of the period in depth (AO1).
● Section C comprises a choice of essays that assess understanding of the period in breadth (AO1).
Coursework Overview of assessment: (20% of qualification)
● Students complete a single assignment on a question set by the centre.
● The assignment will assess the ability to carry out a historical enquiry, analysing and evaluating historical interpretations, and organising and communicating the findings (AO1/AO3).

Method of Assessment at KS5 (include Exam boards and weightings)

  • All assessments will be based on exam style questions using past exam papers and ‘unseen’ questions
  • Controlled Assessment

How to support your childs’ learning at home

  • Encourage your child to read around the subject(s)
  • Conduct exam practice under timed conditions
  • Devise key word/definition bank

Useful websites

http://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/history-2008.html

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