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History
Curriculum Overview
Year 10 and Year 11 GCSE
Year 12 & 13
 Extra Curricular Activities
What is the Department's view of history?
 
Curriculum Overview
Faith and Power - Year 7
A study of the Roman Empire and Britain 1066 - 1500.

Key assignments include:

  • A travel brochure for Ancient Rome
  • Why were Romans such good soldiers?
  • Why did William the Conqueror win the Battle of Hastings?
  • King John - was he really so bad?
A study of the Roman Empire and Britain
Reigns and Riots - Year 8
A study of Britain 1500 - 1900

 

Key assignments include:

  • Why was Elizabeth so successful?
  • Was Guy Fawkes framed?
  • Did Charles I deserve to die?
  • Who were the Chartists?
Human Rights and Human Wrongs - Year 9
This study involves a number of depth studies of key events in the 20 th century.

Topics include:

  • What was life like in the trenches?
  • What was Emily Davison doing at the Derby in 1914?
  • Why did Stalin start the purges?
  • Who was Martin Luther King?
  • Why was he assassinated?
Year 10 and Year 11 GCSE

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Syllabus A OCR (SHP) History of Medicine and the Rise of the Nazis.
The exam counts for 75% of grade. Two pieces of coursework make up the extra 25%.

In Year 10 - students begin a site investigation of Buckland Abbey. They look at the surviving monastic evidence and the National Trust interpretation of Drake, Buckland's most famous resident. The deadline for this assignment is three weeks after the site visit. All students visit Buckland as part of this topic.

From October to February in Year 10, the students focus on a depth study on Nazi Germany.

From March to July, the students undertake their second investigation - the Arab-Israeli Conflict. By using film, video, internet and newspaper coverage of the present situation in the Middle East, students understand the origins of this conflict and explain why peace seems so difficult. The deadline for completion of this assignment has yet to be confirmed.
Year 10 investigation of Buckland Abbey. Year 10 investigation of Buckland Abbey.
 
Year 11 students undertake 'a study through time' - the history of Medicine. This study involves looking at how people explained disease and treated their ailments. Students look at problems with surgery, turning points and key individuals.
Year 12 & 13

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Year 12 AS Course AQA modules
  • (F) Tsarist Russia 1855 - 1917 •  (Q) Britain 1815 - 1841
  • and Coursework essays.
 Year 13 A2 Course AQA modules
  • (F) The Modernisation of Russia 1881 - 1988
  • (Q) Britain 1841 - 1886
  • and a Personal Study. (An investigation of the student's own choice. This topic allows the student to study an issue that interests them).

Full details of all these modules and their weighting can be obtained from the AQA website www.aqa.org.uk .

Extra Curricular Activities

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Students are encouraged to take part in a variety of enrichment activities. Year 7 can visit the Time Tunnel, a medieval experience. Year 8 find out at Cold Harbour Mill what being a apprentice was like. Also in past years,

Year 8 students have had the opportunity to re-enact a Civil War battle with the help of members of the Sealed Knot Society.

Year 8 students re-enact a Civil War battle with the help of members of the Sealed Knot Society. Year 8 students re-enact a Civil War battle with the help of members of the Sealed Knot Society. Year 8 students re-enact a Civil War battle with the help of members of the Sealed Knot Society.

In Year 9, students can see 'Doomed Youth', a play about young people in the First World War.

At KS4 and 5, the department encourages students to attend revision conferences. In past years, Year12 and 13 have spent time in London at the Imperial War Museum, revision seminars and the Record Office.
What is the Department's view of history?

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The department does not believe that history is a dry, dusty subject. It is very vital and alive. The current fascination with historical films and

re-enactments is evidence of how fascinating the subject is to the general public. We think students need to understand the past, to help make sense of their present.

At Kingsbridge we use a variety of learning styles and activities to make our students active learners. Sometimes students 'hot seat' or write role-plays. We encourage the use of visual, electronic and written sources. Students, we hope, see themselves as detectives looking at evidence, spotting what is missing, biased and inaccurate. Like Kruschev, we hope students remember his saying.."Historians are dangerous people .because they think for themselves".
Year 7 playing the human timeline game to understand chronology. Year 7 playing the human timeline game to understand chronology.
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