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History is the study of people and events and how far these experiences have changed over time. During History lessons we study time periods chronologically from Medieval England through to WWII and more modern History. We also teach the historical skills including chronology, source and interpretation analysis and cause/consequence among others. 

Year 12 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
New Knowledge:

Henry VII: consolidation of power, Foreign policy, Pretenders, rebellions, society, economy, government, religion & humanism

Germany: Weimar Republic, Treaty of Versailles and its impacts, economic and social developments in Weimar Germany

Henry VIII: consolidation of power, Foreign policy, Pretenders, rebellions, society, economy, government, religion & humanism

Germany: Political developments in Weimar Germany, foreign policy, impact of the depression and establishment of Nazi dictatorship

NEA: Civil Rights in America, skills to answer the coursework question, research, planning and writing of coursework

Previous Knowledge Required:

Concepts of economy, foreign policy, society, government

Treaty of Versailles

Germany before the Nazis

Henry VII reign to compare continuity and change.

Aspects of Catholicism and Protestantism

Rise of the Nazi Party and how Hitler came to power

Civil Rights in America

Interpretation and source analysis

Essay writing skills
New Skills:

Interpretation analysis

Source analysis

Essay writing skills in depth

Extended learning

Presentation skills

Comparing interpretations usefulness

Comparing sources usefulness

Essay writing skills in depth in timed conditions

Extended learning

Presentation skills

Independent research skills

Finding and understanding historic interpretations

Finding relevant primary sources

Using sources to add to an argument

Organising time to write and research independently

Referencing

Presentation skills
 
Links to the School Curriculum:

Ethics – understanding of Catholicism and Protestantism

English – Homelessness and impacts of WWI

Geography – foreign policy

Maths – reading graphs and results

Ethics – understanding of Catholicism and Protestantism

Economics – hyperinflation etc.

Art – Golden age and Bauhaus movement

Drama – Theatre in Golden Age

Ethics – Civil rights

EPQ – Referencing

Psychology – research methods

English – war poetry and homelessness (impacts of returning after conflict)

Essay writing and coursework in other subjects
Independent Activities:

Wider reading from the wider reading list

Practice exam questions from textbooks/AQA website/teacher classrooms

Revision

Attend a Warwick Words event (October)

Visit Pembroke Castle

Visit the Imperial War Museum section about Weimar Republic

Wider reading from the wider reading list

Practice exam questions from textbooks/AQA website/teacher classrooms

Revision

Visit Hampton Court

Create overview timelines for each side of the course showing everything you have learnt so far and how things developed

Create a bibliography of all the sources you have used for your research so far

Visit Journey to Justice exhibition at National Museums Liverpool

Visit Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Visit the Museum of London’s Black History exhibit
Web Links: https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/as-and-a-level/history-7041-7042/assessment-resources?f.Component%7C7=Component+1&f.Component%7C7=Component+2&f.Qualification%7CE=A-level&f.Option%7C9=Option+C&f.Option%7C9=Option+O https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/as-and-a-level/history-7041-7042/assessment-resources?f.Component%7C7=Component+1&f.Component%7C7=Component+2&f.Qualification%7CE=A-level&f.Option%7C9=Option+C&f.Option%7C9=Option+O https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/

 

Year 13 Term 1 Term 2 Term 3
New Knowledge:

Edward VI: Religion & humanism, Foreign policy, government, society, economy & rebellions, and succession

Mary I: Religion & humanism, Foreign policy, government, society, economy & rebellions, and succession

Germany: Nazi consolidation of power, economic and social policies, discrimination of minority groups

Elizabeth: Religion & humanism, Foreign policy, government, society, economy & rebellions, and succession

Germany: Development of Nazi policies towards Jews, impact of war on Germany, Final solution, opposition and resistance

Finish Elizabeth and opposition to Nazis

Revision

Previous Knowledge Required:

Henry VII and VIII reigns to judge continuity and change

Nazi Germany and policies towards different groups in society

Elizabethan England

Reigns of previous Tudor monarchs

Holocaust

Elizabethan England

Reigns of previous Tudor monarchs

Opposition to Nazis

New Skills:

Comparing interpretations usefulness

Comparing sources usefulness

Essay writing skills in depth in timed conditions

Extended learning

Debating skills

Comparing interpretations usefulness

Comparing sources usefulness

Essay writing skills in depth in timed conditions

Extended learning

Presentation skills

Comparing interpretations usefulness

Comparing sources usefulness

Essay writing skills in depth in timed conditions

Extended learning

Presentation skills

Links to the School Curriculum:

Geography – foreign policy

Ethics – understanding of Catholicism and Protestantism

Ethics – Holocaust

Psychology – Hitler, propaganda etc.

Ethics – understanding of Catholicism and Protestantism

Art – portraits of Elizabeth and symbolism

 

Independent Activities:

Wider reading from the wider reading list

Practice exam questions from textbooks/AQA website/teacher classrooms

Revision

Attend a Warwick Words event (October)

Visit the Imperial War Museum

Visit the National Museum to explore the Tudors 

Wider reading from the wider reading list

Practice exam questions from textbooks/AQA website/teacher classrooms

Revision

Visit the National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Nottinghamshire

Visit the Jewish Museum London

Visit Hatfield House

Visit Royal Museum in Greenwich

Visit Berlin or Auschwitz

Wider reading from the wider reading list

Practice exam questions from textbooks/AQA website/teacher classrooms

Revision

Web Links: https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/as-and-a-level/history-7041-7042/assessment-resources?f.Component%7C7=Component+1&f.Component%7C7=Component+2&f.Qualification%7CE=A-level&f.Option%7C9=Option+C&f.Option%7C9=Option+O https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/as-and-a-level/history-7041-7042/assessment-resources?f.Component%7C7=Component+1&f.Component%7C7=Component+2&f.Qualification%7CE=A-level&f.Option%7C9=Option+C&f.Option%7C9=Option+O https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/