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History is so much more than a list of names and dates learnt by heart

As a subject, History should develop pupils' understanding of differing cultural contexts to broaden pupil horizons.

What will I learn?

The thematic study for Y7 is a comparison of empires; between the ancient Roman, medieval Islamic and the more modern British Empires. Pupils will identify similarities and differences in the rises and falls of all 3, querying the motivations of each in turn.

For Y8 we have 2 major depth studies; Britain’s role in the slave trade, analysing black Britons in Georgian England and the first major global conflict WW1. We also have a thematic study of the Industrial Revolution, its Impact on Sheffield's growth and major events that impacted the city within this time period.

Next year, pupils will be introduced to a new the thematic study, Women in History. We will analyse various key figures spanning over 2000 years of history, assessing their impacts and forming rounded pictures utilising interpretations.

In Y9 pupils continue chronologically where they ended Y8, with a small period study on the inter-war period in Germany, investigating Hitler's ascension to dictator and how WW2 began. They will then do a depth study on WW2 and finally a study of the largest genocide, facilitated by WW2, the Holocaust.

By emphasising the range of roles that pupils of history take up in society, we provide a route to academic success and offer transferable skills that will equip all pupils to thrive in the future. Within this we support students “write like a historian” using a PEE structure, with Y8 & Y9 having this scaffolded through modelling and support grids. The intent is to strip these away and to increase student confidence, resilience and independence with their technical writing, preparing them for future study.

GCSE History

Should pupils choose to continue the subject at KS4, they will sit the OCR B specification at the end of Y11. Below are the units of study, each of which make up 20% of their final grade:

– The People’s Health C.1250-Present
– The Norman Conquest 1066-1087
– History Around US (Site study on Conisbrough Castle)
– The Making of America 1789-1900
– Living Under Nazi Rule 1933-1945

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