Subject: History
Head of Subject: Miss G Nicholson
Vision
Our vision is to create an environment in which students enjoy their history lessons through a purposeful, challenging and engaging curriculum. Students will be equipped with the necessary skills to understand the past, their place in the present and have the ability to navigate a successful future.
Intent
At Hawkley Hall, we strive to make the History curriculum ambitious and inclusive which allows students to understand the wider world. We have carefully shaped a broad curriculum which offers the opportunity to explore different peoples’ perspectives on issues and events and think critically about the world in which we live.
Our knowledge rich curriculum equips students to ask perceptive questions, understand key concept such as significance and causation and analyse information to help convey their views in a structured way. Each topic focuses on a challenging enquiry question which is reflected with key questions forming the basis for each lesson. We aim to inspire students' curiosity and passion to find out about the past whilst simultaneously developing their disciplinary thinking. Therefore, our students are given the chance to study issues at a local, national and international level in Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern and Modern time periods.
Learning Journey
Curriculum Description
Key Stage 3
In KS3 students are taught in mixed ability sets. In year 7 they receive one hour per week whilst years 8 and 9 receive two one-hour periods. Assessments are completed to track and monitor the progress of students. Feedback and targets are provided to students and they have the opportunity to make further improvements to their work. Home learning is set via Satchel One.
Key Stage 4
At Key Stage 4 history is a subject that is taught as a GCSE option. Students that opt to take history in Key Stage 4 have 3 hours a week in Year 10 and 2 hours a week in Year 11. Students are working towards one GCSE qualification. They follow the Edexcel GCSE History programme and will complete three examinations at the end of Year 11 on the following topics:
Paper 1: Medicine in Britain c1250 – present and the British sector of the Western Front 1914 – 18: Injuries, treatment and the trenches.
Paper 2: Early Elizabethan England 1558 – 88 and Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-1991
Paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 – 39
They will be awarded a grade 1-9 following their GCSE examinations in the summer of Year 11. Assessments to track progress are set regularly throughout each half term and feedback is provided relating to the GCSE mark schemes.
Throughout their time at Hawkley Hall, students are taught the following key skills:
- Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the periods studied.
- Explain and analyse historical events and periods studied using second-order historical concepts.
- Analyse, evaluate and use sources to make substantiated judgements, in the context of historical events studied.
- Analyse, evaluate and make substantiated judgements about interpretations in the context of historical events studied.
Overview of the curriculum
| Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| 7 | What is history? | How did the Romans change Britain? | Why was England a battlefield? | What was life like in the Middle Ages? | What was life like in the Middle Ages? | Was 1348 the end of the world? |
| 8 | Was Henry VIII a good king? | Why did the English fight the English? | Who benefitted from the British Empire? | Would you have survived the Industrial Revolution? | What was it like to be involved in the slave trade? | Was the Civil Rights Movement a success? |
| 9 | What caused WW1? | What was WW1 like? | What was America like during the Roaring 20’s? | How important was the Home Front to the Allied victory? | Who was to blame for the Holocaust? | What new ideas came about at the end of WW2? |
| 10 & 11 | Paper 1: Medicine in Britain c1250 – present and the British sector of the Western Front 1914 – 18: Injuries, treatment and the trenches.
Paper 2: Early Elizabethan England 1558 – 88 and Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941-1991 Paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918 – 39
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GCSE Exam Board Specifications
The specification code for GCSE History is 1H10. Click here to view the GCSE specification.