Chetwynde School

Welcome to the History Curriculum

History Department:

Head of Faculty: Mrs M Doolan (Maternity Cover)

Primary Subject Lead: Mrs R Tranter

Teacher of History: Mrs M Doolan

Curriculum Journey from EYFS to KS4

Reception:

In Reception, we introduce Historical themes throughout our curriculum journey.

Autumn: Our families (now and in the past), Rights and Governance

Spring: Changes around the world, Cultures and Customs

Summer: Endangered animals and Extinction, Historical Explorers and Transport

Year 1:

Autumn 1 & 2: Changes within living memory

Spring 1 & 2: The lives of significant people - David Attenborough & Mary Anning

Summer 1 & 2: More lives of significant people - Neil Armstrong, Mae Jemison, Bernard Harris Jr, Tim Peake

Year 2:

Autumn 1 & 2: Events beyond living memory - Great Fire of London

Spring 1 & 2: Significant historical events, people, places in our locality - Beatrix Potter

Summer 1 & 2: Revisit events beyond living memory

Year 3:

Autumn 1 & 2: Stone Age to Iron Age

Spring 1 & 2: Rome and impact on Britain

Year 4:

Autumn 1 & 2: Britain's settlement by the Anglo-Saxons and Scots

Spring 1 & 2: Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor

Summer 1 & 2: Ancient Civilisation: Egypt

Year 5:

Autumn 1 & 2 and Spring 1: Ancient Greeks

Spring 2, Summer 1 & 2: Comparison Study - Anglo-Saxons and Maya

Year 6:

Autumn 1 & 2: Local history study - how did conflict change our locality in World War 2?

Spring 1 & 2: Windrush Generation

Summer 1 & 2: Significant Monarchs

Year 7:

Autumn 1: The Craft of the Historian. Pupils examine and practice some of the key skill they will use as Historians such as Chronlogical understanding and how to use and evaluate sources as evidence.

Autumn 2: Who are the British? Pupils study migration to Britan and how this has impacted our culture and who we are. Looking at groups such as the Romans, Viking, Jewish Communities and the Empire.

Spring 1 & 2: Did the Norman's bring a 'truckload of trouble'? Pupils study the Norman invasion of 1066 and the impact on the English population.

Summer 1 &2 : Were the middle ages really 'measly'? Students with look as aspects on medieval life including the power of monarchs and religion, medicine and crime and punishment. Local history with Furness Abbey

Year 8:

Autumn 1 & 2 : Why should we remember the Tudors? Here we study the Protestant Reformation and its impact on the Tudor Dynasty.

Spring 1: Why did Englishmen fight Englishmen? Pupils study the causes of the English Civil War and the major events of this period.

Spring 2: How far the the Industrial Revolution change Britain? Pupils look at the period of rapid change during the Industrial Revolution including a focus on the Furness area and Chetwynde school.

Summer 1: Was the British Empire full of 'horrible people doing horrible things?' Pupils study the British Empire including a focus on the triangular slave trade.

Summer 2: How 'wild' was the American west? Pupils study the American west including it's geography, indigenous population and development as part of the American nation.

Year 9:

Autumn 1: Were the Suffragettes terrorists or freedom fighters? Students will evaluate the actions of women fighting for the vote and their context.

Autumn 2: World War I. Students will study the causes of WWI, conditions in the trenches, Battle of the Somme, technology, contributions of soldiers from around the world and ethnic minorities, the end of the war and the peace terms.

Spring 1&2: How did Hitler change Germany? Pupils study the rise of Hitler and the impact of the Nazi regime on Germany.

Summer 1: The Holocaust. A study of Jewish life in pre-war Germany, the first steps of persecution, perpetrators, bystanders, rescuers, The Final Solution, justice and remembrance.

Summer 2: WWII. Students study the Second World War including the Home Front, Dunkirk, War at Sea and the Barrow Blitz

KS4 -Year 10 & 11 - GCSE Course Overview:

Exam Board: AQA GCSE History

Exam Requirements:

History Paper 1: 2 Hours

History Paper 2 : 2 Hours

Course Syllabus:

Paper 1: Understanding the modern world

Section A: Period studies

Germany 1890-1945: Democracy and Dictatorship

Section B: Wider world depth studies

Conflict and Tension: The Interwar years 1918-1939