Why do we learn history?
In history, pupils consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like, how these societies organised their politics, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people’s actions.
Head of Department
Mr J Easter
Year 7
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EQ1. Who lived in England before the Normans and what were they like? EQ2. How did the Normans change England? |
EQ1. How did power change in Medieval England? EQ2. How important was spirituality to the Oba in Medieval Nigeria? |
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EQ1. How important was the Church in Medieval England? EQ2. What travelled along the Silk Roads? |
EQ1. How far did the Reformation change the lives of ordinary people? |
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| EQ1. To what extent was the Spanish Conquest the end of the Aztec World? |
EQ1. Why did Charles I and Parliament go to war? EQ2. How significant was the Civil War? |
Year 8
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EQ1. Why did Charles I and Parliament go to war? EQ2. How significant was the Civil War? |
EQ1. How was the Atlantic World created? EQ2. How did power shift in the Early Modern period? |
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EQ1. How did the British Empire grow? EQ2. How far were the Haitian Revolutionaries 'Jacobins'? |
EQ1. Why did Transatlantic slavery end? |
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| EQ1. How did industrialisation, empire and rights change Britain? | EQ1. How did South American countries gain their independence? |
Year 9
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EQ1. Why did the First World War begin? EQ2. Why was the First World War significant? |
EQ1. How far was the Russian Revolution a popular uprising? |
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| EQ1. Why did fascism take power in Germany but not Britain? | EQ1. What was life like for the Jewish people of Europe under Nazi occupation? |
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EQ1. Did the British Empire 'jump' or was it 'pushed'? EQ2. How did life change for Britons postwar? |
EQ1. How did the spread of the Cold War impact South America? EQ2. How has London changed over time? |
Year 10
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| Migrants in Britain, c800–present and Notting Hill, c1948–c1970 | Migrants in Britain, c800–present and Notting Hill, c1948–c1970 |
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| Migrants in Britain, c800–present and Notting Hill, c1948–c1970 | Migrants in Britain, c800–present and Notting Hill, c1948–c1970 |
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| Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 | Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 |
Year 11
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| Germany 1918 - 1939 | Germany 1918 - 1939 |
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| Superpower Relations and the Cold War | Superpower Relations and the Cold War |
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| Revision and exams | Revision and exams |