History
Curriculum intent
The History Department at Christ Church Secondary Academy (CCSA) will develop confident historians who have an appreciation of the historical context and development of the local, national and global context of the world in which they live so that they can flourish as citizens in modern Britain. The history curriculum at CCSA is driven and underpinned by our school values of supporting all learners to be courageous in this approach to history, developing compassion to their community and the wider world so that students are able to achieve and fulfil their potential.
Curriculum implementation
To support our students to be curious learners we:
Plan and deliver an ambitious and diverse history curriculum which is centred around the broad historical knowledge that students need to know but also we aim to ensure that our students have access to historical knowledge that will broaden their horizons.
Literacy will be at the heart of learning in history – reading, writing and oracy – and our lessons have been planned and designed to ensure that all students are consistently developing each of these aspects of literacy.
We will ensure that that students have a variety of opportunities to practice using the historical knowledge that they have learned through our curriculum.
We have high expectations for each and every student that we teach and we firmly believe that each student deserves access to a rich, broad, diverse and ambitious history curriculum where every student has the opportunity to achieve at the highest possible level.
Learning journey at KS3
You can download a copy of this curriculum overview using the link below:
CCSA History Learning Journey Key Stage 3
KS4 Curriculum & Exam Information
Course title: Pearson Edexcel GCSE History (9-1)
Exam board: Edexcel
Exam Board website link: Pearson Edexcel GCSE History (9-1)
Specification: Pearson Edexcel GCSE History (9-1) Specification
Course overview: Edexcel GCSE History will cover the following four topics:-
Period study—Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 to 1991
British depth study—Early Elizabethan England, 1558 to 1588
Modern depth study—Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 to 1939
To give you a flavour of the content that you will study the links above will take you to the excellent BBC Bitesize page for each exam topic.
Why is studying history important?
To study GCSE history is to explore the fascinating story of the past, become a critical thinker, excellent researcher and effective written communicator. Over the two years of studying GCSE history you will learn how to explain, analyse and evaluate, engage with historical texts. However, GCSE history is not just about academics, it is also essential to help us to understand the world that we live in today and also provides an excellent gateway to many diverse careers and cultural opportunities.
How is the course examined?
Paper 1
Topic -Thematic study and historic environment – Crime and punishment in Britain, c.1000 to present and Whitechapel, c1870 to c1900
Question Types: Essay and source questions
Worth: 30% of final grade
Paper 2
Topic -Period study, Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 / British depth study, Early Elizabethan England, 1558-1588
Question Types: Essay questions
Worth: 40% of final grade
Paper 3
Topic - Modern depth study, Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918-39
Question Types: Essay, source and interpretation questions
Worth: 30% of final grade
Recommended revision guides:
Having reviewed all revision guides, with students, we recommend the Clear Revise series due to the depth of content and the question examples contained in them.
Thematic study and historic environment—Crime and punishment in Britian, c1000 to present and Whitechapel, c1870 to c1900
Period study—Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 to 1991
British depth study—Early Elizabethan England, 1558 to 1588
Modern depth study—Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 to 1939
The links above will take you to the Clear Revise website where you can purchase copies of these guides.
Future careers: The study of history opens the doors to a wide and interesting variety of careers. The most common areas that those who study history work in include, the civil service, teaching, academia, law, diplomacy, development, museums and culture. However, some history students are known to work in communications, politics and financial services – the list is truly endless! To help you to understand the endless variety of jobs open to history students have a look at the career stories for history on BBC Bitesize.
Learning journey at KS4
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