History

Staff in Department

Head of Dept: Mrs M Cartwright
Mr C O’Donnell, Ms G Wright

A Level

Exam board: CCEA

Module % of AS or
A2 grade
How is it assessed? Module Title
AS Module 1: Historical Investigations and Interpretations 50% of AS
20% of A level
External Examination Germany 1919–45
AS Module 2:
Historical Conflict and Change
50% of AS
20% of A level
External Examination Russia 1914 – 41
A2 Module 1: Change Over Time 40% of A2 External Examination The American Presidency 1901-2000
A2 Module 2: Investigations and Interpretations 60% of A2 External Examination The Partition of Ireland 1900 – 1925

GCSE

GCSE % of GCSE grade How is it assessed? Unit title
Unit 1 60% 1 written exam lasting 1 hr 45 min -Modern World Studies in Depth;
– Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1945
-NI and its neighbours 1965-1998
Unit 2 40% 1 written exam lasting 1 hr 15 Outline study: International Relations 1945-2003

KS3: Brief topic overview

Year 8
What is History; The Norman Conquest; The Black Death; The Reformation; Medieval Life, Tudor England & Ireland

Year 9
The Age of Empire – The Spanish Armada, Colonialisation; Ireland and the Plantations; The Williamite Wars; The British Empire, the Slave Trade

Year 10
The 20th Century – Who were the Suffragettes? What caused the First World War? What was it like to fight in the Great War? Why did Germany get all of the blame? Was it right to drop the Atomic bomb? Why was Ireland partitioned? Did man really land on the moon?

Related Clubs & Sports

Possible GCSE Trip to Germany (Berlin or Munich).

KS3 Local history trips (i.e. the impact of the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising; Nationalism and Unionism).

Current Affairs Society

Support for essay competitions and Debating.