History
Head of Dept: Mrs M Cartwright
Staff in department
Miss M Brown, Mr C O’Donnell, Miss G Wright
A Level
- 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; Tudor England; The Spanish Armada; Were the Gunpowder Plotters framed?
Year 9
Colonialisation; Ireland and the Plantations; The Williamite Wars; The Impact of Empire (Canada, India and the Slave Trade); Who is to blame for the Titanic Disaster?
Year 10
The 20th Century – Who were the Suffragettes? What caused the First World War and what was it like for the soldiers? Why did Germany get all of the blame? Was it right to drop the Atomic bomb? Why was Ireland partitioned? Was JFK killed by his own men?