KS3
At Key Stage 3 Pupils are given opportunities to extend and deepen their chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history, so that it provides a well-informed context for wider learning. Pupils will study significant events, make connections, draw contrasts, and analyse trends within periods and over long arcs of time. Pupils will also learn to use historical terms and concepts in increasingly sophisticated ways and pursue historically valid enquiries including some they have framed themselves. Pupils will also understand how different types of historical sources are used rigorously to make historical claims and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed.
Example Topics
Year 8 |
Year 9 |
Year 10 |
UNIT 1 – Historical Skills |
UNIT 1 – Renaissance and Reformation |
UNIT 1 – An introduction to the 20th Century and the themes of War and discrimination |
UNIT 2 -The Norman Conquest |
UNIT 2 – Tudors and Stuarts |
UNIT 2- Holocaust |
UNIT 3- Mountsandel Forest |
UNIT 3 – Ireland – Plantation and its impact |
UNIT 3 – Partition of Ireland 1912- 1921 |
GCSE
Exam Board: CCEA
Breakdown of course
GCSE History |
Unit 1 |
Unit 2 |
Unit 1 Exam : 1 hr 45 mins Weighting: 60% Unit 2 – Exam: Ihr 15 mins Weighting: 40% |
Life in Nazi Germany, 1933–45 Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1965–98 |
Unit 2: Outline Study International Relations, 1945–2003 |
A Level
Exam Board: CCEA
Breakdown of course
As History Unit 1: Exam 1 hour 3omins Exam weighting: 50% of AS, 20% of A Level Unit 2: Exam 1 hour 30mins Exam weighting: 50% of AS, 20% of A Level |
Unit 1 Historical Interpretations and investigations Germany 1919-1945 |
Unit 2: Historical Conflict and Change Russia 1914-1941 |
A2 History Unit 1: Exam 1 hr 15 mins Exam weighting: 20% of A Level Unit 2: Exam 2hrs 30 mins Exam weighting: 40% of A Level |
Unit 1 Change over Time Clash of Ideologies 1900-2000 |
Unit 2 Historical Interpretations and Investigations Ireland 1775-1803 |
Career Opportunities
Provide overview of what courses can be pursued following this, eg tertiary education courses, higher level apprenticeships, examples of areas to work in.
AREAS TO WORK IN |
Genealogy |
Archaeology |
Writer |
Journalism |
Education Officer |
Library |
Archivist |
Law |
Museum Curator |
History professor |
Teacher |
Tour Guide & Heritage work |
Civil Service |
Undergraduate degrees are often focused on a specific period, region or topic. Or they include combinations with social sciences or languages. Most come with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree award. Examples of degrees and apprenticeships include:
UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES |
APPRENTICESHIPS |
BA Modern and ancient History |
Archaeological specialist apprenticeship |
BA Modern and Contemporary History |
Archive and Record Manager apprenticeship |
BA Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic |
Curator apprenticeship |
BSC Economic History and Geography |
Heritage specialist apprenticeship |
BA/BSC History and Politics |
Historic environment apprenticeship |
BA Modern Languages and History |
Musuem and Gallery apprenticeship |