History

Year 7

In History we study two units.

• Medieval Realms. We look at the History of Britain from 1066 until 1500.

Two assessments are completed.

• How and why did castles change during the Middle Ages? This follows our visit to Caerphilly and Raglan castles.
• Did Robin Hood exist?
• (The Renaissance. We examine the world of Leonardo do Vinci, The Medici and Italy. We study several paintings in detail.

Year 8

In History we study two units.

• The Making of the United Kingdom 1500-1750.  We look at the Tudor and Stuart period.  Two assessments are completed; the first in the autumn terms when students complete an extended essay under the title "Was Henry VIII a good or bad king?"; the second in the spring terms when students study the English Civil War and produce a detailed study of a portrait of Charles I.
• Black Peoples of the Americas.  We examine the Slave Trade with particular reference to the impact on Bristol and the abolition campaign.  We examine the lives of Black Americans leading up to the Civil Rights movement in the Twentieth Century.  

Year 9

In History we study two units.

• Britain 1750-1900.  We look at the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution.  This is supported by a visit to the Black Country Museum where students study the living and working conditions in the late Victorian period.  This is followed by an assessment entitled "Living in 1900".
• Twentieth Century World.  We look at the causes and nature of the First World War, the peace treaties, the Russian Revolution, Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany and the Second World War.  An assessment is completed on "Life and Death in the Trenches".

GCSE

In Years 10 and 11 we study four units.

• Health and Medicine from 1345 to the present. This is supported by a visit to the Museum of Medicine, Old Operating Theatre and the London Dungeon in February of Year 10.
• The Changing Role and Status of Women in Twentieth Century Britain.
• The American West 1840 to 1895. This supported by a visit to the American Museum in March of Year 11.
• Either Bristol in the Blitz 1940-41 or Britain in the 1960s.
  Students' knowledge and understanding of units 1, 2 and 3 will be tested in three examinations (worth 75% of the final mark).  In year 10 students complete two controlled assessments on unit 4.

A Level

This course brings you the best of British and World History. In Year 12 we look at how the British people and ordinary soldiers were affected by the major wars from 1854 to the First World War.

We also study how Germany changed from the end of the First World War to the fall of the Berlin Wall. This includes the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler. In Year 13 we look at the way the USA changed as a result of immigration, crime, the Depression, the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War. We do two pieces of coursework on the Arab-Israeli conflict.

AS level

Unit 1. From Second Reich to Third Reich: Germany 1918-1945. Germany divided and reunited, 1945-1991.                       

Unit 2. The Experience of Warfare in Britain: Crimea, Boer and the First World War, 1854-1929.

A2 level.

Unit 3. The United States, 1917-1954: Boom, bust and recovery.

Unit 4. Historical enquiry. The Arab-Israeli Conflict.

Assessment. course

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