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Year 7

In History we study two units:

• Medieval Realms.
• We look at the History of Britain from 1066 until about 1500. Two assessments are completed.
  • (i) How and why did castles change during the Middle Ages?
    This follows our visit to Caerphilly and Raglan castles.
  • (ii) 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 GCSE History We study the Second World War, the USA from 1941 until 1980, the Vietnam War and Superpower Relations from 1945 until 1990. Students’ knowledge and understanding of these topics will be tested in two examinations (worth 75% of the final mark). In year 10 students complete a piece of coursework on the reaction of British people to the Blitz (1940-1941). In year 11 students will complete a piece of coursework on Britain in the 1960s.