History Department

History at Montgomery High School The history syllabus: Year 7

Half Term 1 Medieval Life: The Norman Conquest

Half Term 2 Medieval Life: Towns, Health, Medicine

Half Term 3 Medieval Life: Church and State

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The Industrial Revolution

Slavery and the British Empire

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Germany 1890 – 1945: The growth of democracy

Germany 1890 – 1945: Germany and the Depression

Power to the People – Britain and the USA Germany 1890 – 1945: Experiences under the Nazis

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War and Transformation 1903 – 1928: Votes for Women, Social Reform

War and Transformation 1903 – 1928: Britain and the Western Front

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Vietnam 1960 – 1975: Controlled Assessment

The Era of the Cold War 1943 – 1991: Deverlopment

War and Transformation 1903 – 1928: Britain and the Home Front, Economic and Social change 1918 - 28 The Era of the Cold War 1943 – 1991: Crises and the end of the Cold War

Half Term 4 Tudor England: The Reformation The American West Conflict and Tension 1918 – 1939: Peacemaking

Half Term 5 Stuart England: Civil War and Revolution Twentieth Century Conflict Conflict and Tension 1918 – 1939: The League of Nations

Germany 1918 – 1939: The Weimar Republic

Germany 1918 – 1939: The Rise of Hitler, the Nazi Dictatorship

Revision

Revision

Half Term 6 Early Modern Society: Rich, Poor, Witches and Fire Terrorism in the modern world Conflict and Tension 1918 – 1939: The origins and outbreak of World War II Germany 1918 – 1939: Nazi Domestic Policies Vietnam 1960 – 1975: Controlled Assessment GCSE exams

What qualification will I get?

GCSE history Course outline There are currently two GCSE courses being followed at present: 1. Current Year 9 students have begun their study of the AQA GCSE history course. This course offers students the opportunity of studying history within various contexts, namely a period study, a thematic study, a wider world depth study and a British depth study. The course is completed at the end of Year 11. There are two examination papers which incorporate all four topics studied over the three year course.

2. Current Year 10 and 11 students are following the Edexcel Making of the Modern World GCSE history course.

This involves a British depth study, a study in depth of one country, a wider world depth study and a Controlled Assessment. There are three examination papers that focus on the three separate topics studied. There is also a Controlled Assessment.

How it’s assessed AQA GCSE history (Current Year 9) Paper 1 – Understanding the Modern World 1 hour 45 minutes Topics: Germany 1890 – 1945 Conflict and Tension 1918 - 1939 84 marks 50% of GCSE

Paper 2 – Shaping the Nation 1 hour 45 minutes Topics: Britain: Health and the People Elizabethan England 1558 - 1603 84 marks 50% of GCSE

Edexcel ‘The Making of the Modern World’ (Current Year 10 and Year 11) Paper 1 – International Relations 1 hour 15 minutes Topic: The Era of the Cold War 1943 - 1991

Paper 2 – Study in Depth

Paper 3 – British History

Controlled Assessment

1 hour 15 minutes Topic – Germany 1918 1939

2 hours 30 minutes Topic – Vietnam 1960 1975

53 marks 25% of GCSE

54 marks 25% of GCSE

1 hour 15 minutes Topic – War and Transformation of British Society 1903 - 1928 53 marks 25% of GCSE

50 marks 25% of GCSE

What can this course lead to?

GCSE history is an essential foundation for further study at A – level, degree level and beyond. The subject equips students with key skills of inference, analysis, judgement and evaluation. Its emphasis on acquiring and deploying knowledge enable young people to understand key issues more deeply and successfully. Qualifications in history open up many career opportunities including those in journalism, the law, teaching, the armed forces, advertising, tourism, the emergency services, politics and local government. There are many lessons to learn from history. These provide people with crucial moral perspectives. History makes you a better person!

Year 7 2015 - 2016 Term 1

Unit Medieval Life: The Norman Conquest Medieval Towns Health and Medicine

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Term 2

Medieval Life: Church and State

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Early Modern Britain: Tudor England – The Reformation and Elizabeth I’s problems

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Term 3

Early Modern Britain: Stuart England – The English Civil War The Glorious Revolution Early Modern Society

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Topics Who should be king? Stamford Bridge Hastings Motte and Bailey castles How and why did castle building change?

What was the Feudal System?

What was it like to live in a Medieval town?

Public Health How effective was Medieval medicine?

The Black Death – causes and effects Why was Thomas Becket murdered?

Who was powerful in Medieval England?

How successful was the Peasants’ Revolt?

Why was there a Reformation in England?

What were the effects of the Reformation?

Elizabeth’s religious settlement.

Mary, Queen of Scots The Spanish Armada Why was there a Civil War in England?

Why did Parliament win?

Cromwell – hero or villain?

How ‘glorious’ was the Glorious Revolution?

Assessment Two end of cycle levelled assessments

Two end of cycle levelled assessments

Two end of cycle levelled assessments One examination

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What was it like to be rich in Tudor times?

What was it like to be poor in Tudor times?

Why was there a witchcraft craze?

Why did this die down?

What does the Great Fire of London show us about life in Stuart times?

Year 8 2015 - 2016 Term 1

Unit The Industrial Revolution: Britain 1750 – 1900

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Slavery and Empire

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Term 2

Power to the People: Britain and the USA

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Topics Why was Britain the first industrialised nation?

How was Britain transformed because of the Industrial Revolution?

How was Lancashire affected by the Industrial Revolution?

How was Blackpool affected by the Industrial Revolution?

What was the Triangular trade?

The Middle Passage Life on a plantation Why did Britain establish an Empire?

Was the British Empire a good thing?

Protest and Reform in 19th Century Britain Campaign for women’s voting rights Racism in the USA The Civil Rights campaign

Assessment Two end of cycle levelled assessments

Two end of cycle levelled assessments

The American West

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Term 3

Twentieth Century Conflict

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Terrorism in the Modern World

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First contact Native American culture Conflict on the Plains Trench Warfare Blitzkrieg and Allied victory The Holocaust

Two end of cycle levelled assessments Examination paper

The Irish question The Troubles Peace?

9/11 – causes and effects

Year 9 2015 - 2016 Term 1

Unit Germany 1890 – 1945: The Growth of Democracy

Topics The Kaiserreich  Growth of Socialism;  Industrialisation;  Military expansion;  Impact of World War I

Assessment Practice using examination paper questions

The Weimar Republic  Early violence;  Treaty of Versailles;  Hyperinflation;  Recovery under Stresemann Germany and the Depression

Term 2

Germany 1890 – 1945: Experiences under the Nazis

The Great Depression  The Wall Street Crash;  Impact on Germany;  Growth of extremism;  Growth of Nazi Party;  Hitler establishes the Nazi dictatorship Economic changes  Benefits and drawbacks;  Unemployment;  Public Works programmes;

Practice using examination paper questions

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Re-armament Impact of World War II on economy

Social policies and practice  Women;  Young people;  Churches;  Racial policy and persecution;  The Final Solution Control  Propaganda and Censorship;  Nazi culture;  The Nazi police state  Opposition and resistance Conflict and Tension 1919 1939

Peacemaking  The Armistice;  Aims of the peacemakers;  Treaty of Versailles;  Impact of the Treaty The League of Nations  Formation and Covenant;  Organisation;  Membership of the League;  Its powers  Early successes;  Failure in the 1930s

Term 3

Conflict and Tension 1919 - Origins and outbreak of 1939 World War II  Development of tension – Saar, Anglo-German Naval Agreement Escalation of tension  Occupation of the Rhineland;  The Axis and AntiComintern Pact;  Anschluss;  The Sudetenland Crisis;

Practice using examination paper questions One examination paper

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Appeasement and Munich;

The outbreak of war  Czechoslovakia;  Nazi-Soviet Pact;  Invasion of Poland

Year 10 2015 - 2016 Term 1

Unit War and Transformation of British Society 1903 1928

Topics Votes for Women  The Suffragists;  The Suffragettes;  Government Reaction;  Impact of World War i  Social Reforms 1906 – 1914 –  Social problems;  Reforms to help the young, the sick, the elderly, the unemployed

Assessment Practice using examination paper questions

The part played by Britain on the Western Front  The BEF;  The failure of the Schlieffen Plan;  Trench Warfare;  The Battle of the Somme;  Passchendaele;  The end of the conflict Term 2

War and Transformation of British Society 1903 – 1928

Britain and the Home Front  DORA;  Recruitment;  Shortages and Rationing;  The roles of women;  Air raids

Germany 1918 - 1939

The Weimar Republic  Early problems – Violence, the Treaty of Versailles, Hyperinflation;

Practice using examination paper questions One examination paper

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Term 3

Germany 1918 – 1939

Recovery – Economic recovery;  Foreign relations The Rise of Hitler  Early career;  The Munich Putsch;  Growth in popularity 1929 – 33  Hitler becomes Chancellor

Practice using examination paper questions One examination paper

The Nazi Dictatorship 1933 – 39  The Reichstag Fire;  The Enabling Law;  The removal of opposition;  The Nazi police state;  Propaganda and Censorship  Nazi Domestic Policies –  Education and Youth;  Women;  Churches and culture;  Economic policies –  Unemployment;  Autarky;  Public Works;  Re-armament  Persecution of minorities –  The Jews;  Other minorities Controlled Assessment: Vietnam 1960 - 75

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The reasons for US involvement; US tactics; Vietnamese tactics; US public reaction

Year 11 2015 - 2016 Term 1

Unit Controlled Assessment: Vietnam 1960 – 1975 Preparation for practice examination

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Topics All three questions attempted

Assessment Controlled assessment 1 practice examination Practice using examination paper questions

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International Relations: The Era of the Cold War 1943 - 1991

Term 2

International Relations: The Era of the Cold War 1943 – 1991

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Development of the Cold War  Conferences 1943 – 45;  The Iron Curtain;  The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan;  The Berlin Blockade and Airlift  NATO;  Divided Germany;  The Hungarian Uprising Three Cold War Crises 2 practice examinations Practice using examination  Berlin; paper questions  Cuba;  Czechoslovakia  The End of the Cold War –  Détente;  Afghanistan;  Star Wars;  Gorbachev’s reforms;  Helsinki;  Collapse of Communism in 1989;  The end of the Soviet Union   

Term 3

Revision

Practice examination

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Preparation for Paper 1 – The Era of the Cold War Preparation for Paper 2 – Germany 1918 – 1939 Preparation for Paper 3 – War and Transformation of British Society 1903 - 1928 Preparation for Paper 1, 2 and 3 as above

Practice using examination paper questions GCSE papers 1, 2 and 3