THE QATAR SHIRBURNIAN
SHERBORNE SENIOR SCHOOL
History & Politics This year has been a year of collaboration with History department working with both the Art and English to further bring History alive. Our annual Remembrance Day culminated not only with our assembly but also an amazing display of the conflict poetry produced in English, sculptures of poppies made in Art, to accompany the wonderful History display. Our Year 7 curriculum has taken pupils from the Romans through to Medieval Times ending with a new unit on slavery to accompany the reading of ‘Freedom’ in English. Pupils have been challenged to develop their source analysis and essay writing skills. They have made inferences, compared sources, undertaken research, produced fantastic presentations on aspects of Roman Life and given compelling speeches as the 3 main contenders for the thrown in 1066. In Year 8 pupils continued their historical journey with a study of the Making of the UK and the Industrial Revolution. They have written essays on Henry VIII, explored Elizabeth’s I options for marriage, role played the Trial of Charles 1 and negotiated the perils of child labour: while in Year 9 pupils have researched the horrors of trench warfare, looked at the treatment of conscientious objectors, grappled the collapse of Tsarist Russia and the emergence of the World War Two dictators. They have written newspaper articles, created media posts and contemplated the effects of events. Our examination classes in Key Stage 4 and 5 have developed their examination technique and knowledge of the course content. Year 10 pupils have grasped Hitler’s rise to power under the democratic Weimar Constitution and seen America turn from ‘the Golden 20’s’ into the depth of depression, while Year 11 followed the course of the Cold War with its growing tensions between the Superpowers. Year 12 extended their knowledge on Germany and explored the implementation and end of apartheid while Year 13 studied the development of the Civil Rights movement through to Obama’s Presidency and the Hot War in Asia. They have had to question, debate, assess and evaluate different interpretations to reach their own conclusions.
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