History
Link to: History Progression Plan
Year 7
Link to: Year 7 In Year Progression Plan
Assessment
In year 7 students will begin to develop the key skills which will be assessed in key stage 3 and beyond. We assess students regularly as they work towards answering enquiry questions. They will be assessed formally twice per year where we are assessing students: historical knowledge, chronological understanding, ability to assess interpretations and historical writing.
Useful Links
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/zk26n39
Useful Revision Guides
Exploring History Student Book 1: Monarchs, Monks and Migrants: Here
Year 8
Link to: Year 8 In Year Progression Plan
Assessment
In year 8 students will further develop the key skills which will be assessed in key stage 3 and beyond. We assess students regularly as they work towards answering enquiry questions. They will be assessed formally twice per year where we are assessing students: historical knowledge, chronological understanding, ability to assess interpretations and historical writing.
Useful Links
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/zk26n39
Useful Revision Guides
Exploring History Student Book 1: Monarchs, Monks and Migrants: Here
Year 9
Link to: Year 9 In Year Progression Plan
Assessment
In year 9 students will further develop the key skills which will be assessed in key stage 3 and beyond. We assess students regularly as they work towards answering enquiry questions. They will be assessed formally twice per year where we are assessing students: historical knowledge, chronological understanding, ability to assess interpretations and historical writing.
Useful Links
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/zk26n39
Useful Revision Guides
Exploring History Student Book 2: Here
Year 10
Link to: Year 10 In Year Progression Plan
Assessment
Year 10 students will begin working towards the Edexcel GCSE history specification. Students will be formatively assessed with regular exam-style questions within each unit. They will also sit practice exams at two points over the course of the academic year.
Exam Specification
Pearson Edexcel Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in History (1HI0)
Migrants to Britain c800-Present (p21)
Early Elizabethan England 1558 – 88 (P26)
Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941 - 58 (p34)
Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 39 (p42)
Useful Links
BBC Bitesize: here
Useful Revision Guides
Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Revision: Available here
Year 11
Link to: Year 11 In Year Progression Plan
Assessment
At the end of year 11, students will take their GCSEs using the Edexcel GCSE history specification. Students will continue to be formatively assessed with regular exam-style questions and will complete mock exams over the course of the academic year.
Exam Specification
Pearson Edexcel Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in History (1HI0)
Migrants to Britain c800-Present (p21)
Early Elizabethan England 1558 – 88 (P26)
Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941 - 58 (p34)
Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 39 (p42)
Useful Links
BBC Bitesize: Here
Useful Revision Guides
Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Revision: Available here
Year 12
Link to: Year 12 In Year Progression Plan
Assessment
Students will be assessed in Mock Exams formally as well as exam based homework that will be given for both papers throughout the year.
Exam Specification
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in History (9HI0)
Paper 1: Option 1F: In search of the American Dream: the USA c1917-96 p58
Paper 2: Option 2F.1: India, c1914-48: the road to independence p60
Useful Links
Year 13
Link to: Year 13 In Year Progression Plan
Assessment
Students will be examined in Mock Exams on both this years’ work (Paper 3), as well as the Year 12 content (Paper 1 and 2). They will also be receiving exam based homework that will be marked. Students will also have an internal coursework assignment due worth 20% of their A Level.
Exam Specification
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in History (9HI0)
Paper 3: Option 35.1: Britain: losing and gaining an empire, 1763-1914
Paper 4 (Coursework): Cause of the Russian Revolution
