History at KS3

Year 8

• What is History?
• The Normans

Year 9

• The Reformation
• The Tudors

Year 10

• Partition 1800-1921
• The Twentieth Century

GCSE HISTORY

AIMS

• To acquire knowledge and understanding of the human past
• To investigate historical events, people, changes and issues
• To develop understanding of how the past has been represented and interpreted
• To use historical sources critically in their historical context
• To draw conclusions and appreciate that these and other historical conclusions are liable to reassessment in light of new or reinterpreted evidence
• To promote students’ understanding of the development of the contemporary world

Examinations:                     NICCEA (Board)

The examination will comprise two papers :

Paper 1                               60%  (completed in June of Year 11)

Paper 2                               40%  (completed in June of Year 12)

COURSE CONTENT 

Paper 1                 Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-45

                              Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1920-49

Paper 2                 International Relations, 1945-2003

                              (Superpower Rivalry in Europe, Flashpoints of

                              The Cold War, From Arms Rivalry to Arms

                              Limitation