History - Baines School

Intent

The intent of the History Department is to ensure all pupils irrespective of ability and social background become tolerant, inquisitive and questioning individuals who ultimately make a positive contribution to society.

The department aims to achieve this by delivering a wide ranging and challenging curriculum that encompasses a study of British history and other cultures and how significant events of the past have shaped the present.

The department endeavours to equip young people with the skills to effectively communicate their ideas, debate constructively and use historical skills with accuracy and precision.

By providing this interesting, diverse and relevant curriculum the department seeks to contribute to the wider curriculum and mission statement of the school.

The department’s intent and vision is outlined in the overview of content and schemes of work.

Learning Journey

Names of staff, roles & contact details

Mr T Paterson
Subject Leader for History
tpn@baines.lancs.sch.uk

Mr K Johnson
Teacher of History & Personal Development Co-Ordinator
kjo@baines.lancs.sch.uk

Miss K Braithwaite
Teacher of Humanities
kbr@baines.lancs.sch.uk

		HT1	HT2	HT3	HT4	HT5	HT6
Year 7		What is History?	How did the Normans change England?	What were the Crusades and what was its impact?	What was medieval life? Villages and Towns	How did the Tudors change religion and government?	How and why has Baines School changed since 1717? A local history study
		Who lived in Britain before 1066? Why did the Normans invade in 1066?	Why was the Medieval Church so important?	What was the significance of King Johns signing of the Magna Carta?	What were the causes and consequences of the Black Death?
					Why did the Peasants Revolt in 1381?
	Key content	Introduction to History England 900 years ago Battle of Hastings	Consequences of the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest Church	Church Islamic empire	Church Islamic empire	Henry VII Henry VIII Edward VI Mary I Elizabeth I	History of Baines School Archives
			Islamic empire Crusades	Crusades	Crusades	Religious change Domestic policies Foreign policies
				Does King John deserve his reputation?
	Key themes	Social change Role of the individual	Beliefs and ideas Revolution and change	Beliefs and ideas Role of the individual	War and conflict Beliefs and ideas	Beliefs and ideas	Role of the individual Revolution and change

	Revolution and change War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas
	Skills	Interpretation and Representation Analysis and significance	Cause and consequence	Analysis and significance	Cause and consequence Key features Writing a narrative	Source and own knowledge Key feature	Key features Cause and consequence Analysis and significance
		Develop chronological awareness. Structure a PEE paragraph Recalling a wide range of facts. Structuring an essay.					Change and Continuity Inference Purpose Utility
	Assessment	Williams effective preparation was the main reason for Harolds defeat in the Battle of Hastings? Do you agree? Explain your answer.	Explain how the lives of people were affected by the Normans.	Explain the significance of the Magna Carta of 1215	Write an account of the Peasants revolt.	How convincing is Interpretation A about the reign of King Henry VIII?	End of Year Exam
Year 8		Why and how did a group of Catholic conspirators try to blow up the king during the Gunpowder Plot of 1605?	Who was Oliver Cromwell? Was he a hero or villain? Was the year 1666 a punishment sent from God? Why did people believe in witches in the 17th century?	Who were the Native Americans?	How have criminals been punished in Britain across the ages?	Who was Jack the Ripper?	Are you proud or ashamed of the British Empire? What was the Slave trade and how was it abolished? How did African Americans campaign for Civil Rights in the 1950s and 1960s?
		Why was King Charles I executed during the English Civil Wars?			What was the Industrial Revolution?
	Key content	James I	Oliver Cromwell Puritanism Glorious revolution Charles II	The beliefs, rituals and customs of the Native Americans	Law and order	Victorian London The Victims	What is slavery?
		The causes, events and consequences of the Plot	The Great Plague The Great Fire of London	What happened to tribes like the Sioux?	The development of policing Industrial revolution Population Factories Health Impact	Why was Jack the Ripper never caught?	What was the slave triangle? Conditions on the Middle Passage Resistance Abolition
		Charles I personality and character The causes of the English Civil War Why did Parliament win?	The witch craze		Living and working conditions	Who was Jack the Ripper?	Life for black Americans Martin Luther King Malcolm X Black Power
		The trial and execution of Charles
	Key themes	Beliefs and ideas War and conflict	Beliefs and ideas Role of the individual	Beliefs and ideas War and conflict	Beliefs and ideas Revolution and change	Beliefs and ideas Role of the individual	Beliefs and ideas Revolution and change War and conflict
			Revolution and change
	Revolution and change War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas
	Skills	Key features Cause and consequence	Interpretation and representation	Utility	Interpretation and representation	Source and own knowledge Interpretation and representation Inference Purpose Reliability	Key features Cause and consequence Analysis and significance
		Recalling a wide range of facts.	Analysis and significance	Sources and own knowledge	Sources and own knowledge		Change and Continuity Inference Purpose Utility
	Assessment	Write an account of the Gunpowder Plot	Oliver Cromwell was a hero How far do you agree with this interpretation?	How useful is the account by Black Elk and A man Called Horse to historians studying the Sun Dance?	How convincing is interpretation A about life in Victorian prisons in the nineteenth century?	Source A is critical of the police. How do you know? Explain your answer using Source A and your own contextual knowledge.	End of Year Exam
Year 9		What were the causes of the Titanic disaster?	Why is the First World War the war to end all wars?	Why was there a revolution in Russia in 1917?	What was life like in Hitlers Germany?	Who was responsible for the assassination of President John F Kennedy?	How close did we get to World War Three during the Cold War?
					What was the Holocaust and why must it never be repeated?
	Key content	Edwardians and class system What happened to the Titanic? Who was to blame for the sinking of the Titanic?	Long-term causes Short-term causes Trench warfare End of War and its consequences	Tsarism to Bolshevism	Democracy and Dictatorship Life in Nazi Germany Persecution of Jews in 1930s Ghettos	Who was John F Kennedy? What happened in Texas on the 22nd November 1963? Conspiracy?	The development of the Cold War
					Final solution
	Key themes	Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas	War and conflict Revolution and change	Revolution and change	Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas	Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas	War and conflict Beliefs and ideas

	Revolution and change War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas
	Skills	Interpretation and representation Analysis and significance	Interpretation and representation	Inference Purpose Utility Reliability	Interpretation and representation	Interpretation and representation	Interpretation and representation
			Sources and own knowledge Assessing sources based on nature, origin and purpose	Sources and own knowledge	Analysis and significance Assessing pieces of propaganda as evidence	Analysis and significance Explain reasons why Justify points of view in a debate	Analysis and significance Inference Purpose Utility Reliability
							Sources and own knowledge
	Assessment	Which was the more important reason for the Titanic disaster:	How convincing is Blackadder Goes Forth as an interpretation of the First World War?	How does interpretation B differ from A about the February Revolution? Why might they differ?	Which method was the most important for the Nazis in keeping people under control in Germany: Terror	Lee Harvey Oswald was responsible for the assassination of President Kennedy. He acted alone Do you agree?	End of Year Exam
		The design and construction of the ship			Propaganda?
		The actions of Captain Smith and his crew?
Year 10		Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World	Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World	Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World Section B: Conflict and	Paper 1: Understanding the Modern World Section B: Conflict and	Paper 2: Shaping the Nation Section A: Health and the people:c1000 to the present day	Paper 2: Shaping the Nation Section A: Health and the people:c1000 to the present day
		Section A: 1D America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality	Section A: 1D America, 1920-1973: Opportunity and inequality	tension in Asia, 1950-1975	tension in Asia, 1950-1975
		American people and the Boom Americans experiences of the Depression and the New Deal	Post-war America	Conflict in Korea	Escalation of conflict in Vietnam	Medicine stands still Medieval medicine	The beginnings of change Renaissance medicine
					The ending of conflict in Vietnam
	Key themes	Role of the individual Revolution and change Beliefs and ideas	Role of the individual Revolution and change Beliefs and ideas	War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas	War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas	Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas	Role of the individual Revolution and change Beliefs and ideas

	Revolution and change War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas
	Skills	Interpretation and representation Analysis and significance Assessing sources based on nature, origin and purpose	Interpretation and representation	Inference Purpose Utility Reliability	Interpretation and representation	Interpretation and representation	Interpretation and representation
			Analysis and significance	Sources and own knowledge	Analysis and significance	Analysis and significance Assessing sources based on nature, origin and purpose	Analysis and significance Inference Purpose Utility Reliability
							Sources and own knowledge
	Assessment	01:How does Interpretation A differ from Interpretation B..? (4 marks) 02:Why might the authors of Interpretations A and B have a different interpretation? (4 marks) 03: Which interpretation do you find more convincing..? (8 marks)	04:Describe two.(4 marks) 05:In what ways did.? (4 marks)	01: Source K supports.How do you know? (4 marks)	03: Write an account(8 marks)	Full assessment	End of Year Exam
			06: Two factor question. (12 marks)	02: How useful are Sources L and M..? (12 marks)	04: Do you agree? Essay. (16 marks + 4 SPaG)
Year 11		Paper 2: Shaping the Nation Section A: Health and the people:c1000 to the present day	Paper 2: Shaping the Nation Section A: Health and the people:c1000 to the present day	Paper 2: Shaping the Nation Section B: Norman England, c1066-1100	Paper 2: Shaping the Nation Section B: Norman England, c1066-1100	Revision
	Key content	A revolution in medicine Germ Theory, anaesthetics and public health	Modern medicine	Conquest and control Life under the Normans	The Norman church and monasticism	Revision
					The historic environment of Norman England
	Key themes	Role of the individual Revolution and change Beliefs and ideas	War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas	Revolution and change War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas	Role of the individual War and conflict Beliefs and ideas	Revolution and change War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas

	Revolution and change War and conflict Role of the individual Beliefs and ideas
	Skills	Analysis and significance Inference Purpose Utility Reliability	Interpretation and representation	Sources and own knowledge Analysis and significance	Interpretation and representation	Interpretation and representation
			Sources and own knowledge		Analysis and significance	Analysis and significance Inference Purpose Utility Reliability
	Assessment	01:How useful is Source A? (8 marks) 02: Explain the significance.? (8 marks)	03: Compare..Explain your answer with reference to both.(8 marks)	01: How convincing is Interpretation A(8 marks) 02: Explain(8 marks)	03: Write an account..(8 marks) 04: Historical environment essay. (16 marks)	Mock exam
			04: Explain your answer with reference.Essay. (16 marks + 4 SPaG)

How and when is my child assessed?

The History department assess pupils in Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 every half-term following the Lancashire Assessment model. Over the course of an academic year we assess historical skills and knowledge through a range of tasks culminating in an end-of-year examination.

Name of course(s) offered	Exam Board	Link to Spec	Nature of assessment
GCSE History	AQA	https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse/history-8145	Two 2 hour examination papers

Resources

GCSEPod

BBC Bitesize

www.johndclare.net

http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/

Last updated September 2024