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HISTORY
History is taught in specialist classrooms with interactive whiteboards and computers. All pupils study History at Key Stage 3, covering a variety of topics ranging from Medieval Realms to Slavery to the Holocaust. History is a popular option both at GCSE and A level. Exam success at both levels reflects the strong motivation of our students, a number of whom go on to study History or related subjects such as Law or Archaeology at university.
We believe that educational visits are an important way of enhancing students’ understanding, and enjoyment, of the past. For example, Upper Schoolroom pupils visit Styal Mill & the Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre. Historical Services to Schools come into School for a day of Civil War workshops for Middle Schoolroom whilst College historians attend lecture days to enhance their A-level studies in Manchester and London. The Department also hosts visiting speakers for the Historical Association – most recently Professor Edward Acton speaking on the Russian Revolution. We also organise an annual overseas educational visit. Recent destinations have included Moscow & St. Petersburg, Eastern Europe (Berlin, Krakow & Prague) and World War 1 Battlefields as well as a weekend visit to Paris for the French Revolution.
Curriculum Content
| Lower Schoolroom (YR7) | Medieval Realms |
| Middle Schoolroom (YR8) | The Making of the United Kingdom / Black Peoples of America |
| Upper Schoolroom (YR9) | Industrial Britain – 1750 – 1900 / Twentieth Century World |
Civil War workshop day for Middle Schoolroom
WW1 Battlefields Easter 2008
| GCSE | Topic A5: | Medicine Through Time |
| EDEXCEL’S | Topic A6: | Britain 1815 - 50 |
| SCHOOLS HISTORY PROJECT | ||
| (History C 1336) | Topic B3: | The Vietnam War |
| Topic B7 | Trotsky v Stalin – the Power Struggle |
College 1 French Revolution Weekend
| AS: | The Origins of the French Revolution |
| OCR’s HISTORY ‘A’ (3835 / 7835) | The French Revolution |
| Henry VII | |
| A2 | Tudor Rebellions
and Disorder – 1485 - 1603 |
| Historical investigations – Lenin & the Bolsheviks 1903 - 1924 | |
| Coursework | Independent Investigation |
The Department broadly follows the National
Curriculum in Key Stage 3. The Department is responding to the current
changes in the National Curriculum with a view to the need for a greater
emphasis on Local History.N.B. From September 2008 both the GCSE & A-level
specifications will be changing. GCSE will be changing from Edexcel’s
Schools History Project to their Modern World History course to provide
a more coherent and comprehensive overview of modern history. The A-level
will be changing from the current OCR History A to their new History
A specification.Additional material for GCSE & A level students
(past papers, copies of specifications etc) is available at:
www.boothamstudent.co.uk/history
Historical Association Programme: Please follow this link to the HA website where you will find details of the local branch actvities. HA York and North Yorkshire Branch Progamme
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