"Courage & Confidence" | St Madeleine Sophie Barat
SACRED HEART
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL
Founded in 1905 by the Sacred Heart Society
CURRICULUM:
HISTORY
DEPARTMENT STAFF
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT:
MS L POWER
Teaching Staff: Mrs W Hills, Ms E Carpenter, Mr M Lee, Mr W Whittingham
KEY STAGE 3
Year 7
Anglo-Saxon England
The Norman Conquest
Castles and the Church
Medieval Life
Changing Tudors
Cousins and Queens
Year 8
The English Civil War
Republic, Restoration and Revolution
Industrial Britain
The British Empire
Transatlantic Slave Trade
Power to the People
Year 9
Changing Role of Women
The Trenches of World War One
World War Two Battlegrounds
The Holocaust
Cold War Tensions
US Civil Rights
KEY STAGE 4
AQA GCSE History
Section B: Conflict and Tension, The First World War 1894-1918
Paper 2: 2 hours final exam 50% - started in year 10 and completed in year 11.
Section A: Health and the People, Britain c.1000-present day
Section B: Elizabethan England, c.1568-1603
KEY STAGE 5
AQA A level History
Years 12 and 13:
• Component 1: The Tudors, England 1485-1603, Breadth Study - 2 hours 30 minutes exam - 40%
• Component 2: Revolution and Dictatorship, Russia 1917-1953, Depth Study - 2 hours 30 minutes exam - 40%
• Component 3: US Civil Rights c. 1865-1975, Historical investigation - 4,500 word non-examined assessment (NEA) - 20%