The Joseph Rowntree School

KS4 - History

Curriculum Knowledge 

Year 10

Students begin with Germany (1918-39) for HT1-2, then Cold War (1941-90) HT3-4 and finish with Elizabeth (1558-1588) for HT5-6

Year 11

Students begin by completing Elizabeth KQ3, and then spend HT1-3 studying Crime and Punishment. We begin with formal revision lessons following February HT.

 

Skill Development

 

Subject Specific Skills:

  • Knowledge and understanding of the events studied.
  • Understanding of how to analyse sources.
  • Ability to test the veracity of interpretations.

 

Wider Academic Skills / Attributes:

  • Constructing a coherent argument.
  • Planning extended answers that demonstrate both K&U but also focus on the question.

 

Personal Development - SMSC & Cultural Capital (Opportunities / Experiences)

 

  • Y11 have a 3-day trip to Berlin, which covers Weimar Germany, Nazi Germany and the Cold War.
  • Studying Nazi Germany provides opportunities to discuss persecution and tolerance in society. This allows us to compare past to present to make links about how views can become more extreme over time.
  • Crime and punishment looks at broader factors influencing history ensuring students are familiar with different systems of government (ie monarch and later, parliament), impact of urbanisation on towns and crime rates, and the impact that poverty has on crime.
  • Elizabeth’s reign established a new era in English history, with the beginnings of global exploration, tolerance around religion and a growth in international trade (which would go on to underpin the development of the British Empire).
  • Superpower relations is especially relevant at the moment, but allows an opportunity to look at the impact that ideology can have, and why personal freedoms are a key part of our values in Britain today.
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