History

Ethos & Values

We aim:

• To enhance children's quality of learning through the effective delivery of the History curriculum, ensuring quality provision to all students.
• To raise attainment in History by creating a target-orientated culture, based on the enhancement of self-esteem and an ethos of mutual improvement.
• To have consistently high expectations, matched with the dedication of professional, dedicated and knowledgeable staff and match these with high quality resources and learning strategies.
• To make links with the wider curriculum, particularly assisting in the provision of improvement of English language skills and usage.
• To provide a range of educational experiences appropriate to the age, ability and needs of our students.
• To manage our well-ranged selection of resources to ensure maximum benefit.
• To adopt a philosophy of continuous improvement in all aspects of the delivery of the subject.
• To maintain and improve upon our high levels of success as a department.
• To develop and consolidate the role of History in the English Baccalaureate qualification.

The History department consistently aims to reinforce the ethos and values of Cleethorpes Academy through high expectations, mutual support, passion for the curriculum area and the constant drive to improve both as Historians and as individuals.

Knowledge & Skills

History is uniquely placed to offer knowledge and 21st century skills that can be applied to the wider world and can be linked to almost all areas of study and future careers. History allows us to:

• Develop our understanding of past events and individuals so that we may learn more about the world around us.
• Explore, investigate, and evaluate historical sources, learning how to critically evaluate and analyse them.
• Explore the views of people who have witnessed historical events and evaluate the validity of their views.
• Develop the skills to make supported judgements on historical events and key individuals in history. To reflect on these judgements allows us to become conscientious citizens of the world.
• Develop the skills of communication, teamwork, and organisation and further develop skills that utilise the usage of the English language.
• Develop the ability to understand the world in which we live, together with developing the skills which are essential in many subjects.
• Acquire an understanding of different identities within society and appreciate what makes us all different from each other.
• Improve our understanding of world cultures. We discover what motivates people and understand what they think and feel about different historical events and periods.
• Gather and read different kinds of information that can come in a variety of different forms such as maps, propaganda, and diary entries.

As a faculty, we are proud to offer our students the chance to develop and prosper in a way that benefits them for the rest of their lives.

Resources & Facilities

We have a number of dedicated, professional and fully qualified staff, who are passionate about and dedicated to the teaching and enjoyment of History.

We offer dedicated, well equipped and comfortable classrooms, equipped with interactive facilities or a projector and a wide range of quality resources, ranging from excellent detailed textbooks and artefacts to subject specific software.

Courses & Qualifications

Students in Key Stage 3 have the opportunity to study a diverse and distinctive curriculum which aims to broaden their understanding of the world they are in. An emphasis is similarly placed on allowing students to develop key historical skills that can be used in the real world. The Key Stage 3 history programme is taught over 3 years (From Year 7 to Year 9), with the option for students in Year 9 to use their knowledge and skills that they have developed and place them towards a GCSE in History; studied in Years 10 and 11. Greater numbers of students are choosing History as an option, we expect this to further increase as History is now part of the core of subjects required to achieve the English Baccalaureate qualification.

Key Stage 3: Students studying History in Key Stage 3 will be made aware of the place Britain has had in the past, delving into the events of the Industrial Revolution and the impacts of World War One and World War Two. Students will also be pushed to understand the wider history of our planet, including topics on America in the 1920s, the Empires of the world past and present; and a study into the dictators who have caused a great deal of damage throughout history. Key Stage 3 students will receive two lessons of History per week.

GCSE: In GCSE History, students in Year 10 and 11 study the AQA exam syllabus. Students receive three lessons a week of History which aim to challenge and develop students in preparation for their GCSEs. Students in Year 11 who have taken History as an option will sit two papers.

Paper One involves a period study and a wider world depth study. The period study that will be completed focuses on Germany during the years 1890-1945, and the wider world depth study will look at Conflict and Tension 1918-1939. Topics for Paper One include a focus on the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations and the build up to World War Two.

Paper Two involves a thematic study and a British depth study. During their thematic study, students will investigate a wide variety of events during the Migration, Empires and the People topic which focuses on Britain from 790AD to the present day. The British depth study will be on the Normans with a specific site study that will change for each year.

Students will complete two written papers at the end of Year 11, both papers are worth 50% of the overall grade. All students will take the same exam papers and all grades (9-1) are available.

Learning Outside The Classroom

History Clubs are available for students throughout Key Stage 3 and 4. Students are given the opportunity to research and write creatively on a wide range of historical topics. This enables students to look in further detail at ideas studied in lessons or broaden their understanding of other historical people and events that interest them in a guided manner.

Additionally, we also provide opportunities for outside providers to come into the academy to develop students historical skills and inspire future career pathways.

Where Does This Take Me In The Future?

The study of History lets you develop skills which could lead to many different career choices. History is widely regarded as a rigorous and challenging qualification by employers and education providers and is popular for all areas of development. As well as a broad range of historical and contemporary contextual knowledge, history develops skills of interpretation and analysis useful in all jobs, including high flying professional careers like politics, law and the media.

History links well with all subjects, but particularly Humanities subjects such as English, Religious Education, Law, Philosophy and Geography.

Some examples of careers History can lead to are:

Accountancy, Archaeology, Architecture, Barrister, Broadcasting, Civil Service, Diplomatic Service, Drama Theatre and the Performing Arts, Media, Teaching, Public Relations, Journalist, Legal Executive, Police, Politics, Publishing, Sales and Marketing, Solicitor, Tourism, Town Planning, TV Researchers, Lawyers.

However there are many more!