History
Curriculum Overview
Our history curriculum is designed to help students build knowledge, confidence and independence to prepare them for future study and life beyond school. Topics at Key Stage 3 are centred on four main themes that we revisit across different historical contexts, helping students identify connections between new and existing knowledge.
Belief System – The influence of religious and ideological beliefs on history. Power and Conflict – How these themes drive change and cause and consequence. Ordinary Lives – Examining individual experiences to understand broader historical trends. The Growth and Decline of the Empire – How factors like religion, economics, and government shaped the empire's rise and fall.
At Key Stage 4, students follow the AQA History syllabus, covering the following topics: Conflict and Tension from 1919 to 1939, Germany: Democracy and Dictatorship, Norman England, and Health and the People.
Key Skills Developed
- Communication and confident use of subject vocabulary
- Analysis and evaluation of sources
- Understanding different historical interpretations of the past
- Historical enquiry by formulating questions, investigating and constructing evidence-based arguments.
- Identifying and explaining change, continuity and significance.
- Chronological understanding
How Parents and Carers Can Support
- Encourage students to be aspirational and ask students to explain what they have learned.
- Support revision by helping students create short, manageable study sessions and check where students are with their revision and learning checklist.
- Contact the academy early if your child needs extra help or guidance.
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Louth
Lincolnshire
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United Kingdom