History
Curriculum Intent
The History department at Sunbury Manor School aims to offer a curriculum that engages all learners and makes them curious about their locality and the wider world around them. We also intend to make links to contemporary situations to highlight the relevance of history to the future generation. We also endeavour to develop their own opinions based on a respect for evidence, and to build a deeper understanding of the present by engaging with and questioning the past.
History is an important subject to broaden a students’ skill set. By studying the past, students further their empathy, communication and literacy skills. They learn to critically judge a wide range of written and visual interpretations through the evaluation of sources. It also fosters a sense of local and national identity.
KS3 students study a wide-ranging curriculum that incorporates British, European and World history. We focus on topics commonly found on the National Curriculum. Year 7 follow the medieval time period from the Norman Invasion ending with the War of the Roses. Our Year 8s look at the Tudor and Stuart time period followed by the development of the British Empire and its effect on the wider world. Year 9s look at the 20th century as an era of conflict, not just wars but also political conflict with ‘votes for women’ being one of our key topics.
At KS4, our students follow the Edexcel GCSE History course. We have selected topics that students have some prior knowledge of as the foundations to explore and build upon. Topics include a study of how medicine has developed in Britain from c.1250 to the present day, Superpower Relations and the Cold War 1941–91, Anglo Saxon and Norman England c.1060-1088 and Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39.
In History, we also implement our curriculum make use of visual sources as well as the more traditional written evidence. We like to engage our students by making history relevant to their lives and bringing topical situations into our teaching. For example, we have a local history project that focuses on the individuals listed on the local WWI war memorial. We also work in conjunction with other departments to develop common strategies to improve literacy skills that are transferable throughout the whole school. Discussion and debate are a regular feature of lessons, as well as empathy tasks to tackle social, spiritual and moral aspects in history.
We offer extra-curricular activities that enrich our curriculum. An annual WWI Battlefields trip helps develop understanding of WWI at KS3 but also aids our study of the British Sector of the Western Front as part of the GCSE Medicine in Britain course. We have also invited Holocaust survivors in, to talk to our students, which is incredibly powerful. We also encourage our students to look for the signs of local history in the world around them.
A Sunbury Manor History student will leave the school as a well-rounded individual with lifelong skills that are transferable to many career paths. History is a well-respected, academic subject and students that study the subject are confident to challenge interpretations and can form strong arguments, supported by the necessary evidence. History is also a subject that helps improve literacy and communications skills which are valued aspects of many vocations in life.
As a department we are extremely blessed to have three subject specialists, with over forty years of teaching amongst them, whose degrees draw upon Archaeology, Classical Civilisations, modern world History and historical literature. We are situated in the Humanities building that has three designated, well-resourced History classrooms to facilitate our varied approach to learning.
Curriculum Overview
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Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
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Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Y7
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Chronology Life in 1066 Claimants to the Throne Battle of Hastings |
How William established control in England Power of the Church |
Henry II and Thomas Becket Aspects of Medieval Life |
King John Magna Carta The foundation of Parliament
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England’s relationships with:
The Crusades |
The Black Death Peasants’ Revolt Wars of the Roses |
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Y8
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Henry VIII and his Break from Rome Edward VI Mary I |
Elizabeth I’s problems Spanish Armada Portraits of Elizabeth |
Tudor London case study James VI and the Gunpowder Plot |
The English Civil War Execution of Charles I Cromwellian England |
The British Empire The Transatlantic Slave Trade |
The Industrial Revolution The growth of towns and cities Employment opportunities |
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Y9
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Causes of WWI
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WWI Recruitment Sunbury Soldiers Trench Life Leadership during the war The Battle of the Somme End of WWI |
Treaty of Versailles League of Nations Women’s Suffrage Appeasement
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Blitzkrieg & Dunkirk The Home Front The Battle of Britain |
Pearl Harbour Eastern Invasion The Holocaust |
D-Day Atomic Weapons Conspiracy Theories
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Y10
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Weimar & Nazi Germany 1919-39 The Weimar Republic and Hitler’s rise to power |
Weimar & Nazi Germany 1919-39 Nazi control and dictatorship |
Weimar & Nazi Germany 1919-39 Life in Nazi Germany |
Medicine in Britain c1250-present Medieval Medicine Renaissance Medicine |
Medicine in Britain c1250-present 18th & 19th century developments 20th century medicine |
Medicine in Britain c1250-present British sector of the Western Front |
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Y11
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Superpower Relations 1941-1991 The Origins of the Cold War |
Superpower Relations 1941-1991 Cold War Crises 1958-70
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Superpower Relations 1941-1991 The End of the Cold War Anglo-Saxon & Norman England 1060-1088 Anglo-Saxon England |
Anglo-Saxon & Norman England 1060-1088 Anglo-Saxon England Battle of Hastings The Normanisation of England |
Anglo-Saxon & Norman England 1060-1088 The Role of the Church Bishop Odo Robert’s Rebellion |
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Key Stage 4 Specification
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Subject Leader: |
Mr Shutt |
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Contact: |
mshutt@sunburymanor.surrey.sch.uk |
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Exam Specification: |
Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History F6 |
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QN Code: |
601/8092/4 |
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Summary of course content Paper 1 Medicine in Britain c1250 to present – 20% The British Sector of the Western Front: injuries, treatment and the trenches – 10% Paper 2 Superpower relations and the Cold War 1941-91 – 20% Anglo-Saxon and Norman England c1060-88 – 20% Paper 3 Weimar & Nazi Germany, 1918-39 – 30% |
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Assessment Paper 1 – 1h15 exam worth 30% (52 marks) Paper 2 – 1h45 exam worth 40% (64 marks) Paper 3 – 1h20 exam worth 30% (52 marks) |
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What type of activities take place in lessons? Source analysis Essay writing Researching Mind Mapping Problem solving Report writing skills Critical analysis - of events, people, documents etc Peer assessment |
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What type of homework tasks will be set? Research tasks to further understanding Source analysis tasks Forming opinions/making judgements Essay writing Exam skills |
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How will it help me in the future? History is very useful for many subjects where making a decision and reading between the lines is a necessary skill. E.g. Law, Journalism, Civil Service jobs, Teaching etc Gives you the following skills:
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How will this course build on what I have studied in Year 9? You have just started learning the basic skills of source analysis. In Years 10 & 11 these will be developed so you get a full and rounded sense of the messages trying to be conveyed in the sources. You will continue to develop your decision making and essay writing skills. Year 9 gives you an insight into what happened during WWII, during the course you will be looking at the political side to the Nazi regime and focusing on how they maintained control over Germany. The Anglo-Saxon course will build on work undertaken in Year 7. Year 9 work will also help understand trench conditions during the Medicine through time paper. |
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What skills will I develop?
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