HistoryGCSE

Themes to consider when choosing your options:

Do universities/employers value history?1

2 What can the subject teach me?

3 Will I enjoy the content of the course and will I do well?

1. Employers and Universities value History highly.

The skills that are taught within the subject are very important and useful in work, study and life.

• Independent thinkers.

• Open-minded.

• Disciplined.

• Good at problem solving.

• Able to pick out the essential

from the trivial.

• Able to be critical, analytical,

evaluative.

2. GCSE Historians become:

• Context and Perspective

• Inspiration and Warning

• Tolerance and Understanding

History helps provide us with ..

History DepartmentSpecialist and Innovative

Experienced

Enthusiastic

Hard working

Set high standards

Excellent Estyn Report and Results

History Lessons Interactive and active

A variety of learning activities

Discussion, group work

Source workIt is

learning in lots of

different ways

In-depth Studies ; Unit 1 and 2 each worth 25%

Britain –Depression, War and Recovery

USA 1910-29

(Pupils traditionally sit 1 or 2 modules in the Summer of Year 10)

Thematic Study; Unit 3 30% On one of the following:

Changes in Crime and Punishment, c.1500 to the present day.

Historical Investigation – non examination; Unit 4 20%

This entails a two part historical investigation.

This will likely focus on the Presidency of JF Kennedy, with a particular interest in his foreign policy.

Pupils are assessed on their understanding of the uses and reliability of sources and how the past has been represented.

3. Will I enjpy the course ?(remember there is one examination for all – no tiers)

Unit 1 (25%) Depth Study

Britain: Depression, War And Recovery

• What were the main causes of the Depression?

• How were people able to cope with the challenges

of the Depression years?

• How effectively did Britain prepare for war?

• How did people in Britain cope with the

experience of war?

• How important was it to maintain people's morale

during the war?

• How difficult were conditions in Britain in 1945?

• How did the Labour government deal with the

problems of the time?

The Jarrow Crusade (a hunger march)

Jarrow

Outbreak of World War 2

WW2 propaganda/ recruitment

Coping with the Blitz/bombings

Churchill visiting bombed out areas

The beginnings of the NHS and housing rebuilding

Course Outline

Unit 2 (25%) Depth Study

USA 1910-1929

Problems and Challenges; immigration, gangsters, prohibition, Ku Klux Klan, religion, fear of communism.

The American Economy; causes of the boom, prosperity, the car industry, poverty in the 1920s, the Wall Street Crash 1929 and the Depression.

Culture and Society; the Jazz Age, Hollywood, role of women, sport, fads and crazes.

USA 1910-29

Wall Street Crash

Flapper

Al Capone

KKK

Segregation in the Deep South

Prohibition passed in 1920 (banning of alcohol)

Al Capone (prohibition gangster)

The Great Depression / Wall St Crash

Wall St October 1929

The Jazz Age

Famous movie stars – Chaplin

and Valentino

Unit 3: Thematic studies from a broad historical perspective (30%)

Changes in Crime and Punishment, c.1500 to the present day.

Types and causes of crime

Types of punishments

Prison conditions

Policing 1500 - 2000

Unit 4 Working as an historian Non-Examination Assessment (20%)

This entails a two part historical investigation.

This will focus on the Presidency of J F Kennedy. Particular focus on his foreign policy and the success rate of his Presidency.

Pupils are assessed on their understanding of the

uses and reliability of sources and how the past has

been represented.

Issues facing JFK eg Cuba,

Vietnam, problems in the Deep

South

Visiting a crisis hit Berlin

A family and country in grief

Exam results Average

A* A = 45-50%A*-C = 85-90%

Average performance over the last decade..