Department Overview
As a department, we aim to help our students become the very best historians. We challenge students to think, act and speak like those working in the field would: to research thoroughly, to weigh-up evidence, to understand chronology, to evaluate interpretations and sources and develop arguments.
History is not just about when something happened. It is also about why something happened, who witnessed it, when they witnessed it, how they interpreted it, and who they tell!
History is taught at Key Stage 3 over a two year course. Students can then elect to study the subject at GCSE and is taught over three years, with three exams at the end.
Students can also choose to study A Level History, and this is taught over a two year course with three exams and one piece of written non exam assessment (coursework).
Subject Learning Journey
Who to contact for extra information:
Mrs Vaughan
reeann.vaughan@biddenham.beds.sch.uk
Assessments
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Year 7 (one assessment per term)
Year 8 (one assessment per term) |
Externally assessed formal exams Paper 2: Year 9 into year 10 B4: Elizabethan England, 1558-88 P4: Superpower Relations and the Cold War, 1941-91 (40% of overall GCSE, 20% each topic) Paper 1: Year 10 (once Cold War is over) 13: Migrants in Britain, c800-present and Notting Hill, c1948-c1970 (30% of GCSE) Paper 3: Year 11 33: The USA, 1954-75: conflict at home and abroad (30% of GCSE)Key Stage 4 Entry Level (only agreed with approval of Curriculum Standards Committee and Head of Department)OCR Entry Level Certificate R435 Internally assessed, externally moderated Thematic Study: Migration (40%) Depth Study: Elizabethans 1580-1603 (30%) Coursework: Biography of a person or guide to a historical site with an explanation of significance (30%) |
Externally assessed formal exams at end of course
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