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The King's C.E. School
Regis Road
Tettenhall
Wolverhampton.
WV6 8XG
Staff:
Ms Painter- Head of Department
Mrs Quigley
Mr D Webb
History
Welcome to the History department
AIM:
To help students understand some of the changes that have taken place in the last 2000 years, and the events that have helped to shape our modern world.
To develop evidence handling skills.
FACILITIES:
The department is based in Rooms 19 & 20 and has access to the school computer network and the Internet via 15 computers in Room 20.
Topics covered in Year 7:
THE ROMANS
Understanding of chronology (how we date the past)
The origins and growth of the Roman Empire
Life in the city of Rome
The decline of the Empire
Understanding the range of evidence from the Roman period
To develop an understanding of the impact of the Romans in Britain.
THE MIDDLE AGES
The Norman Conquest
Development of Castles
Life in the Middle Ages
The Black Death & Peasants
Revolt
KS3
In Years 7,8 & 9 History has 2 lessons per week.
The students are taught the following National Curriculum Units:
Year 7
The Romans
The Middle Ages
Year 8
The Making of the UK (ie Tudor and Stuart families)
The Native Americans
Year 9
Britain 1750-1900
The Twentieth Century World
KS4
GCSE Modern World History has 3 lessons per week.
The topics are:
Britain in the First World War
International History
1919-1963
Russia/USSR 1914-1941
Germany 1918-1939
Plus 2 pieces of coursework
Here are a number of Powerpoint presentations of students' work covering these subjects:
Britain in the First World War
International History 1919-1939
