HISTORY (AQA)
We follow the AQA Schools History Project Syllabus A, which contains four separate topics:
1. A Study in development – Medicine and Public Health through Time. In this study the pupils will gain an overview of the main changes and the trends in medicine, and public health in Britain from the earliest times to the present. We will study key individuals such as Hippocrates and Pasteur and look at the factors that enable them to make their contributions. We consider issues such as war, religion, chance, technology and government and evaluate the importance of these.
2. A Study in Depth – Elizabethan England. The pupils study a period of about fifty years in detail, examining people, lifestyle, religion and considering challenges and threats to the individuals or groups. They should gain an insight into the different outlooks and experiences of people in the past
3. A Modern World Study - China in the twentieth century. This study examines the changes that have occurred during the 20th century in politics and the life of the people. This unit provides an introduction to political ideas such as communism and nationalism and investigates the characters of China's leaders and their impact on the country. Close attention is paid to the events and significance of the Long March of 1934, the Tiananmen Square incident of 1989 and the handing back to China of Hong Kong in 1997. This unit is assessed through coursework in the Shell (Year 11).
4.History Around Us - a study of Warwick Castle 1068-1550. In this unit the pupils explore the history of this castle with particular reference to the change from a wooden motte and bailey to an imposing stone structure. They will look at drawings and written accounts and consider how historians have been able to describe what the castle looked like in this period. There will be a visit to Warwick to collect data and investigate the site for themselves. This unit is assessed through one piece of coursework in the Shell.
The first two topics are assessed in exam papers that provide 75% of the final marks.
This course aims to build up a detailed knowledge of events and ideas on a variety of periods and also encourages the pupil to analyse and evaluate people’s actions. Active participation is required from each girl in class discussion and in the use of sources, and there is always at least one topic that each girl finds particularly enjoyable.
Mrs H Corkhill, BEd, (Hons)
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