History
The history curriculum aims to inspire students with curiosity and fascination about the past. The curriculum aims to equip students with knowledge and give them an understanding of significant events, diverse societies, and influential individuals throughout history. As students’ progress, so should their understanding of complex interrelationships between historical events and processes, at different scales and how they can change over time. They should have a critical understanding of the past and its rapidly changing social, political, and cultural contexts, and how to interpret and challenge historical narratives.
Curriculum Intent
- Develop students’ interest in, and enthusiasm for, history and an understanding of its intrinsic value and significance.
- Acquire an understanding of different identities within society and an appreciation of aspects such as social, cultural, religious and ethnic diversity.
- Build on students’ understanding of the past through experiencing a broad and balanced curriculum.
- Improve as effective and independent students and as critical and reflective thinkers with curious and enquiring minds.
- Develop the ability to ask relevant and significant questions about the past and to research them.
- Acquire an understanding of the nature of historical study, for example that history is concerned with judgements based on available evidence and that historical judgements are provisional.
- Develop students’ use and understanding of historical terms, concepts and skills.
- Make links and draw comparisons within and/or across different periods and aspects of the past.
- Organise and communicate students’ historical knowledge and understanding in different ways, arguing a case and reaching substantiated judgements.
‘Be who God meant you to be and you will set your world on fire’. St Catherine of Sienna