This is a three-year rolling course.
Students study the following topics:
Local Study: Bristol’s Black History – Transatlantic Slave Trade; Windrush Generation; Bristol Bus Boycott; Black Lives Matter
Britain 1066-1509: Norman Conquest; Henry II & Thomas Becket; Black Death; Peasants Revolt
Britain 1509-1745: Reformation; Elizabeth I & Spanish Armada; English Civil War
Britain 1745-1914: Slave Trade; Industrial Revolution & Public Health; Suffragettes
Britain & Wider World 1900-2000: World War One & Treaty of Versailles; World War Two & Holocaust
USA 1950-1970: Civil Rights Movement
The focus at KS3 is on literacy and the acquisition of key historical skills.
Examination Board: WJEC Eduqas
Students study the following modules:
Germany in Transition, 1919-1939
The Development of the USA, 1929-2000
The Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603
Changes in Health and Medicine in Britain, c.500 to the present day
