gcse history - stanwell
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HistoryGCSE
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Themes to consider when choosing your options:
Do universities/employers value history?1
2 What can the subject teach me?
3 Will I enjoy the content of the course and will I do well?
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1. Employers and Universities value History highly.
The skills that are taught within the subject are very important and useful in work, study and life.
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• Independent thinkers.
• Open-minded.
• Disciplined.
• Good at problem solving.
• Able to pick out the essential
from the trivial.
• Able to be critical, analytical,
evaluative.
2. GCSE Historians become:
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• Context and Perspective
• Inspiration and Warning
• Tolerance and Understanding
History helps provide us with ..
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History DepartmentSpecialist and Innovative
Experienced
Enthusiastic
Hard working
Set high standards
Excellent Estyn Report and Results
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History Lessons Interactive and active
A variety of learning activities
Discussion, group work
Source workIt is
learning in lots of
different ways
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In-depth Studies ; Unit 1 and 2 each worth 25%
Britain –Depression, War and Recovery
USA 1910-29
(Pupils traditionally sit 1 or 2 modules in the Summer of Year 10)
Thematic Study; Unit 3 30% On one of the following:
Changes in Crime and Punishment, c.1500 to the present day.
Historical Investigation – non examination; Unit 4 20%
This entails a two part historical investigation.
This will likely focus on the Presidency of JF Kennedy, with a particular interest in his foreign policy.
Pupils are assessed on their understanding of the uses and reliability of sources and how the past has been represented.
3. Will I enjpy the course ?(remember there is one examination for all – no tiers)
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Unit 1 (25%) Depth Study
Britain: Depression, War And Recovery
• What were the main causes of the Depression?
• How were people able to cope with the challenges
of the Depression years?
• How effectively did Britain prepare for war?
• How did people in Britain cope with the
experience of war?
• How important was it to maintain people's morale
during the war?
• How difficult were conditions in Britain in 1945?
• How did the Labour government deal with the
problems of the time?
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The Jarrow Crusade (a hunger march)
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Jarrow
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Outbreak of World War 2
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WW2 propaganda/ recruitment
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Coping with the Blitz/bombings
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Churchill visiting bombed out areas
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The beginnings of the NHS and housing rebuilding
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Course Outline
Unit 2 (25%) Depth Study
USA 1910-1929
Problems and Challenges; immigration, gangsters, prohibition, Ku Klux Klan, religion, fear of communism.
The American Economy; causes of the boom, prosperity, the car industry, poverty in the 1920s, the Wall Street Crash 1929 and the Depression.
Culture and Society; the Jazz Age, Hollywood, role of women, sport, fads and crazes.
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USA 1910-29
Wall Street Crash
Flapper
Al Capone
KKK
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Segregation in the Deep South
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Prohibition passed in 1920 (banning of alcohol)
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Al Capone (prohibition gangster)
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The Great Depression / Wall St Crash
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Wall St October 1929
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The Jazz Age
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Famous movie stars – Chaplin
and Valentino
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Unit 3: Thematic studies from a broad historical perspective (30%)
Changes in Crime and Punishment, c.1500 to the present day.
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Types and causes of crime
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Types of punishments
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Prison conditions
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Policing 1500 - 2000
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Unit 4 Working as an historian Non-Examination Assessment (20%)
This entails a two part historical investigation.
This will focus on the Presidency of J F Kennedy. Particular focus on his foreign policy and the success rate of his Presidency.
Pupils are assessed on their understanding of the
uses and reliability of sources and how the past has
been represented.
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Issues facing JFK eg Cuba,
Vietnam, problems in the Deep
South
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Visiting a crisis hit Berlin
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A family and country in grief
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Exam results Average
A* A = 45-50%A*-C = 85-90%
Average performance over the last decade..