History

We study history so that we each gain a coherent, chronological understanding of changes and events that have shaped both British and World History. In the classroom, students will look at historical events through the lens of key historical concepts such as cause & consequence, similarity & difference, change & continuity and historical significance. With confidence students will identify these concepts in the historical narratives told and the written interpretations of historians. The substantive knowledge pupils acquire through our curriculum enriches their sense of identity as it provides them with an understanding of their place within the local, national and global context. Further, the knowledge focus of our curriculum is transformative, equipping pupils with the cultural literacy required to navigate and flourish in modern Britain.

At Ark Boulton we give students ample opportunity to develop their attitude towards the study of history. Students attend to, respond to and navigate through a range of contexts and periods beyond the scope of the National Curriculum. We recognise that a history education also requires students to learn the nature of the discipline. Consequently, our students will learn about the nature and provenance of information, how historians organise information and how that information is used to create accounts of the past. Students will develop the skills and abilities needed to demonstrate excellence through vocabulary acquisition, comprehension, analysis, extended writing and oracy. Through this we aim for children to gain insight, knowledge of values and the ability to form reasoned judgements.

Our curriculum design enables pupils to make good progress in History through the explicit teaching of core disciplinary concepts and knowledge. Knowledge is selected for its power in developing expertise in History as a discipline. Pupils build knowledge and understanding of key concepts in a coherent and carefully sequenced way to develop expertise. The curricular is planned cohesively so that knowledge and concepts are repeatedly revisited with ever increasing complexity; the sequencing of content also aims to pre-empt and avoid common misconceptions.

Below is an overview of our curriculum from Year 7 through to Year 11. While the curriculum we follow is outlined below, we make adaptations to the curriculum at every stage to ensure it is accessible to all pupils. This includes running carefully planned interventions and providing scaffolds for each lesson.

At KS4, pupils will work towards a GCSE in history following the Edexcel specification.

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