History Department

Staff in Department

Mrs D MacDougall (Head of Department)

Mr G Husk

Aims of the Department

Our aims in the History Department are:

To help our pupils to understand the present social, political, religious and economic climate

To develop knowledge of various terms, concepts, events, ideals, problems personalities and principles

To encourage pupils to recall facts

To help our pupils to gain confidence in comparing, contrasting, describing and examining key historical event

Most of all…to have fun!

Key Stage Three Curriculum

Topics covered:

Year 8

Term One

The Battle of Hastings

What is History?

Who were the Normans?

Who should King?

The Battle of Hastings

William’s Problems

The Feudal System

The Domesday Book

Term Two

Life in Norman Times

Norman names, food, clothes, games, justice and farming

Town Life

Religion in Norman Times

The Black Death

The Crusades

Term Three

The Normans in Ireland

Ireland before the Normans

Why the Normans came to Ireland

The Story of John de Courcy

Castles: How to attack and defend

Castle Design: How they developed over time

Year 9

Term One

The Tudors

The Reformation

King Henry VIII

England under Queen Elizabeth I

Mary Queen of Scots

The Spanish Armada

Term Two

The Stuarts

Colonies

The Plantation of Ulster

The Stuart Kings

The Gunpowder Plot

The English Civil War

The Execution of King Charles I

England under Cromwell

The Puritans

The 1641 Rebellion in Ireland

Term Three

Who was Charles the Second?

Restoration of the Monarchy?

The Glorious Revolution

The Siege of Derry

The Battle of the Boyne

The War in Ireland

The Treaty of Limerick

Year 10

Term One

World War One:

Causes of World War One

Reasons why men choose to fight

Soldiers

Trench warfare

The Battle of the Somme

Woman and the War

Armistice

The Treaty of Versailles

Term Two

Union to Partition

The Act of Union

Nationalism

Unionism

The First, Second and Third Home Rule Bills

The Larne Gun Running

The Easter Rising

The War of Independence

Partition

The Legacy of Partition

The Troubles

The Good Friday Agreement

Integrated Education

Murals for the Future

Term Three

The Second World War

Life in Nazi Germany

Hitler’s Foreign Policy

Persecution of the Jews

Appeasement

Dunkirk

Battle of Britain

Operations Barbarossa

Pearl Harbour

Belfast Blitz

VE Day

VJ Day

Remembrance Day

Key Stage Four Curriculum

Aim

We aim to provide our GCSE pupils with a high quality of education which adequately prepares them for their GCSE examinations and which gives them an in-depth knowledge and understanding of both the past and present.

Exam Board

CCEA

Topics covered

In Year 11, pupils study the content of Paper 1. Pupils complete an in-depth study of::

Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-45
Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1920-49

Assessment

Paper 1 is externally assessed at the end of Year 11. Pupils will sit an exam which lasts 1 hour 45 minutes. The exam mark is worth 60% of the overall qualification. An opportunity to resit the exam is available at the end of Year 12..

In Year 12, pupils study the content of Paper 2. Pupils complete an outline study of International Relations, 1945-2003. Paper 2 is externally assessed at the end of Year 12. Pupils sit an exam which lasts 1 hour 15 minutes. The exam mark is worth 40% of the overall qualification.

Useful websites

http://ccea.org.uk/history/
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/zj26n39

Useful books

GCSE Modern World History/Walsh
CCEA GCSE Revision Guide/Finbar Madden
War and Neutrality/Johnston and Johnston
Northern Ireland and its Neighbours since 1920/Hoder and Stroughton

Key Stage Five Curriculum

Aim

We aim to support our A Level pupils in building upon the knowledge gained at both Key Stage 3 and 4 in Larne High School. We will encourage our pupils to develop the necessary literacy skills they must have to write competently about Historical events using an academic tone.