GCSE History
History at Avanti will help pupils find their place in in an increasingly globalised world. They will have empathy, synthesise and create their own independent thoughts, evaluate and critique sources of information to reach their own judgements and conclusions and allow the past to prepare them for the future.
OVERVIEW OF COURSE
The aims and objectives of this qualification are to enable students to:
develop and extend their knowledge and understanding of specified key events, periods and societies in local, British, and wider world history; and of the wide diversity of human experience
engage in historical enquiry to develop as independent learners and as critical and reflective thinkers
develop the ability to ask relevant questions about the past, to investigate issues critically and to make valid historical claims by using a range of sources in their historical context
develop an awareness of why people, events and developments have been accorded historical significance and how and why different interpretations have been constructed about them
organise and communicate their historical knowledge and understanding in different ways and reach substantiated conclusions.
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
ASSESSMENT
HOW PARENTS / CARERS CAN HELP
Encourage and continue discussing history studied/any other periods/family history/politics, economics, and social issues in the news with the students.
Encourage and continue to take them (give them the confidence to go independently) to areas of historical significance (for example going on a blue plaque trail - A new English Heritage map allows you to scratch off plaques as you discover them!) and places of learning such as the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Keeping up with news and current affairs. All stories relate to politics, economics and society which make up the three core areas of history lessons. Students should read articles regularly from broadsheets, The Guardian is free to read online, other papers such as the Times are good too. Why not buy the Sunday paper and enjoy the articles for the week, sharing the most interesting parts of what has been read as a family?
History movie nights! Schindler’s list, Gandhi, Jo Jo Rabbit, 1917…I could go on!
Regularly check their folder and Google Classroom to support the work that we set and complete.
EXTRA-CURRICULAR
MASSOLIT video essay national competition
Historical Association Great Debate national competition
Ted Talks, Talking heads, national competition
Mayors Remembrance poetry competition
Trip to play/GCSE workshop based on the Nazi Germany years
RECOMMENDED READING / OTHER RESOURCES
GCSE History Parent Checklist (will be sent via email/Arbor) has the references to all the textbooks, revision guides, exam activity books and revision flash card packs that can be purchased.
Clever Lilli (revision website for history)
Active Learn – has an online version of the textbooks