To arouse and develop students’ interest in learning about the past and to help students understand the present in the context of the past
To contribute to students’ knowledge and understanding of their own community and culture, as well as other major cultures of the world
To train students to become critical thinkers by introducing them to distinctive skills employed by young historians
To prepare students for public examinations
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire
Greek Myths: A Wonder Book for Girls & Boys by Hawthorne Nathaniel
The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carré
Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth by John Garth