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The History Department is totally committed to a policy of equality for all.
To this end stereotypes are actively challenged and we try to ensure that both teaching materials and teaching methods are free from gender, racial, religious, and any other form of bias.
In so doing, we support the PREVENT agenda against all forms of extremism. The department teaches mixed ability form classes throughout.
In Key Stage 3...
In Key Stage 3...
...pupils explore the Norman Conquest and the impact of this on the native population, as well as how democracy has developed over time, the rise of dictators and persecution of minorities and ethnic groups during the Second World War.
In all these areas, the focus is on religious, social and cultural diversity and the problems that can arise as a result of challenges to our democratic way of life. Pupils are taught about the values of British and other societies in order to better understand different opinions, customs and points of view, and to recognise the need for tolerance and respect.
At GCSE...
At GCSE...
...we study the development of Germany as an industrial nation after 1870, the rise and fall of autocratic rule under the Kaiser, the failed democratic experiment of the 1920s and early 1930s, and the rise and consolidation of the Nazi dictatorship under Adolf Hitler.
The focus is on how and why a nation similar to Britain could succumb to the evils of the Nazi regime, and how something as horrific as the Holocaust was ever allowed to happen, as well as the threats posed by the use of propaganda and indoctrination of youth and women.
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