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The History Department promotes Fundamental British Values: pupils explore the development of democracy, the importance of individual liberty and tolerance of others.
We analyse situations in Britain and the wider world where these values have been tested. Messages of tolerance and respect for others are routinely reinforced.
British values are an integral part of history teaching and learning at Rossall School, and explicitly delivered through the history curriculum across all Key Stages.
Pupils explore issues such as democracy in their historical context and relate them to the modern day, examining how change happens over time and evaluating the impact of these changes.
Statement on the Promotion of FBV in History & Politics.pdf
In Year 7 pupils discover how the Norman Conquest shaped England after 1066, and how the feudal system was incorporated to separate the rulers and the ruled.
They explore the power of kings and the Church, what it meant to be a medieval villein or peasant – subservient to the lord of the manor – and the ways in which greater democracy was (albeit gradually) achieved...
In Year 8 pupils study the changing nature of power and who wielded it from the early Tudors through the turbulence of the Industrial Revolution and the Suffrage movement of the early 20th Century.
They examine how democracy can be swept aside by dictatorships, such as those established by Mussolini, Hitler and Stalin, and we compare the key characteristics of these dictatorships with the fundamental pillars of democracy that we enjoy today, whilst also examining what it really means to be British in the 21st Century...
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