Beaumont Leys



History

Teaching team:

Teacher

Roles

Contact e-mail

Mrs Goodwin

Head of Department

HGoodwin@beaumontleys.leicester.sch.uk

Mr Hartland

Teacher

RHartland@beaumontleys.leicester.sch.uk

Miss Stanyard

Teacher

EStanyard@beaumontleys.leicester.sch.uk

Miss Youngs

Teacher

RYoungs@beaumontleys.leicester.sch.uk

Mrs Davies

Teacher

CDavies@beaumontleys.leicester.sch.uk

Facilities:

We use departmental laptops and iPads when students are being independent and researching new topics or cementing their knowledge alongside our interactive whiteboards and department planned lessons to provide consistent lessons to all classes.

We also use text books and the library to further encourage independence.

KS3 Curriculum

Year 7

Year 8

Early Middle Ages and Tudors

Plantations and Power

Victorian England (focussing on society and Jack the Ripper)

World War One

Nazi Germany

The Holocaust

Viceroy’s House

KS3 Assessment

Year 7 – Early Middle Ages and Tudors

Year 8 – Rise of the Empire, Plantations and Power, Victorian England (focussing on society and Jack the Ripper), World War One, Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, Viceroy’s House, End of the Empire.

KS4

In History GCSE students cover four modules to increase their knowledge of the world around them. Our exam board is AQA; the four modules we teach are America: Opportunity and Inequality, 1845-1890 (American West); Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972 (The Cold War); Norman England c1066-c1100; and Health and the People c1000-Modern Day (Medicine). Each module has equal weighting for the overall grade. These are examined in two, 2 hour exams – with each module having an hour. The exams include source work questions and essay writing.

Year 9 – America: Opportunity and Inequality 1920-1973

Year 10 – Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972 (Cold War) and Norman England

Year 11 – Health and the People c1000-modern day.

Links to the AQA website:

http://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/history/gcse