The History department is lively, vibrant and one of the leading departments at Giggleswick School.
We aim to fill our pupils with enthusiasm and believe in encouraging a love of the subject through inspirational teaching. We also strive to create a relaxed learning environment where pupils are happy to question, debate, exercise judgement and become independent thinkers.
In Years Seven, Eight and Nine, pupils study a range of topics which cover British, European and World History themes. These units include: Medieval Britain, The Renaissance, The Tudors and Stuarts, the English Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, the Native Americans, the British Empire and Trade, and The First World War. At this level, pupils’ progress is regularly assessed in order to set individual targets for raising attainment. This ensures that ample opportunity is provided to develop the source and essay writing skills they will need to employ to be successful GCSE candidates. Additionally, our annual battlefield trip to the Somme and Ypres regions seeks to enrich Year Nine’s summer term topic of the Great War. This is always a successful and incredibly moving trip that never fails to fill our pupils with a sense of awe.
Our GCSE course is Edexcel’s Modern European and World History syllabus. This partly comprises of a source-based paper where pupils are taught a depth study on Britain c1931-51. Additionally, pupils are prepared for two essay-based papers by examining outline studies on Nazi Germany and Superpower Relations between 1945 and 1990 (the Cold War). The syllabus also requires two assignments of controlled assessment on the topic of the Vietnam War.
The Edexcel syllabus is also followed at AS in the first year of sixth form study, where lower sixth historians study modules in both British and European History. Currently, the topics include Henry VIII, the Russian Revolution and the Stalinist era. In the second year of sixth form study, there is a coursework assignment which looks at an overview of the role of parliament in the Tudor and Stuart periods and there is an examined unit on how Britain challenged the rise of Fascism in Europe c.1925-60. In recent years, some of our sixth form historians have visited Rome, Moscow and St. Petersburg to enrich the study of our European History topics.
The History department at Giggleswick promotes active History. Our Cavendish Society meets regularly for lectures which are provided by examiners or other specialists who visit the school. As well as the Sharpe Library, the department has its own well-stocked library, which allows specialist seminars to take place in the department. Finally, it is the team of dedicated, caring and professional teachers who make the department what it is. We seek to provide help, support and encouragement, in and outside of the classroom, to all our pupils.
In Years Seven, Eight and Nine, pupils study a range of topics which cover British, European and World History themes. These units include: Medieval Britain, The Renaissance, The Tudors and Stuarts, the English Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, the Native Americans, the British Empire and Trade, and The First World War. At this level, pupils’ progress is regularly assessed in order to set individual targets for raising attainment. This ensures that ample opportunity is provided to develop the source and essay writing skills they will need to employ to be successful GCSE candidates. Additionally, our annual battlefield trip to the Somme and Ypres regions seeks to enrich Year Nine’s summer term topic of the Great War. This is always a successful and incredibly moving trip that never fails to fill our pupils with a sense of awe. Our GCSE course is Edexcel’s Modern European and World History syllabus. This partly comprises of a source-based paper where pupils are taught a depth study on Britain c1931-51. Additionally, pupils are prepared for two essay-based papers by examining outline studies on Nazi Germany and Superpower Relations between 1945 and 1990 (the Cold War). The syllabus also requires two assignments of controlled assessment on the topic of the Vietnam War.
The Edexcel syllabus is also followed at AS in the first year of sixth form study, where lower sixth historians study modules in both British and European History. Currently, the topics include Henry VIII, the Russian Revolution and the Stalinist era. In the second year of sixth form study, there is a coursework assignment which looks at an overview of the role of parliament in the Tudor and Stuart periods and there is an examined unit on how Britain challenged the rise of Fascism in Europe c.1925-60. In recent years, some of our sixth form historians have visited Rome, Moscow and St. Petersburg to enrich the study of our European History topics.
The History department at Giggleswick promotes active History. Our Cavendish Society meets regularly for lectures which are provided by examiners or other specialists who visit the school. As well as the Sharpe Library, the department has its own well-stocked library, which allows specialist seminars to take place in the department. Finally, it is the team of dedicated, caring and professional teachers who make the department what it is. We seek to provide help, support and encouragement, in and outside of the classroom, to all our pupils.
