Humanities

Subject Area:

Humanities 

Head of Subject:

Mr M.Bee 

Teaching staff:

Ms L Boyd

Mr L Hawley

Mr P Tuffnell

Miss S Royce

KS4 (Years 10 & 11) Course Title

GCSE Geography (AQA)

GCSE History (Edexcel)

KS4 (Years 10 & 11) Course Details:

Geography

Paper 1 (Living with the Physical Environment) – 1hr 30 mins exam / 35% of course

The Challenge of Natural Hazards, The Living World, Physical Landscapes in the UK, Geographical skills

Paper 2 (Challenges in the human environment) – 1hr 30 mins exam / 35% of course

Urban Issues and Challenges, The Changing Economic World, The Challenge of Resource Management, Geographical Skills

Paper 3 (Geographical applications) – 1hr 15 mins exam/ 30% of course

Issue Evaluation, Fieldwork, Geographical Skills

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History

Paper 1 (Thematic study and historic environment) – 1hr 15 mins exam / 30% of course

Medicine in Britain, c1250–present and The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: Injuries, Treatment and The Trenches

Paper 2 (Period study and British depth study) – 1hr 45 mins exam / 40% of course

Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88 and The American West, c1835–c1895

Paper 3 (Modern depth study) – 1hr 20 mins exam / 30% of course

Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39

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KS4 (Years 10 & 11) Number of lessons per week:

2019-2020

2 lessons in years 7 and 8

3 lessons in years 9, 10 and 11

2020 onwards

2 lessons in years 7, 8 and 9

3 lessons in years 10 and 11