History
At Chase Terrace Academy we aspire for all of our students to achieve greater things than they ever thought possible.
We pride ourselves on being a warm and welcoming school that places community at the heart of everything we do. Our ambitious curriculum is enriching and inclusive, providing challenge and breadth for all. This empowers our students to become compassionate, confident and creative individuals who are resilient, respectful and equipped with a desire to take up a fulfilling role in society and the wider world.
In History we aspire to provide outstanding lessons for our students that inspire them and instil in them the sense of community that is at the heart of the Chase Terrace Academy ethos. History is a subject that can help to develop this sense of community as it is a study of our shared past. We feel that it is vital that students have the opportunity to learn about how our country and communities were formed and shaped. Students experience a wide range of lesson topics and activities that cater for all learners’ needs, and aim to push and challenge each and every student. At the heart of all we do is the aim to inspire a lifelong love of history and learning. Our aim of providing outstanding lessons also helps us to prepare students in the best ways possible to gain valuable qualifications that will benefit their futures.
Specifically, this is implemented in our curriculum as we take our students on a journey of the past by studying history from a chronological perspective, with an emphasis on identifying significant events in local, then British, and finally world history that have shaped the world we inhabit today. Our ethos for students that we want to imbed going forward is: “connecting to the past so that they can help to shape the future.” Our Key Stage 3 curriculum therefore covers aspects of the Ancient Period, through to the Dark and Middle Ages, Medieval and Modern Period – establishing the building blocks of a good historical understanding, in preparation for GCSE, A-Level and life beyond as a historian. Here, students have an opportunity to study not only local history, but also the interplay between British and world-changing events.
Going forward long term, we want to ensure all students have the substantive and disciplinary knowledge needed to achieve more than they ever thought possible in history, and this will be achieved by interweaving both aspects of the subject together.
Year 10 | Curriculum Implementation Plan |
Knowledge Organisers | |
Term 1A, 1B, 2A | |
Ancient and Islamic Medicine | |
Medieval Medicine | |
Renaissance Medicine | |
18th-19th Century Medicine | |
Modern Medicine | |
Term 2B, 3A, 3B | |
Causes of WW1 | |
WW1 Stalemate | |
Ending the War |
Year 11 | Curriculum Implementation Plan |
Knowledge Organisers | |
Term 1A and 1B | |
The Kaisers Germany and WW1 | |
The Weimar Republic | |
Hitler and the rise of the Nazis | |
Life in Nazi Germany | |
Term 2A and 2B | |
Elizabeth and her Government | |
Life in the Elizabethan times | |
Troubles at Home and Abroad |