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Preference Subject
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Why do History? At the end of this year you could drop History for ever...
...but wait a moment...
What’s the most interesting thing in the world?
Isn’t it people?
Real people?
Well that’s what History is about. If you like people, you will like History!
But will it be any use to me when I’m older?
Apart from being interesting, History is useful. Employers who see that you have a
qualification in History know certain things about you. They will know that you have
acquired key skills which, learnt through History, can be applied to all sorts of other
situations.
They know that:
- you can understand what motivates people and what they think and feel
- you are able to gather and read different kinds of information
- you are able to check it for bias or propaganda
- you can read maps, graphs and other diagrams
- you are able to communicate clearly.
But I don’t want to teach or work with old documents!
History is a useful and often necessary subject for a lot of careers and not just
the obvious ones like Law. What about conservation work, town planning or tourism?
History is a good qualification for budding journalists, policemen and secretaries,
to name just a few.
But I want to be a scientist!
Remember that scientists have to communicate effectively and their projects are
carried out in a context which relates to the whole of society. Employers and
universities like to see that you followed a balanced course at school – History
is an important part of that balance.
But there’s more to life than work!
How else can you make sense of the present unless you have a good understanding
of the past?
How else can you understand why the place where you live looks the way it does?
How are you going to change the world if you haven’t looked at how it got in the
state it is in already?
How are you going to participate in the system if you don’t know how it works?
How will you carry on building up your own set of values without looking at how
others have done so in the past?
Answer: By taking History.
Three courses will be offered:
Please make it clear on your application which course you would prefer.
1. Schools History Project
Medicine and Treatment: Why did prehistoric man drill holes in people’s skulls?
Why was a surgeon in the 19th century rated according to his ability to amputate
a limb within two minutes?
Source Enquiry: The transformation of surgery 1845 - 1918
Nazi Germany 1919-1945: If you have ever wondered how Hitler came to power,
how he and the Nazis took control of Germany, this is the course for you.
It looks at these and many other fascinating questions from the end of World
War I through to the impact of World War II on Nazi Germany.
Controlled Assessment: Government and Protest in the USA 1945 - 1970
2. Modern European and World History
(a) You will study: OUTLINE studies:
International relations 1900–1991 including: How did the Cold War develop?
Three Cold War cases 1957–1969 – Why did the Cold War end 1979–1991?
(b) One DEPTH study:
Germany 1918–1939 – Includes Hitler’s Rise to Power and the policies
of the Nazi State.
(c) One SOURCE Enquiry:
War and the transformation of British Society c1905–1928, reasons for the
stalemate on the Western Front and attitudes at home.
(d) Controlled Assessment – The Vietnam War
3. GCSE History Lite
(a) Do you enjoy History but are worried about the amount of writing you
might have to do?
(b) Have you been taught by Mrs McIlwee for most of Key Stage 3?
Then GCSE History Lite might be for you!
This course will follow the Modern World course but at an easier pace and
will be taught by Mrs McIlwee. If you are interested then make sure that
you put LITE on your application.
Please note that the History course is now a modular course and an exam on
the first units studied will take place in Year 10.
