History

Teaching Staff

• Miss A. Blakely - Head of Department
• Mr C. McKee
• Mrs M. Dalzell
• Mrs L. Kennedy

Teaching Time

Key Stage 3                3 periods a week
GCSE                          4 periods a week
AS/A-Level                 7 periods a week

Content includes:

Year 8:

The Normans

Year 9:

Britain and Ireland 1400-1700's

Year 10:

20th Century including post partition Ireland

GCSE:

• Germany 1918-1941
• Peace War and Neutrality - Britain, Northern Ireland and Ireland 1932-1941
• The Cold War - 1945-1991
• Investigative study - Nazi treatment of the Jewish community

AS/A-Level:

AS

• Germany 1918-1945
• Russia 1903-1941

A2

• Clash of Ideologies - 1900-2000
• Ireland - 1900-1925

Trips

Year 8 pupils go on a History trip to Carrickfergus Castle.

Usually every two years there is a joint trip with Modern Languages Department to the Battlefields of
World War I and Paris.

Career Opportunities

History provides a wide range of career opportunities as employers recognise the valuable skills which history teaches.