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History

At Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, our aim is to foster a love of History and an engagement with the past through thought-provoking and inspiring lessons. We follow a chronological pattern of study to help students understand the present and how social, political, religious and economic conditions from the past have impacted on their lives and shaped the world we live in.

We believe that knowledge of religious change, customs and institutions is key to enlightening and transforming students’ understanding of how the past can, and does, impact the present and the future.

This helps students to develop important evaluation skills which support their wider learning across the school and beyond.

Cardinal Newman Catholic High School Curriculum Overview
History 
KS3 
Year 7
Year 8
Year 9

 

Autumn

Introduction to History and a study of Britain pre-1066. 

  • The Roman Empire and its impact on Britain.  

  • Anglo Saxon and Viking peoples and their impact on Britain. 

The development of Church, state, and society in Britain 1509-1745. 

  • The Tudors and the reformation. 

Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day. 

  • War and conflict in the 20th century: The First World War. 

 

 

Spring

The development of Church, state, and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509. 

  • Changing power of Medieval kings. 

  • Thematic depth study Health and medicine in the Medieval times. 

The development of Church, state, and society in Britain 1509-1745. 

  • War and conflict in the 17th century; The English civil war. 

Britain 1700-1900 ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901. 

  • In what ways did Britain change 1750-1900? 

Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day. 

  • Rise of dictatorships in the inter war period.  

  • The Causes of World War Two. 

  • Depth study on the Holocaust.

 

Summer

Problems facing medieval kings and a brief  depth study Health and medicine in the Medieval times. 

Britain 1700-1900 ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901. 

  • In what ways did Britain change 1750-1900? 

  • British empire and its role in the transatlantic slave trade. 

Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day. 

  • Depth study on the Holocaust. 

A significant society or issue in world history:  

  • Changing Russian empires c.1880-1989; 
Cardinal Newman Catholic High School Curriculum Overview
History 
 GCSE AQA History 8145   
Year 10
Year 11

 

Autumn

Paper 1 Section B 

Wider world depth study: Conflict and tension, 1894–1918. 

  • Part one: The causes of the First World War 

  • Part two: The First World War: stalemate 

  • Part three: Ending the war 

Paper 2 Section A  

Thematic study: Health and the people: c1000 to the present day. 

  • Part one: Medicine stands still 

  • Part two: The beginnings of change 

  • Part three: A revolution in medicine 

  • Part four: Modern medicine 

 

Spring

  • Part three: Ending the war 

Paper 1 Section A 

Germany, 1890–1945: Democracy and dictatorship 

  • Part one: Germany and the growth of democracy 

  • Part two: Germany and the Depression 

  • Part four: Modern medicine 

Paper 2 section B: Elizabethan England, c1568–1603 

  • Part one: Elizabeth's court and Parliament 

  • Part two: Life in Elizabethan times 

  • Part three: Troubles at home and abroad 

  • Part four: The historic environment of Elizabethan England 

 

Summer

  • Part two: Germany and the Depression 

  • Part three: The experiences of Germans under the Nazis 

  


 

Staffing

Mr. M. Russell (Head of Department) 

Ms. S. Faulder 

Ms. H. Hodgeson 

 

 

 


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