The History Department curriculum is designed to ensure all students that study history develop the ability to think like a historian – that is to say, all students are able to form historical accounts and arguments. We also teach the fundamental skills that allow all students to understand the importance of the people that have come before us. Our knowledge based yet learning centred approach realises our vision of seeing all students progress their knowledge of the past, allowing them make connections with other periods of history and the world around them today. We will see students systematically develop the essential substantive and disciplinary concepts that are the foundations of historical understanding. In addition to this, we ensure that all students learn specific knowledge to ensure that they can apply the knowledge of their concepts. The History department intends to drive connections to the past by ensuring all students get to visit historical sites and meet people with significant life experience. In doing so, they will immerse themselves in the ‘cultural capital of time’, while also developing empathy and understanding of the lives of people from different backgrounds to themselves. We pride ourselves on the fact that by the time the students stop studying history at Rockwood, they will have encountered history in which they can see themselves in and have developed a real connection to the past and are able to critically interrogate historical and modern-day writing, using the skills they have acquired.
Our Teachers
Head of Department – Miss Ella Collin
Head of Year – Mr G Singh
Teacher of History – Mr A Shafiq
Teacher of History – Miss F Zahra
Teacher of History – Mr S Hussain
Teacher of History – Torri Haubert
Curriculum
History Learning Journey
Exam Specification
AQA GCSE HISTORY
Paper 1 written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
84 marks (including four marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar). 50% of GCSE
Paper 2 written exam: 1 hour 45 minutes
84 marks (including four marks for spelling, punctuation and grammar). 50% of GCSE