History

Course summary

History at Grace Academy Coventry will provide a broad, balanced, and fascinating view of the history of both Britain and the wider world. It will prepare our students for the world outside of education and allow them to participate fully in British society and the debates about its past. Students will learn to discuss different viewpoints showing tolerance and respect and will learn a range of important topics to support their academic understanding through KS4 and beyond, both within History and in other subjects, where understanding the past is vital. Students will learn this through a combination of important substantive concepts such as: • Monarchy during the medieval period • The development of democracy in the 1800’s and 1900’s • The broad changes in social attitudes and structure since WWII. Students will fuse this substantive understanding with key disciplinary skills, and by the end of their period of study, students will be able to: - Explain causation, consequence, and significance in an increasingly accurate and detailed manner. - Use sources in context, applying increasingly sophisticated methods of analysis and evaluation to test these sources for their utility and make reasoned judgments. - Develop the skill required to understand the different ways in which the past has been interpreted and represented by others, as well as to explain and critique those interpretations.