Devonport High School For Girls
History
History
Head of Department
Miss L Matthews, BA (Hons) QTS
Statement of Intent
History at DHSG will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of purposefully selected historical events, cause and consequence, and resonance to the modern day in line with the National Curriculum.
The diversity of the content also acknowledges the narrative of marginalised groups, which challenges and provokes curiosity to be developed through debate. This is delivered in harness with the development of core history and historiographical skills centering on analysis, evaluation, interpretation, and significance.
We interleave the curriculum across the three key stages to provide students with a sound understanding of the world in which they live, carefully developed transferable skills which are monitored and delivered with intent by subject experts.
Curriculum Programmes of Study
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Year |
Cycle | Content |
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Year 7 |
Cycle 1 |
Pre 1066 and Medieval Britain |
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Cycle 2 |
The Tudors Trip: The Box and Buckland Abbey |
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Cycle 3 |
Stuart Britain and the formation of the United Kingdom | |
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Year 8 |
Cycle 1 |
Political and Economic Revolutions Trip: Bodmin Jail and Launceston Castle |
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Cycle 2 |
Explorers, Empire and Enslavement |
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Cycle 3 |
The First World War | |
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Year 9 |
Cycle 1 |
The Interwar Period and the Second World War |
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Cycle 2 |
Politics – the history of Britain’s democracy and modern political ideas | |
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Cycle 3 |
Public History Project – Students identify and investigate a history enquiry, using research skills and historical context |
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Year 10 |
Cycle 1 |
The Reigns of King Richard and King John 1189-1216 |
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Cycle 2 |
The Reigns of King Richard and King John 1189-1216 Medieval and Renaissance Migration |
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Cycle 3 |
Industrial and Modern Migration Notting Hill Case Study Trip: Chalke Valley History Festival |
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Year 11 |
Cycle 1 |
Russia and the Soviet Union – 1917, Bolshevik Consolidation of power, The Leadership Struggle |
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Cycle 2 |
Russia and the Soviet Union – The Stalinist Regime Superpower Relations and the Cold War |
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Cycle 3 |
Superpower Relations and the Cold War |
Lower Years Assessment Framework
To view the Lower Years Assessment Framework for History, please click here
Middle Years Exam and Specification Information
Students will follow the Edexcel GCSE course. The examination takes the form of three papers. Edexcel have designed a course that provides students with a breadth and depth of understanding of history.
Full details of the specification and assessment criteria can be found on the Edexcel website GCSE History Specification
Extra-curricular activities
In recent years, year 7 students have had the opportunity to visit Plymouth University cinema to watch a screening of horrible histories, and in the Autumn term they participated in the History x Computer Science 3D printed castle design competition. Year 8 spent a day visiting Launceston Castle and Bodmin Jail to explore how crime and punishment in the South West have changed over time. To support the GCSE migration unit, Year 9 students visit the M-Shed museum in Bristol for a closer look at how the Trans-Atlantic slave trade has shaped British communities, and year 10 and 12 students are invited to attend the GCSE and A Level schools day at the Chalke Valley History Festival in summer term. There are also regular opportunities for students to attend theatre productions. In recent years this has included trips to Six!, War Horse, Hamilton, and Miss Saigon.