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Markethill 
High School

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History




KS3

  • Teaching staff = Mrs Gray, Mrs Norris & Mr Ashton.

  • Locations = R6, M2 & R16.

  • Teaching time = 2 hours (Year 8) & 1.5 hours (Years 9 and 10) per week.

 

Year 8 topics:

  • Who am I? and What is History?

  • Why did the Normans come to England and Ireland?

  • How did life change in medieval Ireland?

  • What is the Norman legacy?

 

Year 9 Topics

  • What were the significant events of 1500-1700? Renaissance, Reformation, The Spanish Armada

  • Who were the significant individuals of 1500-1700? Henry VIII, Martin Luther, Elizabeth I

  • Why does the Ulster Plantation matter today?

  • What do people think of King William III?

 

Year 10 Topics

  • Who made a difference in the twentieth century? Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King

  • What impact did war have in the twentieth century? World War One

  • Why was Ireland partitioned and what were the consequences of partition for Northern Ireland?

  • How and why should we remember the Holocaust?

 

GCSE

  • Teaching staff = Mrs Gray.

  • Location = R6.

  • Teaching time = 2.5 hours per week.

  • Exam Board – CCEA.

  • 60% Unit 1 Paper 1 - Year 11:

Section A: Modern World Study in Depth-Life in Nazi Germany 1933-45.

Section B: Local Study-Changing Relations: Northern Ireland and its Neighbours, 1920-49.

  • 40% Unit 2 Paper 2 - Year 12:

Outline Study: International Relations 1945-2003.

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