In Reception, we introduce Historical themes throughout our curriculum journey. 

Autumn: Our families (now and in the past), Rights and Governance

Spring: Changes around the world, Cultures and Customs

Summer: Endangered animals and Extinction, Historical Explorers and Transport

Autumn 1 & 2: Changes within living memory

Spring 1 & 2: The lives of significant people – David Attenborough & Mary Anning

Summer 1 & 2: More lives of significant people – Neil Armstrong, Mae Jemison, Bernard Harris Jr, Tim Peake

Autumn 1 & 2: Events beyond living memory – Great Fire of London

Spring 1 & 2: Significant historical events, people, places in our locality – Beatrix Potter

Summer 1 & 2: Revisit events beyond living memory

 Autumn 1 & 2: Stone Age to Iron Age

Spring 1 & 2: Rome and impact on Britain

Autumn 1 & 2: Britain’s settlement by the Anglo-Saxons and Scots

Spring 1 & 2: Viking and Anglo-Saxon struggle for the kingdom of England to the time of Edward the Confessor

Summer 1 & 2: Ancient Civilisation: Egypt

Autumn 1 & 2 and Spring 1: Ancient Greeks

Spring 2, Summer 1 & 2: Comparison Study – Anglo-Saxons and Maya

Autumn 1 & 2: Local history study – how did conflict change our locality in World War 2?

Spring 1 & 2: Windrush Generation

Summer 1 & 2: Significant Monarchs

Autumn 1 and 2: Who are the British? Pupils study migration to Britan and how this has impacted our culture and who we are. Looking at groups such as the Romans, Viking, Jewish Communities and the Empire.

Spring 1 & 2: Did the Norman’s bring a ‘truckload of trouble’? Pupils study the Norman invasion of 1066 and the impact on the English population.

Summer 1 &2 : Were the middle ages really ‘measly’? Students with look as aspects on medieval life including the power of monarchs and religion, medicine and crime and punishment. Local history with Furness Abbey

Autumn 1 & 2 : Why should we remember the Tudors? Here we study the Protestant Reformation and its impact on the Tudor Dynasty.

Spring 1: Why did Englishmen fight Englishmen? Pupils study the causes of the English Civil War and the major events of this period.

Spring 2: How far the the Industrial Revolution change Britain? Pupils look at the period of rapid change during the Industrial Revolution including a focus on the Furness area and Chetwynde school.

Summer 1: Was the British Empire full of ‘horrible people doing horrible things?‘ Pupils study the British Empire including a focus on the triangular slave trade. 

Summer 2: How ‘wild’ was the American west? Pupils study the American west including it’s geography, indigenous population and development as part of the American nation.

Autumn 1: Were the Suffragettes terrorists or freedom fighters? Students will evaluate the actions of women fighting for the vote and their context.

Autumn 2: World War I. Students will study the causes of WWI, conditions in the trenches, Battle of the Somme, technology, contributions of soldiers from around the world and ethnic minorities, the end of the war and the peace terms.

Spring 1&2: How did Hitler change Germany? Pupils study the rise of Hitler and the impact of the Nazi regime on Germany.

Summer 1: The Holocaust. A study of Jewish life in pre-war Germany, the first steps of persecution, perpetrators, bystanders, rescuers, The Final Solution, justice and remembrance.

Summer 2: WWII. Students study the Second World War including the Home Front, Dunkirk, War at Sea and the Barrow Blitz

Awarding Body – AQA

Specification Code – 8145

Tiers – all candidates sit the same level of qualification

• one period study
• one thematic study
• one wider world depth study
• one British depth study including the historic environment.

Paper One – Understanding the Modern World

Section A – Period Studies

Pupils study one of:

• America 1840-1895 – Expansion and Consolidation
• Germany 1890-1945 – Democracy and Dictatorship
• Russia 1894-1945 – Tsardom and Communism
• America 1920-1973 – Opportunity and Inequality

Chetwynde currently teaches the Germany option

Section B – Wider World Depth Studies

Pupils study one of:

• Conflict and Tension – The First World War 1894-1918
• Conflict and Tension – The Inter-War Years 1918-1939
• Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-1972
• Conflict and Tension in Asia 1950-1975
• Conflict and Tension in the Gulf and Afghanistan 1990-2009

Chetwynde currently teaches the Inter-Wars Years option

This paper lasts for two hours and makes up 50% of the overall grade awarded.

Paper Two – Shaping the Nation

Section A – Thematic Studies

Pupils study one of:

• Britain – Health and the People c.1100 to the present day
• Britain – Power and the People c.1170 to the present day
• Britain – Migration, Empires and the People c790 to the present day

Chetwynde currently teaches the Health and the People option

Section B – British Depth Studies (including the historic environment)

Pupils study one of:

• Norman England  – c1066-c1100
• Medieval England – the reign of Edward I 1272-1307
• Elizabethan England – c1568-1603
• Restoration England – 1660-1685

Chetwynde currently teaches the Norman England option

This paper lasts for two hours and makes up 50% of the overall grade awarded.