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OUR CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM VISION
The vision of our History Curriculum at Walker Riverside Academy is to enthuse our students with historic curiosity and a thirst for historical knowledge. The study of History is to develop students’ sense of identity, understand their sense of place in the world, how and why the world and society has changed and the different experiences of a variety of groups of people in the past. By doing this, students will develop a tolerance and world view that will provide a foundation, not just for their historical study, but for their wider lives. It is our mission to implement a bold curriculum that serves the diverse cultural needs of our pupils so that they are able to gain a coherent, but critical knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past and that of the wider world.
It is our intention to design a History curriculum which supports our Academy's intent of making students culturally and globally aware. We achieve this by ensuring students finish KS3 with a broad knowledge of both local, national and worldwide events of historical importance. In this instance, importance is measured by students’ developing powerful substantive knowledge through disciplined historical thinking. At KS3 topics have been selected which connects prior learning, but provides a sound grounding to the GCSE topics we have chosen, in order to promote a deep understanding of the age.
We believe it is imperative that students are taught history chronologically. We feel this is vital to ensure students understand how change over time develops and so they can accurately sequence events, leading to a sharper understanding of cause and consequence and will facilitate the ability to evaluate wider impact, a key skill for GCSE success.
CURRICULUM INTENT
TERMLY INTENT
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Year 8:
Year 9:
Year 10:
Year 11:
KNOWLEDGE ORGANISERS
Our Knowledge Organisers are 'learning mats' that have been designed to contain all of the key learning for that subject's topic. Our students will use these within their lessons but are also encouraged to use them to support their own learning, homework, and for revision.
Our History KOs are available below; separated into year group/key stage.
► Year 7 Knowledge Organisers
► AUTUMN:
→ Yr 7 Migration (Autumn A)
→ Yr 7 What Caused the Normans to Control England? (Autumn B)
► SPRING:
→ Yr 7 A Medieval Life (Spring A)
→ Yr 7 Silk Roads (Spring B)
► SUMMER:
→ Yr 7 Tudor Religious Rollercoaster (Summer A)
→ Yr 7 How Did the English Challenge the Divine Right of the Kings (Summer B)
► Year 8 Knowledge Organisers
► AUTUMN:
→ Yr 8 Industrial Revolution (Autumn A)
→ Yr 8 British Empire - India (Autumn B)
► SPRING:
→ Yr 8 Power and the People (Spring A)
→ Yr 8 Transatlantic Slave Trade (Spring B)
► SUMMER:
→ Yr 8 Emancipation of Black Americans (Summer A)
→ Yr 8 Changes to British Women's Lives (Summer B)
► Year 9 Knowledge Organisers
► AUTUMN:
→ Yr 9 Causes of World War 1 (Autumn A)
→ Yr 9 Nazi Persecution of European Jews (Autumn B)
► SPRING:
→ Yr 9 Why was the Cold War so dangerous? (Spring)
► SUMMER:
→ Yr 9 Surgery and Anatomy (Summer)
► KS4 (Years 10 and 11) Knowledge Organisers
► AUTUMN:
→ Yr 10 Topic 3 CONFLICT AND TENSION 1894-1918 (Autumn A)
→ Yr 11 CONFLICT AND TENSION 1894-1918 (Autumn A)
→ KS4 Germany - Democracy to Dictatorship
► SPRING:
→ Yr 10 Elizabeth I (Spring)
► SUMMER:
→ Yr 10 Elizabeth I (Summer)