History Curriculum Audit

Self-assessment (SA):  C- Confident knowledge  S- Some knowledge          L – Limited knowledge          N- None Comment on where you have experience e.g. studied in PGCE, degree module, studied in A level, studied at GCSE, observed KS3 lesson, taught KS4 lesson, own research and how you can develop your knowledge further if not C.

Programme of Study – National Curriculum after 2014	Pre PGCE		Phase A		Phase B
	Comment	SA	Comment	SA	Comment	SA
The development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509 a) Norman Conquest b) Christendom, the importance of the Crusades c) The struggle between Church and crown. d) Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament e) The English campaigns to conquer Wales and Scotland up to 1314 f) Society, economy and culture e.g. feudalism, religion in daily life (parishes, monasteries, abbeys), farming, trade and towns (especially the wool trade), art, architecture and literature g) The Black Death and its social and economic impact e) The Peasants’ Revolt f) The Hundred Years War g) The Wars of the roses, Henry VII and attempts to restore stability
The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509 – 1745 a) Renaissance and reformation in Europe. b) The English Reformation and Counter Reformation (Henry VIII to Mary I). c) The Elizabethan religious settlement and conflict with Catholics (including Scotland, Spain and Ireland). d) The first colony in America and first contact with India. e) The causes and events of the civil wars throughout Britain. f) The Interregnum (including Cromwell in Ireland). g) The Restoration, “Glorious Revolution” and power of Parliament. h) The Act of Union of 1707, the Hanoverian succession and the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745. i) Society, economy and culture across a period e.g. work and leisure in town and country, religion and superstition in daily life, theatre, art, music and literature.
Ideas, political power, industry and empire 1745 – 1901 e.g. a) The Enlightenment in Europe and Britain, with links back to 17th Century thinkers and scientists and the founding of the Royal Society. b) Britain’s transatlantic slave trade, its effects and its eventual abolition. c) The Seven Years War and American War of Independence. d) French Revolutionary wars. e) Britain as the first industrial nation – the impact on society. f) Party politics, extension of the franchise and social reform. g) Social reform. h) Ireland and Home Rule. i)  The development of the British Empire with a depth study e.g. India. j) Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species.
The Holocaust
Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 .e.g a) women’s suffrage. b) First World War and Peace Settlement. c) Great Depression and the rise of the dictators. d) Second World War and Winston Churchill. e) The creation of the Welfare State, Indian independence and the end of the Empire. f) Social, cultural and technological change in post war Britain. g) Britain’s place in the world since 1945.
Local History Study a) A depth study linked to one of the areas listed above. b) A study over time, testing how far sites in the locality reflect aspects of national history. c) A study of an aspect or site in local history dating from a period before 1066.
British history from before 1066 e.g. a) The changing nature of political power in Britain through selective case studies. b) Britain’s changing landscape from Iron Age to today. c) A study of an  aspect of social history  e.g. migration. d) A significant turning point e.g. Neolithic Revolution.
A significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections e.g. a) Mughal India. b) China’s Qing dynasty. c) Russian empires. d) USA in the 20th Century.
GCSE and A level topics	Pre PGCE		Phase A		Phase B
	Comment	SA	Comment	SA	Comment	SA
Carrying out an historical enquiry   Sourcework – a) Analyzing historical interpretation. b) The transformation of surgery 1845-1918Protest, law and order in the 20th Century. c) The impact of war on Britain 1903-1954.
Development Study from 50AD to present day a) Medicine and public health in Britain. b) Crime and Punishment in Britain. c) Changing nature of warfare.
Depth Study a) The transformation of British society 1845-1851. b) The American West 1845-1890Germany 1918-1945. c) Elizabethan England. d) Britain 1815-1851.
International Relations: Conflict and Peace in the 20th Century
Twentieth Century Depth Studies a) From Tsardom to Communism: Russia 1914-1924. b) Weimar Germany 1919-1929. c) The Roaring 20s: USA 1919-1929. d) Stalin’s Dictatorship: USSR 1924-1941. e) Hitler’s Germany 1929-1939. f) Depression and the New Deal: The USA 1929-1941. g) Race Relations in the USA 1955-1968. h) The USA and Vietnam: Failure Abroad and at Home 1964-1975. i) Britain: The Challenge of Northern Ireland 1960-1986. j)The Middle East 1956-1979.
Aspects of International Relations a) Mao’s China. b) Caused and Events of the First World. c) War End of Empire 1919-1969. d) The USA, Land of Freedom 1945-1975.