1. History Option The Syllabus consists of: 50% Maltese History from 1520 to 2004 50% European History from 1500 to 2000 How and why ship change over time? Why was the Inquisition set up?

2. History helps you to master the following skills: Learn about the past. Learn about the past. Communicate ideas. Communicate ideas. Improve your spoken and written English. Improve your spoken and written English. Develop ICT skills. Develop ICT skills. A Knight of St John at the time of the Great Siege, 1565. Francis I and Charles V at the Treaty of Madria, 1525. Francis I and Charles V at the Treaty of Madria, 1525.

3. History helps you learn the following skills: History helps you learn the following skills: How things change over time. How things change over time. Why certain events happen. Why certain events happen. Compare life in the present with the past. Compare life in the present with the past. See things from different point of views. See things from different point of views. Think and speak your own mind. Think and speak your own mind. Ask important historical questions. Ask important historical questions.

4. What does learning History Option involve? There are no standard textbooks There are no standard textbooks Books are chosen by the teacher related to topics in the syllabus. Books are chosen by the teacher related to topics in the syllabus. Teacher’s Notes and Handouts Teacher’s Notes and Handouts Working languages: Working languages: Books and Notes in English Books and Notes in English Explanation: in English and Maltese Explanation: in English and Maltese Written and research are done in English. Written and research are done in English.

5. What does learning History Option involve? Learning about important events, places, people in the past. Learning about important events, places, people in the past. Learning about important topics: Learning about important topics: The Renaissance The Renaissance The French Revolution and Napoleon The French Revolution and Napoleon The Industrial Revolution, The Industrial Revolution, The Two World Wars and the Cold War. The Two World Wars and the Cold War. Napoleon crowning himself Emperor in 1804. Beheading of King Louis XVI in 1789.

6. What does learning History Option involve? Learn by using evidence: documents, pictures, maps, cartoons, video clips. Learn by using evidence: documents, pictures, maps, cartoons, video clips. Working out worksheets using primary and secondary sources. Working out worksheets using primary and secondary sources. A tavern in a Maltese village around 1750. Punishing a slave on board a ship during the slave trade in the 18 th century.

7. A Concluding remark: a quotation about History ‘A historian is a prophet in reverse.’ Friedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829) ‘A historian is a prophet in reverse.’ Friedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829) The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Raymond Spiteri, Subject-Coordinator (History)