2. GCSE
History
Southmoor
Academy

3. History Teachers Mr S. Ireland (Subject Leader for History)
Miss Stonehouse (Assistant Subject Leader for History)
Mr Wood
Mrs E. Soler
Miss Stoddart

4. GCSE History How will I be assessed? WHAT? Component 2 – WHAT?
Shaping the nation (50% of GCSE)
Britain: Health and Medicine (Black Death, Barber surgeons, The Great Plague, Revolution in Surgery, Medicine during WWI, AIDS )
Norman England,
(Battle of Hastings, Feudal System, Castles and other ways in which the Normans controlled England)
WHAT?
Component 1 – Understanding the Modern World (50% of GCSE)
The USA,
(‘Roaring 20s, Prohibition and Gangsters, The Depression, The Civil Rights Movement and the reaction to war in Vietnam)
2. Conflict and tension, (The end of WWI, The Treaty of Versailles, The League of Nations, Hitler’s foreign policy and outbreak of WWII)
End
Regular assessments
(after each topic you will sit a mock exam )
2. External exams
(2 exams at the end of Y11 on both components – both 1h 45mins)
How will I be assessed?

5. TV/Film & Theatre – costume designer, researcher etc
CAREERSwith History!
Forensics
Barrister
Detective
Journalist
Architect
TV/Film & Theatre – costume designer, researcher etc PR
Accountancy
Army & Police
Advertising
Diplomatic service
AND MANY MORE....

6. “I wish I studied History.” – Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair
Famous ‘Historians’
“I wish I studied History.” – Former Prime Minister, Tony Blair

7. GCSE History Pick History if… Don’t pick History if…
You enjoy the subject
You enjoy reading and researching key historical events and people
You enjoy writing developed pieces of work
You regularly hit or exceed your targets in History
Evaluating sources to test their reliability in answering questions
Enjoy being challenged to work independently
Don’t pick History if…
Don’t enjoy the subject
You prefer not to write in lots of detail
You do not enjoy reading lots of text
Not prepared to put the effort in!
“History is not ‘irrelevant’ – it is the passport to success in the world of work”