History

Curriculum Intent

At The Eastbourne Academy, the study of history provides students with the cultural
capital and historical knowledge necessary to understand their place in the world and
make sense of the vast differences and similarities in human experiences across
time and place. By studying the past, students develop a curiosity and respect for
diverse people, groups, and nations, and gain a historical perspective that helps them make sense of current events.

Our History curriculum challenges students to think critically, make connections, and
create structured accounts of what has happened in the past and why people did
what they did. In addition, we want to develop the skills necessary to be successful
learners and members of society. Through the study of history, we aim to produce
confident, independent, kind, and happy individuals who are passionate about
learning and equipped to exceed their perceived limitations.

In Key Stage 3, students study History for 3 hours per fortnight.

In Year 7 students continue to develop history skills from KS2. Students focus on
the following six units of work: World views before 1000c; Contested power,
contested land; Empires: expansion and collapse; Stability and instability in
Medieval England; Revolutions in religions and ideas; Silver and gold - Trade in the
wider world.

In Year 8 students study the following six units of work: The Reformation;
Elizabethan England; English Civil War to Restoration: The Transatlantic Slave Trade:
Industrial Revolution; The British Empire.
In Year 9 students study the following six units of work: World War One; Suffrage;
Shifting world orders in the modern world; The Holocaust; Civil Rights (USA and
UK); Post War Britain.

In Key Stage 4, students study History for 6 hours per fortnight. Students are studying the following sections of the Pearson GCSE History course.

Paper 1 (30%) Medicine in Britain, c1250–present and The British sector of the
Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches.

Paper 2 (40%) Early Elizabethan England, 1558–88 and Superpower relations and
the Cold War, 1941–91

Paper 3 (30%) Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39

Enrichment opportunities

Students in KS4 are offered a trip to Krakow, Poland.