Humanities Department Curriculum Outlines 2008-9
Year 7 ~ Humanities
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Making Connections
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Ancient Worlds
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Living Worlds
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Sikhism
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Medieval Realms
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Sports and Fashion
Year 8 ~ Humanities
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Making of the
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Hazards
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Religious Lives
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: A History of Crime
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Revolution!
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Changing Environment
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Black Peoples of the
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Beliefs
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: The Age of Change: 1750-1900
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Global Development
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term:
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: 20th Century Time Machine
Year 10 ~ Humanities GCSE
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Culture & Beliefs Module 1: Cultural Characteristics; Socialisation Process; Case Study of Feral Child
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Culture & Beliefs (cont'd) Coursework Assessment - Education as an agency of socialisation. Global Inequality Module 2: Indicators of Poverty; North-South Divide; Causes and Effects of Poverty; Solutions to Global poverty and sustainable development
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Global Inequality (cont'd) Coursework Assessment - Fair Trade investigation
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Conflict and Cooperation Module 3: The nature of conflict; Levels of Conflict; Case Studies: UK N Ireland Kids; Vietnam War
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Conflict and Cooperation Module 3: The nature of cooperation at all levels - personal; local; national and international.
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Culture & Beliefs Module 2: Distinct Cultural Characteristics - Case Studies of Italians in
Year 11 ~ Humanities GCSE
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Module 5: Prejudice and Persecution - Nazi Germany Case Study exploring the steps from prejudice to persecution. Coursework Assessment - Hitler's Rise to power.
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Module 5: Prejudice and Persecution (cont'd)Examination of the impact of prejudice at individual, community and global levels i.e.
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Module 6: Environmental Issues: Introduction to the key threats to the environment through case studies - Global Warming; Energy Gap; Endangered Species and Scare resources. Each case study will look at the causes, effects and possible solutions.
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Module 6: Environmental Issues (cont'd): Attitudes and Actions - case studies showing the variety of responses to environmental issues - e.g. Kyoto Protocol; Carbon offsetting; Environmental Pressure groups and individual actions to reduce carbon footprint. Exam Preparation - Work on pre-release sources from exam board.
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Revision and Preparation for the Exams
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Examinations
Year 10 ~ History GCSE
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term:
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Coursework: Homefront
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: International relations part I- 1918-1939
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term:
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Coursework:
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Coursework improvement for both pieces
Year 11 ~ History GCSE
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term:
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term:
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: International Relations Part II- 1945-1964
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Revision
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Revision
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Examinations
Year 12 ~ History AS Level
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Winston Churchill,
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Winston Churchill,
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Winston Churchill,
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Revision
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Personal studies, start of A2
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Personal studies, start of A2
Year 13 ~ History A2 Level
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Emergence of Superpowers part II, Personal Study,
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Emergence of Superpowers part II, Personal Study,
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Depth Study on
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Revision
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Revision
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Examinations
Year 10 ~ Geography GCSE
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Water Landforms & People : Hydrosphere
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Water Landforms & People : Rivers
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Water Landforms & People : Coasts
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Climate, the Environment People : Weather & Climate
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Climate, the Environment People : Ecosystems, Issues of Global Concern. Coursework Task - The Study
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: People & Place : Inequalities in Urban Areas/Changes in urban Environment
Year 11 ~ Geography GCSE
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: People & Place : Urban-Rural Interactions
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: People, Work & Development : Employment Structures & Patterns. Geography Oral Presentation
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: People , Work & development : Development, trade & Aid
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: People, Work & Development : Economic Activity
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: People, Work & Development : Economic Activity & The Environment
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Revision / Examinations
Year 12 ~ Geography AS Level
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Changing Landforms and their Management : River Environments. Processes, landscape features. Managing Change in Human Environments : Rural Environments. Identifying environments and processes of change.
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Changing Landforms and their Management : River Environments. Management of river systems and influence of humans.Local Study for Coursework. Managing Change in Human Environments : Rural planning issues and future for rural areas.
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Changing Landforms and their Management: Coastal Environments. Coastal processes and systems. Managing Change in Human Environments : What are urban environments and urban function and land use.
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Changing Landforms and their Management : Coastal Environments. Changing coasts and coastal management. Managing Change in Human Environments : Managing urban environments and urban futures.
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Revision
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Revision
Year 13 ~ Geography A2 Level
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Weather and Climate : Global weather, forecasting and climate machinery. Population and Economy : Global and national population change and managing change.
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Weather and Climate : Global weather and climate and climate change. Population and Economy : Causes, impacts and key issues of International migration.
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Ecosystems : Defining and valuing ecosystems using examples. Globalisation and Economy : Factors encouraging a global economy, changes and location of activities.
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Ecosystems : Further examples , conservation and sustainability. Globalisation and Global economy : Implications of changes in economic activity, future changes and development gap/sustainable development.
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Revision
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Examinations
Year 10 ~ Sociology GCSE
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Socialisation and Sociology of the Family
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Sociology of the Family
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Education
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Education and Research Methods
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Social Differentiation
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: Social Mobility
Year 11 ~ Sociology GCSE
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term: Research Methods: Coursework
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term: Crime and Deviance
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Crime and society
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: People, Work and Poverty
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term: Revision
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term: STAR / Examinations
Year 12 ~ Sociology AS Level
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term:
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term:
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term:
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term:
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term:
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term:
Year 13 ~ Sociology A2 Level
Autumn Term 2007 ~ First Half Term:
Autumn Term 2007 ~ Second Half Term:
Spring Term 2008 ~ First Half Term:
Spring Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term:
Summer Term 2008 ~ First Half Term:
Summer Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term:
Year 12 ~ Politics AS Level
Autumn Term 2008 ~ First Half Term:
Autumn Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term:
Spring Term 2009 ~ First Half Term:
Spring Term 2009 ~ Second Half Term:
Summer Term 2009 ~ First Half Term: REVISION
Summer Term 2009 ~ Second Half Term: AN INTRODUCTION TO
Year 13 ~ Politics A2 Level
Autumn Term 2008 ~ First Half Term:
Autumn Term 2008 ~ Second Half Term:
Spring Term 2009 ~ First Half Term:
Spring Term 2009 ~ Second Half Term: SYNOPTIC PAPER
Summer Term 2009 ~ First Half Term: REVISION
Summer Term 2009 ~ Second Half Term: EXAMINATIONS