History

Curriculum Intent

Rosedale's History Curriculum aims to equip pupils so that they:

• know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day: how people’s lives have shaped this nation and how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world
• know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world: the nature of ancient civilisations; the expansion and dissolution of empires; characteristic features of past non-European societies; achievements and follies of mankind
• gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms such as ‘empire’, ‘civilisation’, ‘parliament’ and ‘peasantry’
• understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance, and use them to make connections, draw contrasts, analyse trends, frame historically-valid questions and create their own structured accounts, including written narratives and analyses
• understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims, and discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed

The curriculum overview below provides an overview of the long-term overview for this subject. 

History Curriculum Overview

Curriculum documentation then identifies:

• Within each unit, what concepts/knowledge will be taught and in what sequence;
• Within each concept and lesson, the core knowledge pupils will learn.

For further information on this subject, this can be requested by contacting our school.