S2 Course
Second year pupils receive their history in "blocks", 4 periods a week, rotating with geography and modern studies. The first block is 7 weeks duration while the second is 3-4 weeks duration. S2 pupils are in mixed ability classes.
Areas of Study
Block 1
- The Age of Discovery
- New Peoples: the Indians of North America Case study of the Aztecs
- Tudors and Stuarts
Block 2
The Medical Revolution:
- Part 1 -
- Medicine and medical practices in 1750
- Part 2 -
- The impact of the Industrial Revolution and urbanisation on peoples' health
- Part 3 -
- Improvements in medicine and medical advances in the last 200 years.
Methodology
The department encourages a variety of methodologies which include:
- oral recreation
- work guides
- group play
- computer programmes
- investigating
Resources
The department encourages a variety of resources which include:
- pupils' texts, in particular, books on the Aztecs
- worksheets/guides
- audio
- videos
- computer programmes on Explorers and the Aztecs & Leonardo da Vinci