History T1 2020

In history for term 1 and 2, students have studied a variety of different topics. Students in year 7 studied investigating history, Ancient Egypt and Ancient China. Year 8 studied Medieval Europe, Japan under the Shoguns and Colonisation and Contact. Year 9 looked at Making a Nation, Industrial Revolution and WW1 & WWII. Year 10 have been studying Migration, Changing Rights and Freedoms and the Cold War, and Year 11 have studied Investigating the Ancient Past, Persepolis, Tutankhamun's tomb and a Historical Investigation in which they were able to choose whatever topic they wanted in Ancient History. Students were taught how to write a history essay using the PEEL structure. They have been looking at a variety of visual and written sources which are an important part of history and need to be included in responses. The images attached are examples of student work in year 7 of their first assessment task on Otzi the Ice-Man.