History

History


… the disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present. History is a hill or advantage point from which alone men see the town in which they live or the age in which they are living.

G. K. Chesterton


History is one of those key subjects which enables us to go deep into the human condition. History does so by engaging in “inquiry”, the term Herodotus used for his critical investigation of the Persian Wars. At The Cedars, we take this to mean the asking of great questions and the seeking of compelling answers.


Rigour in history matters. Indeed, Ed Smith, the journalist and former England cricketer, said: “Bad history means bad analysis of the past, and bad analysis of the past makes for poor strategy. Poor strategy costs games. History matters.” 

History matters. At The Cedars students have three lessons of History a week. Our aim is to equip students with a deep knowledge of British and world history that will give them a strong sense of identity and belonging, an informed perspective on current affairs, and the critical faculties needed for future study and adult life.


History at The Cedars is compulsory up to GCSE. In year 9 students study great modern events in Eudaimonia.


Year 7


Unit1: Ancient Greece

Unit 2: Romans

Unit 3: Anglo-Saxons

Unit 4: Vikings

Unit 5: Charlemagne

Unit 6: The rise of Islam


Year 8


Unit1: Normans Conquest

Unit 2: Plantagenets and Magna Carta

Unit 3: The 100 Years War (Black Death and Peasants’ Revolt)

Unit 4: Renaissance and Reformation in Europe

Unit 5: Tudors and Reformation in England

Unit 6: Civil war and the development of Parliament


Year 9 (Eudaimonia)


Unit1: American War of independence

Unit 2: French Revolution

Unit 3: Industrial Revolution

Unit 4: British Empire

Unit 5: Causes and consequences of WWI


Year 9 to Year 11 ─ GCSE (Edexcel)


Paper 1: Crime & Punishment in Britain, from c.1000

Paper 2, (Section A): Superpower Relations & the Cold War 1941-1991

Paper 2, (Section B): Henry VIII and his Ministers, 1509-40

Paper 3: The USA, 1954–75: conflict at home and abroad


Year 12 and Year 13 ─ A-levels (AQA)


Unit 1: British Empire

Unit 2: Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany

Unit 3: Coursework essay: The Fall of the French Monarchy c.1685-1792.


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