Homework policy

History Homework Scheme 

Key stage 3 

Year 8 

• Half Term 1 - Medieval Realms
• Half Term 2 - Medieval Realms
• Half Term 3 - Making of the UK Tudors
• Half Term 4 - Making of the UK English Civil War
• Half Term 5 - The Industrial Revolution
• Half Term 6 - The Industrial Revolution

Year 9 

• Half Term 1 - Social history: Titanic/ suffragettes/Russian Revolution
• Half Term 2 - World /European history: Democracy & dictatorship Nazi Germany
• Half Term 3 - Britain & Europe WW11 / Home Front
• Half Term 4 - World: Moral Issues: Civil Rights USA & Atomic bomb use
• Half Term 5 - 20^th Century World Investigation of evidence: Cuban missile crisis Moon landing conspiracy

Half Term 6 - Year 10 begins

Key Stages 4 and 5

• GCSE  (History & Citizenship)
• A Level (History & Politics)

Homework follows the course and is set on a regular weekly basis.  However, it is subject to specific changes such as coursework, tests and exam preparations.   Parents can expect a wide variety of homework tasks.  The precise nature of these will spring from the demands of the topic being studied and the nature of study style.  Specifically you may expect any of the following:

• Essays
• Research
• Worksheet, tasks
• Extension of class based tasks
• Display work
• Rehearsal for role play
• Project based development
• Note taking
• Please note this list is not prescriptive or exhaustive

 Oct 2011