History at TCS is a skill and concept-based curriculum which is driven through chronological lines of enquiry. ICT is used as a tool to enhance the quality of teaching and learning, whilst a variety of teaching and learning strategies are deployed that are student centred designed to challenge and engage students.

The study of History will stimulate an interest and a sense of curiosity about the past, encouraging questioning and investigation. Key concepts within History, such as significance, causation, and consequence, unlock the door for students to explore the past. Through the analysis of sources and interpretations, students weigh up evidence to build balanced and evaluative arguments. This empowers them to question the past, so they are able to recognise the importance of decision making and the role this plays in shaping their future. History chronicles key events and explores the social, economic, and political make up of our world.

Through the study of History, we aim to:

• Promote opportunities to ‘think like a historian’ by developing the ways in which students think about the past by studying cause and consequence, similarity and difference, significance, chronology, change and continuity, evidence, and interpretation.
• Develop the ability to think critically, reflect, debate, discuss and analyse the past by following/ generating key lines of enquiry.
• Enable students to gain understanding of how interpretations of the past have been constructed and understand why people interpret the past in different ways.
• Expose students to historical investigation, allowing them to deepen their conceptual understanding through analysing sources and interpretations.
• Expand literacy, enabling students to deploy historical key terms with confidence.
• Develop chronological framework in which to place their knowledge of significant events and people.
• Support students in exploring their own place in the world, their values, rights, and responsibilities to others.

Through the curriculum design at Ks3, we hope that many students opt to continue with their study of History. For that reason, the concepts that underpin our Ks3 curriculum are taken from both the Edexcel GCSE and A-level specification – facilitating the delivery of a 7-year learning journey for students. Furthermore, there is a greater emphasis on depth of study, as opposed to breadth resulting in three more thematic units being studied in each year group.