KS4 History

KS4 Overview

The aims and objectives of this qualification are to enable students to:

develop and extend their knowledge and understanding of specified key events, periods and societies in local, British, and wider world history; and of the wide diversity of human experience
engage in historical enquiry to develop as independent learners and as critical and reflective thinkers
develop the ability to ask relevant questions about the past, to investigate issues critically and to make valid historical claims by using a range of sources in their historical context
develop an awareness of why people, events and developments have been accorded historical significance and how and why different interpretations have been constructed about them
organise and communicate their historical knowledge and understanding in different ways and reachsubstantiated conclusions

For GCSE we follow the Edexcel SHP syllabus.

Building on KS3 and preparing for KS5…

Builds upon techniques , skills and knowledge at KS3.

Continues to develop extended writing, source skills and analysis of interpretations needed at KS5.

KS4 Assessment

Check students work , recall and remember, use of white boards, think pair share, discussion, questioning, hot seat etc

Adaptive teaching and many different activities to suit all learning styles

There are 4 core assessment pieces per year at Key Stage 4 .  Feedback sheets are given which include the mark scheme and written comments. . Verbal feedback is given during lessons for each assessment. Students are given time develop their knowledge and skills in response to this feedback.
Students also sit a Year 10 GCSE examination style paper.

KS4 Content

Y10 Content Autumn	The Reigns of Richard and John 1189-1216.
Y10 Content Spring	Medicine through Time with an in-depth study of The British Sector of the Western Front.
Y10 Content Summer	In-depth study of The British Sector of the Western Front Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39.
Y11 Content Autumn	Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39.
Y11 Content Spring	The Cold War 1945 - 91.
Y11 Content Summer	The Cold War 1945 – 91 and revision.

Exam Board and website link

Edexcel Modern World

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/GCSE/History/2016/specification-and-sample-assessments/gcse-9-1-history-specification.pdf

Details of external assessment

Paper 1: Thematic study and historic environment (Paper codes: 1HI0/10–13)

Medicine in Britain, c1250–present and The British sector of the Western Front, 1914–18: injuries, treatment and the trenches
Written examination: 1 hour and 15 minutes
30%* of the qualification
52 marks (16 for the historic environment, 36 for the thematic study
Assessment overview
Section A: historic environment
Students answer a question that assesses knowledge plus a two-part question based on two provided sources.
Section B: thematic study
Students answer three questions that assess their knowledge and understanding. The first two questions are compulsory. For the third question, students answer one from a choice of two

Paper 2: Period study and British depth study (Paper codes: 1HI0/2A–2W)

Written examination: 1 hour and 45 minutes
40%* of the qualification
64 marks (32 for the period study and 32 for the British depth study
B2: The reigns of King Richard I and King John, 1189–1216
P4: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91
Assessment overview
Booklet P Period study
Students answer three questions that assess their knowledge and understanding. The first two questions are compulsory. For the third question, students select two out of three parts.
Booklet B British depth study
Students answer a single three-part question that assesses their knowledge and understanding.
The first two parts are compulsory. For the third part, students select one from a choice of two.

Paper 3: Modern depth study (Paper codes: 1HI0/30–33)

Written examination: 1 hour and 20 minutes
30%* of the qualification
52 marks
Option 31: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39
Assessment overview
Section A
Students answer a question based on a provided source and a question that assesses their knowledge and understanding.
Section B
Students answer a single four-part question, based on two provided sources and two provided interpretations