Head of Department: Mr.B.Waring
Members of Department:
Mr.C.Leathley
Mr.S.Gamble
Mr.C.Woods
The aims of the History Department are :
- To develop in young people a knowledge and understanding of people – what motivates them, what they think and how they feel.
- To empower pupils to become thinking citizens of the twenty-first century by learning to defend their views in class while listening and responding to opposing ideas.
- To enable pupils to become good communicators. Good historians have to argue their case orally and on paper.
- To develop the skills necessary to carry out historical enquiry.
- To stimulate and maintain pupil interest in the past.
- To develop skills of critical thinking.
KS3 – Year 8, 9 and 10 topics
History is a compulsory subject in Years 8 to 10.
Year 8
Introduction to History
The Norman Conquest of England and Ireland
The building of medieval castles
The history of R.B.A.I.
The growth of the city of Belfast
Year 9
Rivalry and Conflict in Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century Europe
The Reformation
The Spanish Armada
The Gunpowder Plot
The Battle of the Boyne
Year 10
The First World War
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The Battle of the Somme
The Partition of Ireland
The Easter Rising of 1916
Key Stage 4
At G.C.S.E the Department provides for five classes in Year 11 and five in Year 12. Each class contains approximately twenty pupils.
All classes follow courses offered by the CCEA exam board.
http://ccea.org.uk/history/
Year Eleven :
Life in Nazi Germany, 1933-1945.
AND
Changing relations : Northern Ireland and its neighbours, 1920-1949.
Year Twelve :
International Relations 1945-2003: Includes the outbreak and course of the Cold War between the USA and the USSR.
Key Stage 5
A.S. History is chosen by roughly forty students each year. There are two classes that are divided between four staff members. The staff remain with their respective classes through to A.2. Level. All classes follow courses offered by the CCEA exam board.
http://ccea.org.uk/history/
History
Lower Sixth (A.S.) :
Module 1 : The Nazis and Germany 1919-1945
Module 2 : Revolutionary Change in Russia 1917-1941
Upper Sixth(A Level) :
Module 1 : The Clash of Ideologies in Europe 1900-2000
Module 2 : The Partition of Ireland 1900-1925
Additional information:
Trips and Tours:
The Teaching staff of the History Department is fully committed to the extra-curricular life of RBAI. The History Department offers pupils the opportunity to develop their understanding of their areas of study by providing a number of visits throughout the year. Pupils in Upper Sixth travel to Dublin in February every year to visit the sites of the Easter Rising of 1916. In February 2018 ‘A’ Level pupils travelled to Washington and New York. In April 2014 and March 2016, Lower and Upper Sixth pupils went to Moscow and St.Petersburg in Russia whilst, in October 2018, Year 10 students travelled to visit World War One battlefields in France and Belgium