History

Course summary

Our students will understand that History is a constructed narrative, dependent on perspective and can be contested, while also understanding that within this one can strive for truth and identify falsehood through gaining knowledge and interrogating sources. Importantly we guide and support students to combine all of these skills together and to develop a strong line of argument and well supported judgement within their essays. Through our teaching Backwell students will develop into critically informed citizens. The ability to think and work independently is essential to success at A Level and students will be expected to undertake extensive reading to support their studies. In History teachers and students work together as a team, with a mixture of teacher led sessions and seminar work where pupils become the masters of specific topics and take responsibility to teach one another. Our approach ensures students always feel well supported by their teachers, but are also empowered to develop individual autonomy over their learning.