The Humanities curriculum at Wallingford School aims to:
- Enable students to find their place in the world and make informed decisions about the future by considering the past
- Develop students’ skills in literacy, numeracy, problem solving, verbal communication as well building tolerance and empathy
- Encourage students to reach the highest possible standards through in-depth studies and academic rigour
Key Stage 3 - Years 7, 8 and 9
| Year 7, Terms 1-6 |
| 7.1 |
History Skills - Romans |
| 7.2 |
1066 and the Battle of Hastings |
| 7.3 |
Castles |
| 7.4 |
Middle Ages - Peasant Life - Black Death |
| 7.5 |
Crusades |
| 7.6 |
Plains Indians |
| Year 8, Terms 1-6 |
| 8.1 |
Morebath Church |
| 8.2 |
Elizabeth Tudor |
| 8.3 |
Aztecs |
| 8.4 |
Civil War |
| 8.5 |
Industrial Revolution |
| 8.6 |
Empire and Slavery |
| Year 9, Terms 1-6 |
| 9.1 |
World War I |
| 9.2 |
Treaty of Versailles |
| 9.3 |
Dictators |
| 9.4 |
The Holocaust |
| 9.5 |
Women's History |
| 9.6 |
The Race Issue / Cold War / Rwanda |
History GCSE - Years 10, 11
| Year 10, Terms 1-6 |
| 10.1-10.2 |
Nazi Germany 1918-1929 |
| 10.3 |
Medicine Through Time - Medieval and Renaissance |
| 10.4 |
Medicine Through Time - Industrial |
| 10.5 |
Modern Medicine |
| 10.6 |
Historic Environment, Medicine in WWI |
| Year 11, Terms 1-6 |
| 11.1 |
Cold War 1941-1956 / 1961-62 |
| 11.2 |
Cold War 1961-68 / 1968-1991 |
| 11.3-11.4 |
Early Elizabethan England 1558-1588 |
| 11.5 |
Revision |
| 11.6 |
Exams |
History A Level - Years 12, 13
| Year 12, Terms 1-6 |
| 12.1 |
Russia / Britain / Charles I, Civil War |
| 12.2 |
Russia / Interregnum, Charles II |
| 12.3 |
Russia / Charles II, Societal changes, Scientific Revolution, James II |
| 12.4 |
Russia / Glorious Revolution |
| 12.5 |
Impact of Glorious Revolution |
| 12.6 |
American Development / Witchcraft Background |
| Year 13, Terms 1-6 |
| 13.1 |
USA / European and British Witch Craze |
| 13.2 |
USA / Interpretations, research and note-making |
| 13.3 |
USA / Coursework |
| 13.4 |
USA |
| 13.5 |
Revision |
| 13.6 |
Exams |
