CONTENT:
Course content will be a selection of the following:

Knowledge and Understanding:
Students study history from the end of the ancient period to the beginning of the modern period, c.650– 1750 AD (CE). Twith a focus on expansions between nations and major social events and movements. Students will look at the people of Medieval Europe and the expanding cultures of the Vikings and the Spanish. For Geography, students explain geographical processes that influence the characteristics of places and clarify how places are perceived and valued differently. Students then compare alternative strategies within a geographical challenge, taking into account environmental, economic and social factors. Focus topics come from ‘Landforms and Landscapes’’ as well as ‘Changing Nations’.

Inquiry and Skills:
Students find and select primary and secondary sources and use these as evidence to answer an inquiry question. Students identify and explain different points of view in sources and take into account their origin and purpose, as well as fact versus opinion. Students also identify geographically significant questions and evaluate a range of sources to locate information and data and draw reasoned conclusions. Students present findings in a range of appropriate communication forms.