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    • Paper 1: USA >
      • Past Papers
      • Revision
      • Lesson 1&2 - Intro
      • Lesson 3 - US Government
      • Lesson 4 - Rise of Republicanism
      • Lesson 5 - Impact of WWI
      • Lesson 6 - Harding and Coolidge
      • Lesson 7 - Isolationism
      • Lesson 8 - Hoover and the economy
      • Lessons 9&10 - CR The Great Migration
      • Lesson 11 - Women in the 1920s
      • Lesson 12 - Immigration 1917-33
      • Lesson 13 & HW - Mass Entertainment 1917-33
      • Lesson 14 - Bust
      • Lesson 15&16 - Boom: Standards of living, leisure and travel
      • Lesson 17 - Government response to the depression 1929-32
      • ​Lesson 18 - Essay planning
      • ​Lesson 19 - Roosevelt background
      • ​Lesson 20 - The changing role of the President under Roosevelt
      • ​Lesson 21 - The changing role of the President in Foreign Policy
      • ​Lesson 22 - The impact of the New Deal(s) on the standard of living
      • ​Lesson 23 - The impact of the New Deal(s) on Women
      • ​Lesson 24 - Essay DIRT
      • ​Lesson 25 - THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL(S) ON BLACK AMERICANS
      • ​Lesson 26 - Immigration under FDR
      • ​Lesson 27&28 - Society and the Quality of Life 1933-45
      • ​Lesson 29 - Essay Planning (Women)
      • ​Lesson 30 - Truman & Eisenhower
      • ​Lesson 31 - Impact of the Cold War 1945-50 on the political environment
      • ​Lesson 33-4 - Challenges to segregation 1945-61
      • Lesson 36 - Suburban domesticity; Women 1945-61
      • Lesson 37 - Immigration Policy 1945-61 ​
      • Lesson 38 - Media and Culture
      • Lesson 39 & 40 - Standards of living and mocks revision
      • Lesson 41 - JFK
      • Lesson 42 - LBJ
      • Lesson 43 - Impact of Vietnam
      • Lesson 44 - Women 1960s
      • Lesson 45 - Divisions in the CR movement (Non violent direct action vs Black Power)
      • Lesson 46 - Immigration
      • Lesson 47-8 - Assessment feedback
      • Lesson 49 - Minorities 1960s - NA
      • Lesson 50 - Minorities 1960s - HA
      • Lesson 51 - 1960s Affluence
      • Lesson 52 - Johnson's WoP and GS
      • Lesson 53 - Nixon
      • ​Lesson 54-5 - Ford and Carter
      • ​Lesson 56 - Vietnam and Conservatism
      • ​Lesson 57 - Civil Rights of black Americans and minorities 1969-80
      • ​Lesson 58 - Gay Rights 1969-80
      • ​Lesson 59 - 1970s Women
      • ​Lesson 60 - 1970s Immigration
      • ​Lesson 61 - 1970s Culture
      • ​Lesson 62 - 1970s Economy
      • ​Lesson 63 - 1970s Standard of Living
      • ​Lesson 64 - 1968-80 Essay Plan
      • ​Lesson 65 - 1968-80 Essay DIRT
      • ​Lesson 66-67 - Theme 2 Revision
      • ​​Lesson 68-69 - Theme 3 Revision
      • Lesson 70 - Introduction to Historical Interpretations (Section C) ​
      • Lesson 71 - The effect of Reagan’s economic policies
      • Lesson 72 - The extent to which ‘big government’ was reduced
      • Lesson 73 - 74 Section C essay practice (Reaganomics and Big Government)
      • Lesson 75 - ​The nature and extent of social change
      • Lesson 76-77 - AP2 DIRT (Mock feedback)
      • Lesson 78 - The extent to which the presidency and US politics were revitalised (and Summer HW)
    • Paper 2: South Africa
    • Paper 3: British Empire >
      • Wider Reading
      • Past Papers
      • Revision
  • A Level Politics
    • Wider Reading & Viewing
    • Weekly News Quiz
    • Revision
    • Past Papers
  • GCSE History
    • Past Papers
    • Paper 1 - Medicine in Britain, c1250–present
    • Paper 2P: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91
    • Paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39​
    • Useful websites
  • KS3 (Y7-9)
  • History Club
  History at KLS
  • Home
  • A Level History
    • Paper 1: USA >
      • Past Papers
      • Revision
      • Lesson 1&2 - Intro
      • Lesson 3 - US Government
      • Lesson 4 - Rise of Republicanism
      • Lesson 5 - Impact of WWI
      • Lesson 6 - Harding and Coolidge
      • Lesson 7 - Isolationism
      • Lesson 8 - Hoover and the economy
      • Lessons 9&10 - CR The Great Migration
      • Lesson 11 - Women in the 1920s
      • Lesson 12 - Immigration 1917-33
      • Lesson 13 & HW - Mass Entertainment 1917-33
      • Lesson 14 - Bust
      • Lesson 15&16 - Boom: Standards of living, leisure and travel
      • Lesson 17 - Government response to the depression 1929-32
      • ​Lesson 18 - Essay planning
      • ​Lesson 19 - Roosevelt background
      • ​Lesson 20 - The changing role of the President under Roosevelt
      • ​Lesson 21 - The changing role of the President in Foreign Policy
      • ​Lesson 22 - The impact of the New Deal(s) on the standard of living
      • ​Lesson 23 - The impact of the New Deal(s) on Women
      • ​Lesson 24 - Essay DIRT
      • ​Lesson 25 - THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL(S) ON BLACK AMERICANS
      • ​Lesson 26 - Immigration under FDR
      • ​Lesson 27&28 - Society and the Quality of Life 1933-45
      • ​Lesson 29 - Essay Planning (Women)
      • ​Lesson 30 - Truman & Eisenhower
      • ​Lesson 31 - Impact of the Cold War 1945-50 on the political environment
      • ​Lesson 33-4 - Challenges to segregation 1945-61
      • Lesson 36 - Suburban domesticity; Women 1945-61
      • Lesson 37 - Immigration Policy 1945-61 ​
      • Lesson 38 - Media and Culture
      • Lesson 39 & 40 - Standards of living and mocks revision
      • Lesson 41 - JFK
      • Lesson 42 - LBJ
      • Lesson 43 - Impact of Vietnam
      • Lesson 44 - Women 1960s
      • Lesson 45 - Divisions in the CR movement (Non violent direct action vs Black Power)
      • Lesson 46 - Immigration
      • Lesson 47-8 - Assessment feedback
      • Lesson 49 - Minorities 1960s - NA
      • Lesson 50 - Minorities 1960s - HA
      • Lesson 51 - 1960s Affluence
      • Lesson 52 - Johnson's WoP and GS
      • Lesson 53 - Nixon
      • ​Lesson 54-5 - Ford and Carter
      • ​Lesson 56 - Vietnam and Conservatism
      • ​Lesson 57 - Civil Rights of black Americans and minorities 1969-80
      • ​Lesson 58 - Gay Rights 1969-80
      • ​Lesson 59 - 1970s Women
      • ​Lesson 60 - 1970s Immigration
      • ​Lesson 61 - 1970s Culture
      • ​Lesson 62 - 1970s Economy
      • ​Lesson 63 - 1970s Standard of Living
      • ​Lesson 64 - 1968-80 Essay Plan
      • ​Lesson 65 - 1968-80 Essay DIRT
      • ​Lesson 66-67 - Theme 2 Revision
      • ​​Lesson 68-69 - Theme 3 Revision
      • Lesson 70 - Introduction to Historical Interpretations (Section C) ​
      • Lesson 71 - The effect of Reagan’s economic policies
      • Lesson 72 - The extent to which ‘big government’ was reduced
      • Lesson 73 - 74 Section C essay practice (Reaganomics and Big Government)
      • Lesson 75 - ​The nature and extent of social change
      • Lesson 76-77 - AP2 DIRT (Mock feedback)
      • Lesson 78 - The extent to which the presidency and US politics were revitalised (and Summer HW)
    • Paper 2: South Africa
    • Paper 3: British Empire >
      • Wider Reading
      • Past Papers
      • Revision
  • A Level Politics
    • Wider Reading & Viewing
    • Weekly News Quiz
    • Revision
    • Past Papers
  • GCSE History
    • Past Papers
    • Paper 1 - Medicine in Britain, c1250–present
    • Paper 2P: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91
    • Paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39​
    • Useful websites
  • KS3 (Y7-9)
  • History Club

History at KLS

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey

The Kings Langley History department are dedicated to providing our students with a wide range of knowledge about the past and also developing critical analysis skills which enable them to learn more about the world around them. We are passionate about delivering engaging and challenging lessons which encourage students to ask students about the past in order to deepen their thinking in order to be able to learn from the past. Our aim is to provide students with a solid foundation for their adulthood so that they are able to make informed decisions which positively impact society in the future.

Character education is integrated into our curriculum because it helps us to be able to bring history alive for our students. Without being able to empathise with the past, students cannot be able to understand or really appreciate the experiences of people in the past. Informal and formal assessments are a consistent art of lessons and students are tested regularly to enable teachers to be able to monitor their progress.

Lessons are planned around the key historical concepts which form the foundation of our planning in order to help students understand how to critically analyse sources, evaluate the causes and consequences of significant historical events/ people as well as making judgements about the past. We begin Key Stage Three with various depth studies of medieval History. Students arrive in year 7 from a range of different primary schools and this allows us to be able to establish their basic skills as well knowledge they are bringing with them from Key stage Two. Medieval History also provides a good contextual background for our GCSE Medicine through Time course and this means that we our students are able to use their contextual knowledge from Key Stage Three in order to be able to understand the historical context of the course.  All Assessments in Key Stage three have been changed to reflect the demands of GCSE so that students are able to develop the skills that are required of them at an earlier stage before they enter Key Stage Four.  Elements of GCSE content are also taught throughout years 7 – 9 so that students can excel at recalling knowledge and information in order to be able to exceed in their exams.

The GCSE course covers four main topics that students are examined on over three papers. By the time students begin GCSE they would have already been assessed in Key Stage Three using the GCSE style questions that they are expected to answer. ALL GCSE students are expected to sit a two weekly ‘exam’ where they are expected to answer a GCSE style question in exam conditions. The regular assessments enable teachers to closely track progress. We have high expectations of our students and department policy is that students who fail to score at least 50% will be expected to re sit during an intervention session. We have found that students who have been asked to re sit these assessments in the past have made good progress in their future assessments and regular contact with parents also helps us to work closely with families to support our students’ learning.

We encourage students to take the subject at a level and our more able students are always keen to enrol onto our course of study. The skills developed at Key Stage Four provided an excellent foundation for our A Level History course which covers a wide range of international and national history building in the skills developed in the earlier key stages of their education and also helping to develop their critical analysis in order to provide them with a strong platform for their undergraduate studies.

There are six main secondary concepts which we teach as part of our History curriculum. They are:
  • Chronology
  • Cause and consequence
  • Interpretation
  • Significance
  • Change and continuity
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  • Home
  • A Level History
    • Paper 1: USA >
      • Past Papers
      • Revision
      • Lesson 1&2 - Intro
      • Lesson 3 - US Government
      • Lesson 4 - Rise of Republicanism
      • Lesson 5 - Impact of WWI
      • Lesson 6 - Harding and Coolidge
      • Lesson 7 - Isolationism
      • Lesson 8 - Hoover and the economy
      • Lessons 9&10 - CR The Great Migration
      • Lesson 11 - Women in the 1920s
      • Lesson 12 - Immigration 1917-33
      • Lesson 13 & HW - Mass Entertainment 1917-33
      • Lesson 14 - Bust
      • Lesson 15&16 - Boom: Standards of living, leisure and travel
      • Lesson 17 - Government response to the depression 1929-32
      • ​Lesson 18 - Essay planning
      • ​Lesson 19 - Roosevelt background
      • ​Lesson 20 - The changing role of the President under Roosevelt
      • ​Lesson 21 - The changing role of the President in Foreign Policy
      • ​Lesson 22 - The impact of the New Deal(s) on the standard of living
      • ​Lesson 23 - The impact of the New Deal(s) on Women
      • ​Lesson 24 - Essay DIRT
      • ​Lesson 25 - THE IMPACT OF THE NEW DEAL(S) ON BLACK AMERICANS
      • ​Lesson 26 - Immigration under FDR
      • ​Lesson 27&28 - Society and the Quality of Life 1933-45
      • ​Lesson 29 - Essay Planning (Women)
      • ​Lesson 30 - Truman & Eisenhower
      • ​Lesson 31 - Impact of the Cold War 1945-50 on the political environment
      • ​Lesson 33-4 - Challenges to segregation 1945-61
      • Lesson 36 - Suburban domesticity; Women 1945-61
      • Lesson 37 - Immigration Policy 1945-61 ​
      • Lesson 38 - Media and Culture
      • Lesson 39 & 40 - Standards of living and mocks revision
      • Lesson 41 - JFK
      • Lesson 42 - LBJ
      • Lesson 43 - Impact of Vietnam
      • Lesson 44 - Women 1960s
      • Lesson 45 - Divisions in the CR movement (Non violent direct action vs Black Power)
      • Lesson 46 - Immigration
      • Lesson 47-8 - Assessment feedback
      • Lesson 49 - Minorities 1960s - NA
      • Lesson 50 - Minorities 1960s - HA
      • Lesson 51 - 1960s Affluence
      • Lesson 52 - Johnson's WoP and GS
      • Lesson 53 - Nixon
      • ​Lesson 54-5 - Ford and Carter
      • ​Lesson 56 - Vietnam and Conservatism
      • ​Lesson 57 - Civil Rights of black Americans and minorities 1969-80
      • ​Lesson 58 - Gay Rights 1969-80
      • ​Lesson 59 - 1970s Women
      • ​Lesson 60 - 1970s Immigration
      • ​Lesson 61 - 1970s Culture
      • ​Lesson 62 - 1970s Economy
      • ​Lesson 63 - 1970s Standard of Living
      • ​Lesson 64 - 1968-80 Essay Plan
      • ​Lesson 65 - 1968-80 Essay DIRT
      • ​Lesson 66-67 - Theme 2 Revision
      • ​​Lesson 68-69 - Theme 3 Revision
      • Lesson 70 - Introduction to Historical Interpretations (Section C) ​
      • Lesson 71 - The effect of Reagan’s economic policies
      • Lesson 72 - The extent to which ‘big government’ was reduced
      • Lesson 73 - 74 Section C essay practice (Reaganomics and Big Government)
      • Lesson 75 - ​The nature and extent of social change
      • Lesson 76-77 - AP2 DIRT (Mock feedback)
      • Lesson 78 - The extent to which the presidency and US politics were revitalised (and Summer HW)
    • Paper 2: South Africa
    • Paper 3: British Empire >
      • Wider Reading
      • Past Papers
      • Revision
  • A Level Politics
    • Wider Reading & Viewing
    • Weekly News Quiz
    • Revision
    • Past Papers
  • GCSE History
    • Past Papers
    • Paper 1 - Medicine in Britain, c1250–present
    • Paper 2P: Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941–91
    • Paper 3: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39​
    • Useful websites
  • KS3 (Y7-9)
  • History Club