LEARNING 
Welcome
As an innovative and forward-looking department, we are continually striving to enrich our learners’ knowledge, understanding and perception of local, national and world history at all key stages.
The historians in the department have a range and depth of knowledge that spans from Ancient Greece to the 21st Century. In our teaching, we endeavour to utilise our specialised areas to instil a love of history in the learners we teach. We also aim to inspire them through cross-curricular activities, off-site visits and by making use of visiting speakers.
We are a popular and successful department at all key stages and are currently able to offer courses at Key Stage 5 not available in any other school in Swansea. In order to enhance the 6th form learning experience, we annually visit ancient sites, either in Greece or Rome.
Staff
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Head Of Department Mr S Wilson |
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Miss R Lye |
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Assistant Headteacher Mrs D Hockenhull |
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KS3
KS3
We understand that the transition from primary to secondary school can be stressful for some learners, therefore we endeavour to nurture and engage them early on.
Year 7
•Skills: Looking at sources, chronology and interpretations
•Invasion: Battle of Hastings and Castles
•Lifestyles: Living in the Middle Ages, Black Death, The Peasants’ Revolt, medieval towns and religion
•Worldwide: The Crusades
•Kings and Queens: King John, Edward I and a project of choice
Year 8
•Lifestyles: Tudor towns, medicine, clothes, houses and entertainment
•Religion: Catholics versus Protestants, the dissolution of the monasteries, Henry VIII
•Conflict: James I, The English Civil War, the death of Charles I
•Stuarts: The Renaissance, the Great Plague and the Fire of London
•Women: Witchcraft
•Expansion of the New World: ‘Going to America’
Year 9
•Industrial Revolution: Living conditions, mines, factories, transport and trade
•Crime: Jack the Ripper
•Protest: The Voting System, the Luddites, the Suffragettes, the Peterloo massacre, the Rebecca riots and the Chartists.
•Slavery:Triangular Trade, conditions on the ships and effects on the world.
•War: World War One.
•Major 20th Century events: The first man on the moon, Titanic and the atomic bomb.
KS4
KS4
As one of the most popular choices of non-compulsory GCSE subjects at Bishop Gore, we are experienced in catering for a wide range of learners. We offer a full scope of historical topics including:
•The American West
•Medicine Through Time
•Sport, Leisure and Tourism in the 20th Century
•An Independent Study
