why choose

WHY CHOOSE

GCSE HISTORY?

History helps you develop

Analytical SkillsCritical Thinking Skills

Creative SkillsPresentation skills

Communication skills

Exam ResultsHistory students at JWS achieve

some of the best results in the school.

2011: 86% A*-C

What Topics will I study?

USA 1910-29Russia in RevolutionGermany 1919-1990

Controlled Assessment on World War One

USA: 1910 - 1929

WHY WERE SO MANY

IMMIGRANTS SENT HOME?

WHY COULD THE GOVERNMENT NOT STOP THE

KKK?

WHY WAS ALCOHOL BANNED?

WHAT CAUSED THE RULE OF GANGSTERS?

WHY WERE PEOPLE SO

WEALTHY IN THE 1920S?

WHY WERE PEOPLE SO

POOR IN THE 1930S?

East Meets West – May 1945(Outside Berlin)

WHY DIDN’T PEOPLE WANT TO BELIEVE WE CAME FROM MONKEYS?

WHAT CAUSED THE ANTI-FLIRT

LEAGUE?

HOW DID THE USA GET DRAGGED INTO WORLD

AFFAIRS?

WW1 BATTLE OF THE SOMME – WAS HAIG TO

BLAME?

COURSEWORK

HOW DID WW1 AFFECT LIFE IN BRITAIN?

RUSSIA IN REVOLUTION:

1905 - 1924

WHAT CAUSED THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION IN

1917?

YALTA – Stalin and Roosevelt Got on Well!

HOW DID A MAD RUSSIAN MONK HELP TO BRING

DOWN THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT?!

WHO WAS LENIN AND HOW DID

HE RULE?

GERMANY:1929-1945

WHY DID THE NAZIS BECOME SO POPULAR IN GERMANY?

WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE IN NAZI GERMANY?

WHY WERE JEWISH PEOPLE PERSECUTED?

WHY DID THE NAZI REGIME COLLAPSE?

THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE

DETERMINE THE LIFE YOU LEAD

TripsResidential to France

Imperial War Museum

With HISTORY I could become a

Lawyer

With HISTORY I could become a

Journalist

With HISTORY I could become an Accountant

With HISTORY I could work in Advertising,

Buying or Media

With HISTORY I could become a

Teacher

With HISTORY I could go into

Business

With HISTORY I could work in

Politics

With HISTORY I could work in Management