In Key Stage 3 the department teaches British and World History from 1000 to the present day. This includes course on the Islamic World and Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. A theme throughout all courses is the development of the local area across the last 1000 years.

In Key Stage 4 we teach AQA Modern World History [Specification B]. This includes World history from 1900-1949 and the role of the American and German Governments between the wars. Coursework studies include the Spain [1930 to the present day] and Scunthorpe during World War Two.

The objectives of the department are :

-	To give students an understanding the diversity of the modern world through the events and peoples who helped shape it.
-	To develop an analytical approach to sources of information and interpretations of them.
-	To enable students to communicate effectively extended answers to complex questions
-	To develop a life long love of History.

The department runs a group called ‘Volunteers for Spain.’ The students have written and researched three booklets on topics related to the Spanish Civil War. These are:

The Ebro 1938

Volunteers for Spain: The British and the Spanish Civil War

The Battle of Jarama 1937.

The booklets look at the specific events and how they still have an impact today. Copies of these booklets have been requested by the University libraries of Albacete, New York Rio de Janeiro and the Marx’s Memorial Library, London.