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GCSE History Results 2012. Students achieving Grades A*-C National Average – 69.9% Purbeck School – 76.5% Students achieving Grades A*-A National average – 29.9% Purbeck School – 38.8% Well done, Purbeck students!. History Field trip – Y9 in London. History Field trip – Y9 in London.
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GCSE History Results 2012 • Students achieving Grades A*-C • National Average – 69.9% • Purbeck School – 76.5% • Students achieving Grades A*-A • National average – 29.9% • Purbeck School – 38.8% • Well done, Purbeck students!
GCSE History • Germany c1929-47 • How did Hitler gain power? • What was it like to live in the Nazi ‘terror state’? • Coursework: The experience of Evacuation in the Second World War or Women in the First World War
GCSE History • USA, a Nation of Contrasts 1910-29 • Prohibition and gangsters • KKK and racism • Immigration • Jazz, sports and cinema
GCSE History • Coursework - Was there a ‘Blitz Spirit’ in WW2? or Were the British Generals of WWI incompetent? • The USA – Society, Politics and Race 1929-2000 • JFK, Watergate, Vietnam • Music, film, youth culture • Civil Rights, MLK, Black Power
History field trip – Year 10 visit the battlefields and memorials of WWI in Belgium and France
History field trip – Year 10 visit the battlefields and memorials of WWI in Belgium and France
History field trip – Year 10 visit the battlefields and memorials of WWI in Belgium and France
Where will studying History take me? • Historical skills are a useful and welcome asset in any kind of career where you need to handle and process information, and make decisions… • Clerical, legal, professional, educational, public service, management, business, academia, military, marketing, etc etc etc… • Universities love it!