Record breakers!

Well, they did it! Our best ever History GCSE results with 72% of you getting an A*-C grade last week. Plus a massive 29% of your achieving an A*/A grade. Well done to you all for all of your hard work and extra effort this year, it really paid off!

You have set the bar high, can the next Y11 raise to the challenge? Time will tell... Keep your browsers pointed at the History blog to see how it all goes down.

Another year down...

The torch is passed to another Y11 group and another batch of first class historians is turned out of the Priory History Department production line.

Make sure that you all sign up for email alerts, they are the best way to find out when the blog is updated. Also, look out for Mr Marande's Sociology blog coming soon!

The History exams are over!

Well done everyone on two years of hard work and (hopefully) good fun. Your Priory History journey is over today but I hope that many of you continue to enjoy History at college.

I'm sure that you have all done yourselves proud and that you have all earned the summer off.

See you all at the Prom!

(This site will shortly go over to the current Y10, although feel free to pop a comment on from time to time. Will they be able to top your performance?!?)

USA Podcasts

I have made available two podcasts that you should all listen to before Thursday's exam.

They are fairly in depth but they will help you if you are looking for the B grade and above. They cover all three questions but will be very good for the Society and Wider World questions.

You can download them as .mp3 and either listen to them on your computer or your MP3 player.

USA 1929-1945

USA 1946-1960

Unfortunately the next installment in the series is not on until this Friday, so after your exam (but we will be able to use it next year!).

Here is the BBC iPlayer link to the second one as well.

America, Empire of Liberty

This website also has some good podcasts on the Depression and New Deal.

GCSE Podcasts

Let me know if you find these useful or if they need to be different.

One down...

One down, one to go!

Well done on your hard work yesterday everyone, I think the general feeling is that the papers went quite well. Mr Cotton and I hit the nail on the head with the question predictions, so hopefully you all revised them well!

We are holding 'BIG' America workshops next week. Mr Cotton is doing one on Tuesday 9th June morning P2 (10:15am) and I will be doing one on Wednesday 10th June afternoon P4 (1:20pm). You do not need to come to both and they will be full school uniform.

Comment here to let us know that you are coming.

And good luck with your other exams!

Good luck!

Good luck for tomorrow.

Just a few last minute tips...

1.) Stay calm
2.) Keep writing until the very end of the exam - scrape out every last fact/bit of info on to the page
3.) The USA paper ENDS with the Wall Street Crash (DO NOT talk about the New Deal, JFK, etc...)
4.) Remember the Law of Sources

Its your chance to make history now... here comes the BEST ever Priory History group!

The Law of Sources

I have created and linked below a handy Law of Sources document. Learn this (if you don't know it already) off by heart for the exam on Tuesday. I was very encouraged by your responses today, you have all learnt a lot.

I have also tried to make it even easier to remember each of them with a picture to represent each law. Can you match each picture to a type of source question? (Check the document for the correct answers)

The Law of Sources