History

Students will develop curiosity about our past and learn to enjoy and value History, through an understanding of the key features and characteristics of historical periods.  Students will start developing the necessary skills, such as to analyse, interpret and evaluate historical sources, in preparation for the IGCSE.  

KS3 students’ engagement with History encourages the development and growth of their analytical, causal and critical thinking, as students start identifying turning points in history, consequences of specific events, as well as changes and continuities in societies over time. This historical knowledge can prove itself essential in students’ application of ethics, as they begin to develop a more complete understanding of how the past shapes the present and identify issues of right and wrong in the world.  Moreover, students will be able to enhance their debating skills by engaging in class discussions.  

Included in the KS3 History activities are field trips to the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia and the Archaeological Museum of Kourion. These visits aim at learning how to investigate the history of Cyprus through artefacts, as well as to become motivated in learning how people lived in ancient times. The visits are accompanied by supplementary lessons with cross-curricular links that focus on collaboration through group work, as well as on developing communication and presentation skills. Additionally, students are able to lead school assemblies by presenting their own individual research on matters of historical importance, such as Remembrance Day and Cyprus’ involvement in the First World War.  

History is a popular choice at IGCSE and students study the Edexcel IGCSE course (4HI1)

EDEXCEL History International AS and A level XHI01/YHI01 

Students will develop their interest in and enthusiasm for history and an understanding of its intrinsic value and significance. They will acquire an understanding of different identities within society and an appreciation of aspects such as social, cultural, religious and ethnic diversity, as appropriate. Students will build on their understanding of the past through experiencing a broad and balanced course of study.

History in the Sixth form will enable students to improve as effective and independent learners, and as critical and reflective thinkers with curious and enquiring minds. They will develop the ability to ask relevant and significant questions about the past and to research them. Students will acquire an understanding of the nature of historical study, for example that history is concerned with judgements based on available evidence and that historical judgements are provisional.

Selecting this subject will enable students to develop their use and understanding of historical terms, concepts and skills, to make links and draw comparisons within and/or across different periods and aspects of the past. It will also allow them to organise and communicate their historical knowledge and understanding in different ways, arguing a case and reaching substantiated judgements.