In History, we develop students’ substantive and disciplinary knowledge through enquiries centered on coherent and intriguing stories. The curriculum is rooted in historical scholarship and, through high-quality teaching and resources, gives students the opportunity to engage with valid historical debates.

A high-quality History education ensures all students:

• Are prepared for their roles as members of a diverse community
• Can explore the development of many key aspects of British life, including the story of democracy, attitudes and beliefs, ordinary lives and Britain's interactions with the wider world. 
• Develop and mature their understanding of key British values of respect and tolerance that Mosslands rightly prioritises. 
• Develop an understanding of our history by studying Liverpool's role in the transatlantic slave trade and the Merseyside Blitz of May 1941. This allows students to build a strong sense of community and ownership as students strengthen their connections to those who came before them. 
• Can pursue history outside of the classroom by taking every KS3 students on at least one history trip per year and annual international trips to, among other destinations, Rome, Berlin, 

Key concepts of history allow: 

• Students to use evidence to create judgements and arguments through studies that focus on the core disciplines of history. 
• Cause and consequence - This allows students to look at the causes of major events such as the long-term causes of World War One and categorise them. This leads to a judgement on factors and a discussion on how each caused the First World War.
• Change and continuity - Students the cancel to look at pace and rate of change over a long period of time. Our year seven students use the skill when judging how mediaeval peasants gained power. During this study students can develop their understanding of change over time. 
• Significance - By focusing on larger topics this discipline gives students a huge understanding of core values from the past. The first focus is on the significance of Christianity to different groups of people. Here students are able to see the huge effect it had on all forms of society and their belief systems. 
• Interpretations - Our focus on interpretations not only allows students to grasp why people have different views on the past but also allows them to explore the literature supporting this. Our focus on the different names for the events of 1897 in India exposes students to technical language and the ability to analyse historian's works.