1. You arrive at the lesson on time and line up quietly outside. (EXPECT)

2. When invited in you have 90 seconds to find all the equipment you need for the lesson. You then sit in silence until the register is taken. (RESPECT / EXPECT)

3. This is YOUR book. Bring it to all lessons. (COMMITMENT)

4. Put a DATE and TITLE on EVERY piece of work, and make sure they are UNDERLINED with a RULER and presented neatly. (EXPECT)

5. SPELLING, PUNCTUATION and GRAMMAR are very important CHECK your work carefully before you finish. (EXPECT)

6. Corrections will be written in the back inside cover of your book. If you make a mistake in your work, cross it out with ONE neat line. (EXPECT)

7. Draw in pencil, colour pictures and label in ink. (EXPECT)

8. Write your homework down in your planner. It must be completed and handed in on time. If missing there must be a note. (COMMITMENT)

9. You are expected to behave in a polite and sensible manner during lessons. (RESPECT / ACKNOWLEDGE)

10. Always do your best. (COMMITMENT)

Rules of the History Department

Task 1: First page of your new book stick in the summary of the course:Schools History Project (EDEXCEL Board)

Year 10 The American West, 1840-1895

Study in Depth

1½ terms Paper I exam (22.5% of final mark)

Year 10 Gressenhall Local Study ¾ term Coursework (12½% of final mark)

Year 11 Medicine Through Time

Development Study

2 terms Paper I&II exam (52.5% of final mark)

Year 11 20th Century Ireland Modern World Study

¾ term Coursework (12½% of final mark)

Year 11 Examination Revision

½ term

GCSE History work – course introduction

Why was the West considered ‘Wild’?

What does it tell us about why the ‘Wild West’?

What might make us doubt the reliability of this source about life in the American West?

What questions does this source make us want to ask?

1775 – War of Independence

Timeline of the USA

• 1783 Thirteen original states• 1800 The United States• 1803 Louisiana Purchase (From France)• 1810-19 Florida (From Spain)• 1845 Texas Independent until 1845• 1846 Oregon Territory (From Britain)• 1848 California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico

(From Mexico)• 1853 South Arizona

Why was the West considered ‘Wild’?

• The American West =

In 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe when he found the continent of America. He said of the native people “There is not in the world a better nation. Their manners are decorous (correct) and praiseworthy”

Why was the West considered ‘Wild’?

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