Politics - Humanities Faculty

Head of Faculty: Christos Theodoulou

The Humanities Department at Canons High School encompasses three subjects, geography, history and politics. As a department we strive to create a curriculum which supports the school’s vision of:

Standards for an inclusive community of excellence for hearts
Standards for an inclusive community of excellence for minds
Standards for an inclusive community of excellence for futures

Our curriculum offer is intended to be one of excellence where we promote the development of powerful knowledge for all our students while allowing all of our students to access that powerful knowledge irrespective of ability, in an inclusive fashion.

Politics

Students will develop knowledge and understanding of the role politics plays in relation to current local, national, and global issues, as well as studying key thinkers and political ideas.
Although Politics stands alone as a subject, it builds upon knowledge and key concepts learnt at both KS3 and KS5 particularly in History for example key terms such as: socialism, political spectrum, hierarchy, tolerance, democracy, right-wing, left-wing and election.
Develop knowledge and an informed understanding of contemporary political structures and issues, in the United Kingdom (UK) and globally and a critical awareness of the changing nature of politics and the relationships between political ideas, institutions and processes
To have an informed understanding of the influences and interests which have an impact on decisions in government and politics
Develop knowledge and understanding of the rights and responsibilities of individuals and groups
Cultivate the ability to critically analyse, interpret and evaluate political information to form arguments and make judgements
Develop an interest in, and engagement with, contemporary politics.

To conclude, we feel that humanities subjects help us to build a strong and sustainable community both within the school and its wider community. We aim for excellence because we demand that all students progress to the best of their ability while recognizing that as teachers of enquiring minds that we hold ourselves to the same standards of excellence. We feel that our subjects are inclusive because of their breadth and diversity and because we want all students to feel that our topics can be accessed by all students. No more than three paragraphs, linked to the vision with big picture thinking, a handful of bullets to convey specifics, and then a positive ending that includes ‘community’, ‘inclusive/inclusivity’ and ‘exent/excellence’.

Politics Curriculum Map

KS5 Politics A Level Curriculum Map