History Option

The Syllabus consists of:50% Maltese History from 1520 to 200450% Maltese History from 1520 to 2004

50% European History from 1500 to 50% European History from 1500 to 20002000

•How and why ship change over time?•How and why ship change over time? •Why was the Inquisition set up?•Why was the Inquisition set up?

History helps you to master the History helps you to master the following skills:following skills:

• Learn about the past.Learn about the past.

• Communicate ideas.Communicate ideas.

• Improve your spoken Improve your spoken and written English. and written English.

• Develop ICT skills.Develop ICT skills.

•A Knight of St John at the time of the Great Siege, 1565.

•A Knight of St John at the time of the Great Siege, 1565.

•Francis I and Charles V at the Treaty of Madria, 1525.Francis I and Charles V at the Treaty of Madria, 1525.•Francis I and Charles V at the Treaty of Madria, 1525.Francis I and Charles V at the Treaty of Madria, 1525.

History helps you learn the following History helps you learn the following skills:skills:

• How things change over time.How things change over time.

• Why certain events happen.Why certain events happen.

• Compare life in the present with Compare life in the present with the past.the past.

• See things from different point of See things from different point of views.views.

• Think and speak your own mind.Think and speak your own mind.

• Ask important historical Ask important historical questions.questions.

What does learning History Option What does learning History Option involve?involve?

• There are no standard There are no standard textbookstextbooks

Books are chosen by Books are chosen by the teacher related to the teacher related to topics in the syllabus.topics in the syllabus.

• Teacher’s Notes and Teacher’s Notes and HandoutsHandouts

• Working languages:Working languages:

Books and Notes in Books and Notes in EnglishEnglish

Explanation: in English Explanation: in English and Malteseand Maltese

• Written and research Written and research are done in English.are done in English.

What does learning History Option What does learning History Option involve?involve?

• Learning about important Learning about important eventsevents, , placesplaces, , peoplepeople in in the past.the past.

• Learning about important topics:Learning about important topics: The RenaissanceThe Renaissance The French Revolution and NapoleonThe French Revolution and Napoleon The Industrial Revolution, The Industrial Revolution, The Two World Wars and the Cold War. The Two World Wars and the Cold War.

•Napoleon crowning himself Emperor in 1804.

•Napoleon crowning himself Emperor in 1804.

•Beheading of King Louis XVI in 1789.

•Beheading of King Louis XVI in 1789.

What does learning History Option What does learning History Option involve?involve?

• Learn by using Learn by using evidenceevidence: documents, : documents, pictures, maps, cartoons, video clips.pictures, maps, cartoons, video clips.

• Working out worksheets using Working out worksheets using primary and secondary sources.primary and secondary sources.

•A tavern in a Maltese village around 1750.

•A tavern in a Maltese village around 1750.

•Punishing a slave on board a ship during the slave trade in the 18th century.

•Punishing a slave on board a ship during the slave trade in the 18th century.

A Concluding remark: a quotation about A Concluding remark: a quotation about HistoryHistory

‘A historian is a prophet in reverse.’ Friedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829)

‘A historian is a prophet in reverse.’ Friedrich von Schlegel (1772-1829)

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.

Raymond Spiteri, Subject-Coordinator (History)Raymond Spiteri, Subject-Coordinator (History)