History – St. Joseph's Catholic High School

History Key Information

‘ The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future’ Theodore Roosevelt

Meet the History department:

Mr Graham (HOD) 18 years experience across 3 schools as HOD, Teacher and head of faculty.

Mr Thorp 20+ years of experience in multiple schools and has been past HOD and Assistant head

Mr Hughes 18 years experience. Previous HOD and current assistant head

At its core History is understanding individuals and groups of people and evaluating their actions. History is a search for ‘Truth’. Being ‘Curious’ to find evidence and use historical analysis to assess the reliability of the sources gives our students transferable skills which help them to understand the world around them. Using this knowledge and understanding we hope our students make reasoned, fair and discerning judgements as they move through life and can eloquently speak the truth by using multiple sources of evidence which they have assessed for reliability. Our hope is by understanding people of the past and having empathy with them, they will better understand others in the world and become respectful and loving people who have empathy for others.

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