Let me tell you about how we study history in English in my high-school ! During our first year in the Euro session, we study history in English for 5 months and then biology for 5 months. It is great to have this double experience !
In « 2nd Euro » with Mr JOUVET, our teacher, we have an hour and a half of History in English every week. This year, we have talked about The Tudors and William the Conqueror. We have watched quite a few films and documentaries in English and we have explained and analysed the historic parts of the film. I think it is a very interessing thing to do due to the fact that it can permit us to improve our English level and our culture of England at the same time. Indeed, what we have learned is not part of the French curriculum in history classes.
Thus, we have learned a few elements about the Middle-Ages vocabulary. At the end of the lesson, we could reinvest our knowledge about the topic in order to play a little piece of drama. We had 2 or 3 hours to prepare our final task before playing the scene in front of everybody. As a conclusion, learning history in English is a very enriching, we are lucky to follow these courses.