History
Throughout Year 7 students will be given the opportunity to develop their understanding of history. They will work on developing their research skills as well as their understanding of historical sources and building on previous ideas about History. Lessons will aim to inspire their imagination and develop a desire to learn more about the past in a vibrant environment. Students will be assessed on their historical knowledge and understanding and historical skills including source analysis and interpretations of the past with the aim of making them a more critical historian.
Course Content
Throughout Year 7 students will be given the opportunity to develop their understanding of history. They will work on developing their research skills as well as their understanding of historical sources and building on previous ideas about History. Lessons will aim to inspire their imagination and develop a desire to learn more about the past in a vibrant environment. Students will be assessed on their historical knowledge and understanding and historical skills including source analysis and interpretations of the past with the aim of making them a more critical historian.
Course Content
Year 7 -
Introduction and Baseline
- Chronology and Source Skills.
Medieval Life
- The Norman Invasion.
- The Church and Control.
- The Story of Thomas Becket.
- War of the Roses
- Princes in the Tower
- Richard III - The King in the Carpark.
The Tudors
- Life in Tudor England.
- Black Tudors.
- Henry VIII.
- Edward VI.
- Bloody Mary.
- Elizabeth I.
- Spanish Armada
The Stuarts
- The Gunpowder Plot.
- The English Civil War.
- Cromwell and Restoration.
Black peoples of the Americas
- Life in Africa.
- Roots of Slavery.
- Middle Passage.
- Life under Slavery.
- British abolition movement.
- American Civil Rights Movement.
Year 8 -
The British Empire
- Causes of the empire
- India before the empire
- Impact of the empire in India (Indian Mutiny)
- Case Study: Ghandi
Industrial Revolution
- Causes of the Industrial Revolution
- Consequences of the Industrial Revolution
- Factories
- Workhouses
- Public Health and reformers
WWI
- Causes of WWI
- Trench Warfare
- Battle of the Somme and General Haig
- Walter Tull
- End of WWI and TOV
- Suffragettes
Rise of the Nazi and WWII
- Rise of Hitler
- Impact of Nazi in Germany
- Holocaust
- Battles of WWII
- Noor Inayat Khan
USSR (Russia) and the Cold War
- Role of Russia in WWI
- Revolution: Cause and Consequence
- Role of Russia in WWII
- Cold War
Gifted and Talented Provision
- Fully differentiated Schemes of Work.
- Early Entry
Extra Curricular Opportunities
- Trips out of school.
- Involvement in History Club.
- Involvement in school council.
Assessment
- Students are assessed on the projects they complete in area and over the year will be assessed on each programme of study from the National Curriculum based on GCSE style questions.
- Assessments will be used to track student progress, inform decisions about sets and create individual targets which will raise their aspirations.
Equipment Required
- Pen, Pencil, Ruler and an interest in learning about the past!