Curriculum Outline

Year 7
Autumn Half Term 1	Autumn Half Term 2
Invaders and Settlers: How has British identity changed and developed from the Stone Age to the Modern Day? Including: Stone Age, Bronze Age, Celts	Invaders and Settlers: How has British identity changed and developed from the Stone Age to the Modern Day? Local Romans study, The Vikings, The Normans
Spring Half Term 1	Spring Half Term 2
The Middle Ages: Who holds the power: The Church or the King? Including: Power of the Church Medieval Society, Black Death, Life for Medieval Monarchs	The Middle Ages: Who holds the power: The Church or the King? Including: Power of the Church Medieval Society, Black Death, Life for Medieval Monarchs
Summer Half Term 1	Summer Half Term 2
Tudors: Religious Change How did the Church change during the Tudor period and how did this allow Tudors to keep control? Including: Religious change under: Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I	English Civil War Why did England go to war with herself? Including: James I and/or Charles I Key Battle(s), Weaponry, Women in the Civil War Chat Shows – drama, Life under Cromwell, Stuart Theme Park

Year 8
Autumn Half Term 1	Autumn Half Term 2
Transatlantic Slave Trade (Legacy of the Slave Trade: Civil Rights in 20^th Century) What was the impact of the Slave Trade? Slave Trade Triangle, Middle passage? Slave Trade – impact on Britain, Abolitionists, links between slavery and conditions in industrial mills? Does slavery still exist today?	World War I: Causes, events and society in Britain Why was the early 20^th century a time of great change? Long/short term causes, key battles, trench conditions, shell shock, Britain at home: changing role of women & men, Haig – Lions led by Donkeys
Spring Half Term 1	Spring Half Term 2
End of WWI & Rise of Hitler Weimar Germany, The Treaty of Versailles, Hitler’s early life and rise of Hitler	World War II: Causes of WWII & Total War What was life like in Britain/Germany during this Total War? Evacuation, Rationing, Dresden Bombing, The Blitz, Anderson Shelters, Involvement of other countries, i.e., Hiroshima, End of the war – atomic bomb
Summer Half Term 1	Summer Half Term 2
The Holocaust: A depth study Is Shoah or Holocaust a more accurate description of what happened to the Jews? Jews in Europe over time, Auschwitz: A Case Study, The Final Solution	Terrorism: A 20^th Century Phenomenon? Is one man’s terrorist another man’s freedom fighter? The Gunpowder Plot, The Suffragettes, The French Resistance, The Irish Question, Al Qaeda, 9/11, Moscow Theatre Siege Anders Brevik, 7/7, Paris attacks 2015