Curriculum Outline
Year 7 |
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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 |
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Autumn Half Term 1 | Autumn Half Term 2 |
Transatlantic Slave Trade
(Legacy of the Slave Trade: Civil Rights in 20th 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 20th 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 20th 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 |