History

KS3

Year 7  

  • Half-Term 1: Anglo-Saxons  
  • Half-Term 2: Events of 1066
  • Half-Term 3: Norman England
  • Half-Term 4: Medieval England
  • Half-Term 5: Tudors
  • Half-Term 6: Stuarts

Year 8  

  • Half-Term 1: Industrial Revolution
  • Half-Term 2: British Empire 
  • Half-Term 3: The Transatlantic Slave Trade
  • Half-Term 4: World War 1
  • Half-Term 5: Revolution in the 20th Century
  • Half-Term 6: The Inter War Years     

Year 9  

  • Half-Term 1: World War 2
  • Half-Term 2: The Holocaust and Genocide 
  • Half-Term 3: The Cold War
  • Half-Term 4: The Vietnam War
  • Half-Term 5: The USA 1920-1970 
  • Half-Term 6: Modern Britain

KS4

All children follow the AQA GCSE History, should they elect for this option through the GCSE options process.

Year 10

  • Half-Term 1: Conflict and Tension: World War 1 (Part 1, Causes of World War 1, Part 2, Stalemate)
  • Half-Term 2: Conflict and Tension: World War 1 (Part 2, Stalemate, continued, Part 3: Ending of the War) 
  • Half-Term 3: Germany 1890-1945 (Part 1, Germany and the Growth of Democracy, Part 2, Germany and the Depression)
  • Half-Term 4: Germany 1890-1945 (Part 2, Germany and the Depression, continued, Part 3: The Experiences of Germans under the Nazis)
  • Half-Term 5: Britain: Health and the People (Part 1, Medicine Stands Still)
  • Half-Term 6: Consolidation of topics covered across Year 10.       

Year 11  

  • Half-Term 1: Britain: Health and the People (Part 2, Beginning of Change, Part 3, A Revolution in Medicine)
  • Half-Term 2: Britain: Health and the People (Part 4, Modern Medicine)
  • Half-Term 3: Norman Britain (Part 1, The Norman Conquest and Control, Part 2, Life Under the Normans) 
  • Half-Term 4: Norman Britain (Part 3, The Norman Church and Monasticism)
  • Half-Term 5: Revision and preparation for summative exams.    

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