SUBJECT: HISTORY
Key Stage 3 Curriculum Content – 2016/17
HT1
Year 7
Year 8
What is History? Skills Unit
The English Civil War and Cromwell
Assessment:​ ​LAT Baseline Assessment.
Assessment: C
​ romwell: Hero or Villain?
Historical Skill:​ ​Significance.
HT2
HT3
The Normans
The Industrial Revolution
Assessment:​ ​Why did William win the Battle of
Hastings?
Assessment:​ ​Interpretations of the Industrial
Revolution.
Historical Skill:​ Causation.
Historical Skill:​ ​Interpretations.
Black Death
The Slave Trade
Assessment:​ ​What was the significance of the
Black Death?
Historical Skill:​ ​Significance.
HT4
HT5
HT6
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Medieval Church
Assessment:​ ​Source analysis of conditions on
slave ships.
Historical Skill: ​Source Analysis and Diversity.
World War One
Assessment:​ ​Source analysis on the Medieval
Church.
Assessment:​ ​What was the main cause of
World War One?
Historical Skill:​ ​Source Analysis.
Historical Skill:​ ​Causation.
The Crusades
World War Two
Assessment:​ ​Saladin interpretations
assessment.
Assessment:​ ​What was most significant about
World War Two?
Historical Skill: ​Interpretations and Evidence.
Historical Skill:​ ​Significance.
Henry and the Break with Rome
The Holocaust
Assessment:​ ​Why did Henry VIII break with
Rome and the Catholic Church?
Assessment:​ ​Why was the Holocaust allowed
to happen?
Historical Skill:​ ​Change and Continuity.
Historical Skill:​ ​Diversity and Empathy.
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