KS3 HISTORY YEAR ONE 2014+ PROGRAMME OF STUDY
KS3 History Year One Programme of Study
Exam Overview
There is no examination for this course but you will be continually assessed with various assignments.
Core Textbooks
Invasion, Plague and Murder: Britain 1066-1485, by A Wilkes, (OUP, Third Edition, 2014); ISBN: 978-0-19-839318-4
Renaissance, Revolution and Reformation: Britain 1509-1745, by A Wilkes, (OUP, Third Edition, 2014); ISBN: 978-0-19-839320-7
How to use the Textbook
Use the textbook for understanding content, and complete some of the ‘work’ sections (in blue) and the ‘Assess your learning’ sections. Make sure you
complete your assignments only after you have worked through the relevant unit, with reference to the textbook, the Unit Outline and the resources
available to you on Canvas and ActiveHistory.co.uk.
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KS3 HISTORY YEAR ONE 2014+ PROGRAMME OF STUDY
PROGRAMME OF STUDY
READING
Unit One: What Happened in 1066?
Invasion, Plague
and Murder
Book
Topic One (1.1): Historical Skill: Chronology
What is Chronology
A journey through the Middle Ages: Centuries
Pages 6-7
8-9
Topic Two (1.2): England before 1066: What was it like?
The story of Britain: First Settlers
How did England get its name?
What was eleventh century England like?
Who ruled England in the years up to 1066?
10-15
16-19
16-19
16-19
Topic Three (1.3): Who will be the next King of England?
Why did three different men claim to be King of England in 1066?
Who were the three contenders and who had the next claim to the throne?
20-21
20-21
Topic Four (1.4): The Battle of Stamford Bridge and the Battle of Hastings: What happened?
What happened at the Battle of Stamford Bridge?
What weapons and tactics were used by William and Harold’s men at the Battle of Hastings?
What happened at the Battle of Hastings?
How did Harold die?
22-23
24-25
26-29
30-31
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Unit One: What Happened in 1066?
Topic Five (1.5): How did William lead the conquest of England and how did he control the country?
What were William’s key problems and how did he deal with them?
How did William keep control of England?
The Doomsday Book
The Feudal System
Invasion, Plague
and Murder
Book
32-35
28-29
38-39
40-41
ASSIGNMENT ONE
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Unit Two: Castles and Crusades
Invasion, Plague
and Murder
Book
Topic One (2.1): How did Castles develop?
William and Motte and Bailey Castles
How and why did Castles change after 1066?
Pages 36-37
42-45
Topic Two (2.2): The Siege of Rochester Castle
What kind of weapons, methods and tactics were used to siege a castle?
46-49
Topic Three (2.3): What were the Wars of the Cross?
Why was Medieval Europe so interested in the Middle East?
Cuthbert the Crusader
Chronicles of the Crusades
How did life in Europe change after contact with the Muslim world?
64-65
66-67
68-69
70-71
ASSIGNMENT TWO
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Unit Three: Medieval Society
Invasion, Plague
and Murder
Book
Topic One (3.1): How religious were people in the Middle Ages?
How did Religion affect everyday lives?
A day in the life of a Monk and a Nun
Pages 58-59
60-63
Topic Two (3.2): What was life like for a medieval person?
What was life like in a medieval village?
What was life like in a medieval town?
How smelly were the Middle Ages?
How did people entertain themselves in the Middle Ages?
Could you get justice in the Middle Ages?
72-75
76-79
80-81
82-87
138-141
Topic Three (3.3): How deadly was the Black Death?
What types of Plague were there and where did it come from?
Causes and cures for the Black Death
What was the impact of the Black Death
124-125
126-127
128-129, 136-137
Topic Four (3.4): How did Medieval Society change?
What were the key changes up to 1500?
166-169
ASSIGNMENT THREE
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Unit Four: How did King, Parliament and Church work together?
Invasion, Plague
and Murder
Book
Topic One (4.1): The Life and Death of Medieval Kings
Who were the rulers from 1066 to 1509 and how did they die?
The Princes in the Tower
Pages 134-135
160-163
Topic Two (4.2): Who was England’s forgotten Queen?
The struggle between Matilda and Stephen
102-103
Topic Three (4.3): The Crown versus the Church
Why did Henry II and Thomas Becket fall out?
What happened to Thomas Becket?
104-105
106-109
Topic Four (4.4): The Crown versus the State
Why did John upset the Barons?
What was the Magna Carta and what effect does it have on the world today?
What mistakes did Henry III make?
How was the first Parliament created?
Why did the peasants get fed up with the King?
What happened during the Peasants’ Revolt and what were the consequences?
110
110-111
112
112-115
116-117
118-121
ASSIGNMENT FOUR
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Unit Five: What was England’s Relationship with her Neighbours?
Invasion, Plague
and Murder
Book
Topic One (5.1): England and Wales
Why did England try and conquer Wales?
How successful were their attempts to conquer Wales?
Page 142
143
Topic Two (5.2): England and Scotland
How and why did England try and conquer Scotland?
How successful were their attempts to conquer Scotland?
144
145
Topic Three (5.3): England and Ireland
How and why did England try and conquer Ireland?
Why did England fail to conquer Ireland?
146
147
Topic Four (5.4): England and France: The Hundred Years War
What were the causes of the Hundred Years War?
Events of the Hundred Years War
Joan of Arc
148-149
150-151
152-153
Topic Five (5.5): England vs England?
Why did England go to War with itself?
What were the Wars of the Roses?
How did Henry VII end the Wars of the Roses?
156-157
138-159
164-165
ASSIGNMENT FIVE
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Unit Six: How Religious were the Tudor Monarchs?
Renaissance,
Revolution and
Reformation
Book
Topic One (6.1): What did the Protestants protest about?
Why were people unhappy with the Catholic Church?
What were the differences between Protestants and Catholics at the time?
Page 18
19
Topic Two (6.2): Henry VIII and his split from the Church
What was Young Henry VIII like?
Why did Henry split from Rome (the Catholic Church)?
How many wives did Henry have?
12-13
14-15
16-17
Topic Three (6.3): The Mid Tudor Crisis?
How did Edward VI change religion?
How bloody was ‘Bloody Mary’?
22-23
24-25
Topic Four (6.4): Elizabeth I and religious problems
What was young Elizabeth like?
How did Elizabeth try to end religious turmoil?
Why did Elizabeth kill her cousin?
How did Elizabeth’s religious issues lead to a Spanish invasion?
Why did the Spanish Armada fail?
72-73
28-29
76-77
78
78-81
ASSIGNMENT SIX
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Unit Seven: The Stuarts and the English Civil War
Renaissance,
Revolution and
Reformation
Book
Topic One (7.1): People and Events leading to the English Civil War
Why did the throne of England pass to a Scot and what was James I like?
The Gunpowder Plot
Pages 84-85
86-89
Topic Two (7.2): The English Civil War
Why did the English Civil War start?
Who fought who and what did they look like?
Prince Rupert: Mad Cavalier or Sad Cavalier?
How did the Parliamentarians Win?
Why was Charles I executed and how did people react?
96-97
98-99
100-101
102-103
104-109
Topic Three (7.3): Why does Cromwell divide opinion?
Cromwell: The Modern Man?
Why is Cromwell known as the Curse of Ireland?
Cromwell: Hero or Villain?
110-111
112-113
114-115
ASSIGNMENT SEVEN
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Unit Eight: A Glorious Revolution?
Renaissance,
Revolution and
Reformation
Book
Topic One (8.1): The return of a Stuart King?
Why did Charles II return and how did he change England?
What happened to Cromwell’s head?
The Plague and the Great Fire of London
120-121
116-119
122-129
Topic Two (8.2): The Glorious Revolution?
Why did Charles and his brother cause a crisis for Parliament?
What did Parliament do in order to prevent a Catholic coming to the Throne?
What were the consequences of the Glorious Revolution?
136-137
138-139
140
Topic Three (8.3): How did the Royal family become German?
What did William and Mary have to agree to in order to take the throne?
How did a German end up ruling England?
Why were the Scots so angry at the choice of a German ruler and what happened?
140
141
142-143
ASSIGNMENT EIGHT
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Unit Nine: A New World and New Ideas
Renaissance,
Revolution and
Reformation
Book
Topic One (9.1): 1492 and the New World
What was the view of the world before 1492?
Why did Europeans begin to explore?
Why is Columbus so important?
What other explorers followed Columbus and what did they bring back?
Pages 36
36-37
38
39
Topic Two (9.2): How did Britain begin to build an Empire?
How and why did England start trading with other countries?
How did England become involved with the slave trade?
Pirates and Privateers
Why do Americans speak English?
64-65
68-69
70-71
92-95
Topic Three (9.3): Arts and Sciences: What developed?
Who was Leonardo da Vinci and why is he such an important historical figure?
Who was William Shakespeare and why is he so famous?
Which witch is which?
Can you cure Charles II?
How did people’s thinking of the world change between 1500 and 1740?
34-35
50-53
90-91
134-135
144-147
ASSIGNMENT NINE
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