Subject: History Year 7 Curriculum Content Autumn term content overview Invasions An induction unit on the Roman and Celtic heritage of Britain – with a focus on Irish Bog Bodies. Followed by a study of the influence of Saxon and Viking invasions on Britain (to include a visit to Cranborne Ancient Technology Centre). Finally an in‐depth analysis of the Norman Conquest and its consequences. Spring term content overview Societies An investigation into Medieval England looking at the politics, religion, economy and society of a complex and developing ‘nation‐state’, focusing on Henry II and the murder of Becket, the Black Death and the Peasants’ Revolt. Summer term context overview Conflicts and Contrasts An investigation into the creation of a ‘nation‐state’ through war – particularly focusing the relationships with Wales and Scotland and on the Hundred Years War with France. Year 8 Curriculum Content Induction – The Case of The Princes in the Tower and Richard III
Islam‐ The Growth and Influence of Islamic Civilisation from 600CE to 1500CE – Focusing on the incredible rise from 632 to 732 and then on the scientific and cultural achievements of the next two centuries. Crusades – The origin and reasons for the Crusades, the course and impact of the First Crusade and the relationships between west and east until the destruction of the Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1187. Tudors – The creation and development of the dynasty looking at the various strengths and weaknesses of the monarchs. The Reformation. Stuarts – The rise of the Stuart family and the collapse of the relationship with Parliament leading the Civil Wars. Ind and Agr – The creation of the first Industrial Nation between 1750 and 1900 and its social consequences. Year 9 Curriculum Content A. Induction ‐ Jack the Ripper B. Origins and Course of First World War‐ Origins of the war from roughly 1871, the course of the war including trench warfare, the Somme and the role of generalship. Opportunity for individual and group research on Poole in WW1. C. The Origins of the Modern World Russia 1905‐1941 – including both revolutions of 1917 and the rule of Lenin and Stalin. Inter War European diplomacy and the origins of the the Second World war. World war Two itself – including an in‐depth study of the Holocaust. D. Independent Project Indep. Project – an independent piece of research focus on a question drafted and approved by the teacher on anything historical which has a clear debate. This is an opportunity to spread your wings intellectually and challenge yourself. Enrichment activities Year 7 An overnight residential visit to Cranborne Ancient Technology Centre in the Autumn term to support the study of Viking culture (not an oxymoron as many suspect!). Year 8 Visits to Corfe Castle to study medieval and early modern building in situ (in anticipation of similar requirements in the new GCSE course. Year 9 A three day visit to the Trenches of Belgium and France to tie in with the study of the First World War. Skills developed in KS3
We believe that we should look at equipping students with a set of skills which will be applicable at GCSE (and eventually at A Level) during KS3. Knowledge and understanding with Key concepts Demonstrate, organise and communicate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the periods studied and the relationships between them. Cause and consequence ‐ Use the good stuff on what is a cause and what is a consequence from IGCSE Change/continuity ‐ Is there a simple way of setting this up? – Table etc. Similarity/difference ‐
Like comparison questions on IGCSE World War One Paper – similarity, difference, extent of agreement (possibly even the significance of that agreement/disagreement) Significance within an historical context ‐ Diamond 9 then writing up as “Significant…more significant…most significant factor…” Explain and analyse key concepts, arriving at substantiated judgements ‐
Wrapping them up in essays which ask them to judge between the relative significance of factors as we always have done in the Year 8 exam (as elsewhere). Do we want essay planning guides? Primary Source Evaluation Understand, analyse, evaluate and make historical claims from a range of source material Establish CRAVEN analysis as the basic vocabulary to talk about and dissect source material. Using the flow diagrams we used to have for GCSE Controlled Assessment (see appendix 1) but without their mindless and repetitive action. Interpretations of Secondary Sources Analyse, evaluate and make substantiated judgements about interpretations (including how and why interpretations may differ) in the context of historical events studied. Textbook/ resources A huge variety of textbook are used in the various years. History is not about one version but using many sources and making informed judgements. Students would be well‐advised to read a good newspaper, watch reputable news reports, read widely and then think critically about all that they have seen, heard and read. Useful Websites http://spartacus‐educational.com/ Year Seven Scheme – Overall Plan A Induction Rome Invasions Societies Conflict Total Cycles 2 4 3 5 2.5
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Staff SGP SGP SGP DAH SGP Induction Module Year 7 Lessons
Bog Bodies Ancient Greece? Personal Histories
Bias and Reliability
Homework What is Evidence?
Induction test?
Objects Revision Rome Module Year 7 Lessons
Homework Foundation & location of The amphitheatre
Rome Caesar – Rome’s greatest general The Roman army Boudicca – Britain’s first hero? Essay on Boudicca Did King Arthur exist?
Did King Arthur exist?
Alfred after 878AD
Alfred and the Danes –
Was he deserving of the title ‘Great’? How did Harold Die? (24‐25) Invasion of Britain
Invasions Module
Lessons
Why did Roman Britain Collapse? Viking Society – raiders or traders? Norman Conquest – What was England like in 1066? (8‐11) Was Saxon England in a ‘Dark Age’? Alfred and the Danes –
Was he deserving of the title ‘Great’? Who will be next king of England? 9‐15 Homework Battle of Hastings (16‐
21) To include overnight stay at Cranborne as Vikings State and Society Module Lessons
Homework 1.How did William Conquer England 1066‐
1087 2.Did the Normans Change England? 3. How important is the Domesday Book to Historians today? 4.How did castles change so that they remained fit for purpose? 7.Who murdered Beckett and what does this episode tell us about Medieval England? 10.How do we know what life was like for ordinary people in the middle Ages? Assessment 13. What does the Black Death tell us about medieval minds? HW Assessment 5.What can a castle’s story tell us about Medieval Minds? Assessment 6.Can a knight be a warrior and chivalrous? Assessment 8.How and why did the Church have power over people? Doom paintings OR make board game. 9.How relevant is the Magna Carta to us today? Assessment Could you get justice in the Middle Ages? 11.What were the key features of Medieval towns? Assessment 12.Did Medieval medicine work? How tolerant were people in the Middle Ages? Anti‐Semitism. Assessment 14. Did the Black Death change anything? 15. Why did the Peasants march on London? 16. Was the Peasants’ Revolt ‘worth it’? HW assessment; Wat Tyler and Richard II; hero or villain? Does the Story of Robin Hood tell us anything about the Norman Conquest? Assessment Heraldry Conflicts and Contrasts – England, Wales, Scotland and France Module Lessons
Homework Medieval Warfare 140‐
141 Hundred Years War 146‐147 History in Progress p.38‐
39 Why was Poole burnt down in 1405? Edward in Wales 134‐5
MM Owain Glyndwr 82‐
87 Jean D’Arc 148‐149
History in Progress pp.40‐42 Edward in Scotland 136‐
137 Build a castle? Agincourt 150‐51
Build a castle? Year Eight Scheme – Overall Plan Induction Islam Crusades Tudors Stuarts Ind and Agr Cycles
2 4 4 3 4 2 Rota
A A B B B Lessons
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Homeworks 2
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Staff SGP SGP SGP DAH SGP SGP Induction Module
Lessons
What is History? Richard III part two What is Evidence?
How do we Research?
Homework Richard III Part One
Test
Objects Revision How did Islam Establish itself to 633AD Test essay
Women in Islam Collapse of the Abbassids Presentations
Write up essay on Abbasids Preparation for Presentations Islam Module – Rota A Lessons
Middle East in 600AD What is Islam?
Expansion of Islam 632 – 732AD Two Lessons Ummayyad and Abbasid Wealth of the Abbasids
Rise What did the Muslims do for Us? Includes Maths and Research Two Lessons Homework Revision *Current Year 8 will do the Rome module this year as they did this last year Crusades Module ‐ Rota A Lessons
Middle East in 1090 and Byzantine Empire Official Crusade :Choice of Route Jerusalem: Taking Jerusalem Collapse of Kingdom: Raymond and Guy Western Reasons for Crusade Antioch – Who Broke the Oath? Jerusalem: Defending the Kingdom Collapse of Kingdom:
Should Guy have fought at Hattin? Homework Peasants Crusade
Letter to Alexius Antioch – How do you break in? Jihad, Zengi and Nur‐a‐
Din Test
Write up Plans of Attack Plans to attack Crac Des Chevaliers Revision Tudor Module Lessons
Homework Turning Points Henry VII: A Successful Monarch? Henry VIII: A reckless divorce? Henry VIII: Reformation and ordinary People. Elizabeth and Plots Edward VI: Bloody Mary?
Test
Who was the better king Henry VII or Henry VIII? Top Trumps Tudors Stuart Module Lessons
Stuart Monarchs: Was James a good king? Stuart Monarchs: Gunpowder, a conspiracy or a genuine plot? Civil War: Causes of Civil Civil War: Roundheads War v. Cavaliers Cromwell Hero or Cromwell Hero or Villain?: Should Charles Villain?: Drogheda have been executed? Consequences of War: Consequences of War: How could Charles II Glorious Revolution? retain the throne when his brother couldn’t? Homework Stuart Monarchs: Why did Charles and Parliament argue over religion and tax? Civil War: How did Parliament win? Cromwell Hero or Villain?: Dictatorship 1605 Newspaper Consequences of War: Uniting the Kingdom What was the most important event of the c.17th? Write up essay Cromwell Hero or Villain?: Judgement Industrial and Agricultural Revolution Module
Sub‐Theme Lessons
What was the Population Rise
Agricultural What is a ‘revolution’? Agricultural Revolution Revolution? The Coming of Social Conditions
Iron and Steel
Industrial Factories Revolution Homework Why is something as dull as crop rotation vital to my ipod? Steam power advertising leaflet Year Nine Scheme – Overall Plan Year 9 In rotation A. Induction Sub‐theme Jack the Ripper B. Origins and Origins
Course of First Course
World War Poole in WW1 and research C. The Origins of Russia 1905‐
1941 the Modern World Inter War World war Two Holocaust D. Independent Indep. Project Project Cycles
Lessons
Homeworks
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Theme: A. Induction: Jack the Ripper Sub‐Theme Lessons
How was Law and Why did the Jack the Order maintained Police Struggle to Ripper in the c.19th? track down the Homework Who was Jack?
Why Jack the Ripper never caught? killer? Theme: B. The Origins and Course of First World War Sub‐Theme Lessons
Homework Bismarckian Causes: Crises – Balkans/ Origins of system Morocco Diplomacy First World Colonial Race – War Plans and Causes: Cocktail of War World War One Poole in WWI Scramble for Africa Failure of Schlieffen Plan Strategic Options ‐ Gallipoli Context Militarism Reasons Trench Warfare
Somme and Haig
New Technologies Research
Reasons for Allied Victory Research Findings
Trench Conditions –
models? Research Theme: C. The Origins of the Modern World
Sub-Theme
Lessons
Homework
What state was Why did the
Could Imperial What was the
Russia in
Russia
in
by
1905
Russia have
impact of the First
Revolution
1900?
survived?
World War
Two
Holocaust
Why did the
February
Revolution
succeed?
Revolution
fail?
Why did the
Provisional
Government
fail?
Why was
Germany so
successful
1939-40?
Blitzkrieg
Why did Hitler
launch
Barbarossa?
Was the
evacuation
from Dunkirk a
great disaster
for Britain?
Why did the
Germans lose
at Stalingrad?
D-Day
Preparations
Origins of
Anti-Semitism
D-Day
Nazi Policy
1933-39
Ghettoes
Life in camps
Final Solution:
Intentional or
Structural?
Holocaust
Denial
Why did the
Bolsheviks
come to
power?
The “spirit of
the blitz” was
nothing but a
myth?
What were the
consequences
of defeat?
World War on
Russia?
The most
important reason
for the Bolshevik
take over was
Lenin. Discuss
Dunkirk write-up
Why is Stalingrad
considered to be
the great turning
point of the
Second World
War?
Write up source
exercise
Research
Presentations on
Life in Camps
Presentations on
Holocaust Denial
Theme: D. The Diversity of History
Sub‐Theme Lessons
Research
Independent Introductory Lesson Project Write‐up Write‐up
Homework Research
Research Plenary
Research