History topic areas:
Year 7 Medieval history 1066 – 1500
History skills builder
Battle of Hastings and the Norman invasions
Development of castles
Being rich and poor in medieval times
Health, hygiene and the Black Death
Medieval kings and queens
Year 8
1500 -1900
Crime and punishment
Tudor/Stuart Kings and queens
Witchcraft
Leisure and entertainment
Plague fire and plots
The English Civil War
Industrial and Agricultural revolutions
The British Empire
Year 9
Transatlantic Slave Trade
The struggle of equal rights
World War 1
World War 2
The Holocaust
The Cold War
Interesting aspects of recent history
GCSE History
Year 10
A history of medicine and surgery from prehistoric times to the present day
A piece of assessed coursework about an aspect of the “Troubles” in Northern Ireland
Year 11
Germany 1919 -1945 – the rise of Hitler and the Nazis, everyday life in Nazi Germany, the road to
war and the Holocaust.
Useful revision and research websites
Year 7
Battle of Hastings:
http://www.battle1066.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/normans/launch_gms_battle_hastings.shtmlhttp://
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/hastings_battle_1066.htmhttp://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/NO
Rhastings.htm
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/battleofhastings.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/bt.html
Medieval life:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Medieval.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Year%207.htm
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Medieval_Life/medievallifemain.htm
Medieval Kings
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDTkings.htm
Castles
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/Castles.htm
http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/
Timelines
http://www.timeref.org/
Year 8
The English Civil War – high level:
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/CivilWar.htm
intermediate level
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Civil_War/civilwarmain.htm
http://www.berkshirehistory.com/kids/civil_war.html
Life in Tudor and Stuart times
http://historyonthenet.com/Tudors/tudorsmain.htm
http://tudorhistory.org/
http://www.tudorbritain.org/
The British Empire
http://kidspast.com/world-history/0358-british-empire-goes-to-war.php
Year 9
The Transatlantic Slave Trade
http://www.understandingslavery.com/ - super website with lots of photographs of artefacts from
the slavery era
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/africa_article_01.shtml
http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
The struggle for equal rights in the USA
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/civil1.htm - loads of information here on all the main areas
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/photos/gallery/martin-luther-king-jr/
World War One
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW1/ww1main.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ww1.htm
Rise of Hitler and the Nazis (also useful for year 10 history)
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk//year9links/hitler.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/hitler_01.shtml
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Nazi_Germany/stormtroopers.htm
http://www.historyonthenet.com/Chronology/timelinenazigermany.htm
http://www.educationforum.co.uk/germofflinerev.htm GCSE
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/germany.shtml GCSE
World War 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WW.htm
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/WORLD%20WAR%20TWO.htm
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/ww2main.htm
The Holocaust
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16690175
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/holocaust.htm
http://www.theholocaustexplained.org/?gclid=CPmGzaCM2q4CFUQhtAodnBjTcw
http://www.het.org.uk/
Auschwitz
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/genocide/launch_ani_auschwitz_map.shtml
The Cold War
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/what%20was%20the%20cold%20war.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/coldwar/
Year 10 Medicine Through Time Websites:
http://www.schoolshistory.org.uk/medicine.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/shp/
http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/revision/medicine.shtml
http://www.historyonthenet.com
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/
http://www.comptonhistory.com/compton2/medicineresources.htm
Student history Forum
http://learnhistory.org.uk/forum/
Podcasts/audio clips:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/audio/history/http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/historyofmedicin
e/podcasts/
Video clips
YouTube of course – type in “medicine through time” and there are lots of useful clips to watch