HISTORY

Witchcraft The use of magic especially for evil purposes. After 1604 anyone found guilty of being a witch was put to death. This was usually done by the local people.

Year 8

Year 8

Invasion

The act of invading with armed forces. The Normans invaded France taking over an area of land and they named it Normandy.

Year 8

Year 8

Conflict

Conflict is an opposition between ideas or interests resulting in a struggle or a battle.

Year 9

Year 9

Nomadic

A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.

Year 9

Year 9

Category

A class or group of things or people with some quality or qualities in common.

A specifically defined division in a system of

classification; a class.

A general class of ideas, terms, or things that mark divisions within a conceptual scheme.

Year 10

Year 10

Boycott To refuse to deal with an organization

or country as a protest against it’s action or policy.

On April 1, 1933, the Nazis carried

out the first nationwide, planned action against Jews; a boycott targeting Jewish businesses and professionals.

Year 11

Year 11

Internment Interment is being held in prison with or without charge during a civil war or political struggle.

In 1972 internment was introduced as an emergency measure to deal with the IRA.

Year 11

Year 11

Year 11

Communism Communism is the belief that private

ownership should be abolished and all work and property should be shared by the community.

Communism is a political movement based upon the writings of Karl Marx who advocates communism.

Year 12

Year 12

Segregation The practice or policy of creating

separate facilities within the same society for the use of a racial or minority group.

Where the black community in America were set apart from the white community (separate toilets and buses).

Year 12

Year 12

Democracy

Democracy is the system of government or organization in which the citizens or members choose leaders or make other important decisions by voting.

Year 13

Year 13

Year 13

Armistice

An agreement between opposing armies to stop fighting.

Armistice Day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War on November 11th 1918.

Year 13

Year 13

Partition The division of a country into two or more independent countries with separate self-governing bodies.

The Irish Partition in 1920 separating the north of Ireland from the south of Ireland.

Year 10

Year 10

Year 10

Historiography Historiography is the study of different

peoples’ views on events in history.

The writing of history based on a critical analysis, evaluation, and selection of authentic source materials and composition of these materials into a narrative subject to scholarly methods of criticism.

Year 14

Year 14

Resistance

An organization fighting for national liberty in a country under enemy occupation.

Year 14

Year 14