Year 7

WEEK THEME CHAPTER PAGES1 History overview, significance of changes

in history, relative importance, links between different place, cultures, times, events

Why do we study History?What do you think are the most important events in world history? History of your country

Extras, handouts.‘why do we study history’, ‘the historian’s choice’ (50 events)

2 the Romans – overview, civilization, achievement, technology, culture, violence, stereotypes vs. evidence, image of self, myths

Who were the Romans?From village to Empire.

2-3 (2)4-5 (2)(SHP ‘Contrasts & Connections’)

3 expansion of Rome, conflict with others, war with Carthage, naval development, Hannibal’s invasion

From village to Empire. 6-9 (4)

4 republic (fact and meaning), political system (then and in general)

How was Rome governed? 10-11 (2)

5 power struggles, growth of individual power, failure of political system, end of the republic

Did the republic work? 12-15 (4)

6 everyday life in Rome, features of Rome and Roman life

A journey through Rome. 16-21 (6)

OCTOBER HALF TERM – 1 WEEK7 maintaining a large empire, trade and

infrastructure, resources, workHow was Rome fed and supplied?

28-29 (2)30-31 (2)

8 organisation, military might and strategy, rebellion, putting and keeping down rebellion

How did the Romans control the Empire?

36-39 (4)

9 technology, organisation, construction, medicine, art

How civilised were the Romans? 46-47 (2)

10 slaves, colosseum, gladiators, games How civilised were the Romans? 48-51 (4)11 different religions, tolerance and

intolerance of…How tolerant were the Romans?

52-57 (6)

12 REVISION13 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK14 The Normans From across the water

(DVD-Battlefield Britain, Battle of Hastings)

68-69 (2)

CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR BREAK – 2 WEEKS, 4 DAYS15 medieval royalty, power struggle,

conquestWhy was 1066 a year of crisis? 70-73 (4)

16 people vs. power, strategy, conquest How did William gain control? 78-79 (2)17 feudal system, hierarchy, running a

country, castle buildingHow did William gain control? 80-83 (4)

18 different types of sources, interpreting sources, everyday life& environment of medieval people

How do we reconstruct medieval villages?

84-89 (6)

19 social organisation, work of medieval people

Living in a medieval village. 90-93 (4)

20 jews, pogroms in medieval England Could you get justice in the Middle Ages?

120-123 (4)

FEBRUARY HALF TERM – 1 WEEK21 plagues, reaction to them, beliefs,

changeWas the Black Death a disaster? 124-127 (4)

22 plagues, reaction to them, beliefs, change

Why did parliament develop? 138-139 (4)

23 REVISION

24 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK25 Medieval civilisation, culture and

architecture.(DVD-How We Built Britain – The East: A New Dawn)

EASTER BREAK – I WEEK, 1 DAY26 Islamic Empire, Saudi Arabia, overview. Connecting empires.

Arabia before Islam.154-155156-157

27 Conditions, life and culture of Arabian peninsula.Life of Muhammad, seeds of Islam.

Arabia before Islam.Muhammad and Islam: the role of the individual.

158-159

160-16128 Rise of Islam, Quran, belief and

philosophy of Islam.Muhammad and Islam: the role of the individual.

162-165

29 Islam after Muhammad, organisation and legacy.Trade, international connections.

How did Islam survive the death of Muhammad?How important were trade and travel?

166-167

180-181MAY HALF TERM – 1 WEEK

30 Trade, international connections. How important were trade and travel?

182-185

31 Belief, philosophy, rules, diversity, tolerance.

Were people religious in the Islamic world?

186-189

32 Medicine, scientific knowledge, organisation, civilisation.

Were Muslims healthy? 190-193

33 Crusades, relations with Europe and Christianity.

Crusades or invasions? 194-197

34 Crusades, relations with Europe and Christianity.

Crusades or invasions? 198-201

35 REVISION36 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK37 Islamic influences in the western and

further world, consequences in the Islamic world.

Who benefited from the Crusades?

204-207

SCHOOL YEAR ENDS- SUMMER BREAK

Year 8

WEEK THEME CHAPTER PAGES1 History overview, significance of

changes in history, relative importance, links between different place, cultures, times, events

Why do we study History?What do you think are the most important events in world history? History of your country

Extras, handouts.‘why do we study history’, ‘the historian’s choice’ (50 events)

2 Overview of life and social structure in 1500s.

England in the 1500s 2-7 (SHP “Societies in Change”)

3 Beliefs and culture in the early modern period.

Private Lives 16-21

4 Religious belief, Catholic Church.

Religious conflict and persecution, Henry VIII and his conflict with the church.

Was the Catholic Church still healthy in 1500?Henry VIII: Catholic or Protestant?

26-27

28-29

5 Attack on monasteries, reformation, changes in belief.Religious struggle, persecution, punishment.

Henry VIII: Catholic or Protestant?Bloody Queen Mary?

30-31

32-33

6 Changes in church practice and factors behind them.

The Reformation in English villages.

34-35

Gunpowder plot Were the Catholics framed? 36-37OCTOBER HALF TERM – 1 WEEK

7 England leading up to civil war: King & Parliament, money & taxes, religion, Scotland, Ireland, etc., etc.

Why did civil war break out in 1642?

42-45

8 England leading up to civil war: King & Parliament, money & taxes, religion, Scotland, Ireland, etc., etc.

Why did civil war break out in 1642?

46-49

9 Combat and consequences, daily lives, beliefs, perceptions and prejudices.

What was life during the Civil War?

52-55

10 Battle, strategy, circumstance. Why did the Royalists lose at Marson Moor?

56-57

11 Assessment of King, judicial process and politics behind it, execution

Why did the English execute their King?

58-61

12 Deeper assessment of King and his role/situation/perception of him

Charles the martyr or Charles the traitor?

62-63

13 REVISION14 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK15 (DVD-Battlefield Britain: Battle

of Naseby)CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR BREAK – 2 WEEKS, 4 DAYS

16 Rise of Cromwell, battle of Drogheda, Rump Parliament.

What kind of man was Oliver Cromwell?

64-65

17 Protectorate, government What kind of man was Oliver Cromwell?

66-67

18 Civil and social upheaval, new political movements

The world turned upside down. 68-69

19 Restoration of monarchy, new political structure.

James II – the same old story? 70-71

20 Scientific discovery, changes in perception

Science & superstition. 78-79

21 Growth, life, conditions in London, plague, Great Fire

How did London change? 84-87

FEBRUARY HALF TERM – 1 WEEK22 Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette,

regime in France, estates systemWas France well-governed before the revolution?

100-103

23 Complex relations and influences of various estates

What was life like before the Revolution?

104-109

24 REVISION25 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK26 (DVD-Battlefield Britain, Battle of Culloden)

EASTER BREAK – I WEEK, 1 DAY27 1787-89: triggers and events, power

shifts between estates, organisation, revolts, Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen

Why did revolution erupt in 1789?

114-117

28 Changes in organisation, government, church, sharing of power, rights, women’s situation

Did the Revolution make France a fairer country?

118-121

29 Assessment of King and his role, judicial process, execution, comparison with Charles I

Why did the French execute their King?

128-131

30 Consolidation and enforcing of revolution, mass executions, effect on people

Was the Terror necessary? 132-137

MAY HALF TERM – 1 WEEK31 Attitudes and reactions to the

revolutionDid French people support the revolution?

140-143

32 Robespierre: life, character, assessment of and reaction to actions

Robespierre: hero or villain? 144-145

33 1799: Napoleon’s coup Coup d’etat! 146-14934 Comparison of regimes, situation

under NapoleonDid Napoleon betray the Revolution?

150-153

35 Napoleon’s wars, Europe Why was Napoleon defeated? 156-15936 Napoleon’s wars, Europe, Russia,

downfallWhy was Napoleon defeated? 160-163

37 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK38 Consequences and remnants of ideas

and practices from time of the French Revolution

The legacy of the French Revolution (+video/dvd?)

166-167

SCHOOL YEAR ENDS- SUMMER BREAK

Year 9

WEEK THEME CHAPTER PAGES1 History overview, significance of changes

in history, relative importance, links between different place, cultures, times, events

Why do we study History?What do you think are the most important events in world history? History of your country

Extras, handouts.‘why do we study history’, ‘the historian’s choice’ (50 events)

2 General overview of changes in culture, work, transport, population and health and medicine.

Britain 1750-1900: What changed?

2-7 (SHP “Peace & War”)

3 Business: production, sales, markets, infrastructure, investment.

Why did businesses grow? 8,9

4 Iron industry, development of a business (strategy)

The Darbys of Coalbrookdale. 10-11

5 Factory conditions, child labour Children in the mills 16-196 Improving conditions for workers, trade

unionism, early socialist ideasRobert Owen: a better way to run a factory

20,21

7 Combination of invention and enterprise: starting, developing and running a factory business; appearance of factory machinery

Boulton & Watt: who was more important?

22-25

OCTOBER HALF TERM – 1 WEEK8 Changes in agricultural practice How did farmers produce more

food?26-29

9 Raw materials: requirements and delivery. Transport and trade.

Did Britain have the raw materials it needed?Changing transport.

30,31

40,4110 International empire, goods and trade,

slave trade overview.Empire and trade. 42-45

11 Work, systems of production, life of workers.

Was there an industrial revolution?A tale of two families.

48,49

50,5112 Changes in work and life due to

development of iron industry.How did Merthyr Tydfil change? 56-58

13 REVISION14 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK15 (DVD-How We Built Britain – The North: Full Steam Ahead)

CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR BREAK – 2 WEEKS, 4 DAYS16 Overview of 19th century culture What are Victorian values? 64-6617 Slavery, slave trade, imperialism,

treatment of other races.Were the British racist? 70,71

18 Slavery, slave trade, imperialism, treatment of other races.

Were the British racist? 72-75

19 Various campaigns against slavery and the people behind them. Factors behind abolition.

Why was slavery abolished? 82-85

20 Electoral systems and features of them, changes over the last 2 centuries.

Trying to get the vote 86-89

21 Motives behind attitudes to electoral reform, aspects of the system and pros and cons, fighting for change.

Trying to get the vote 88-91

FEBRUARY HALF TERM – 1 WEEK22 Campaigning for electoral reform,

context, motives, protests, conflicts.Were the Chartists revolutionaries?

92-95

23 Victorian working conditions, workers organisation and striking for their rights.

Women lead the way 98-99

24 REVISION25 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK26 (Video-The Story of Wales –

Episode 4: Furnace of change)EASTER BREAK – I WEEK, 1 DAY

27 20th century overview, evaluating significance, pre war tension and build-up to and triggers of the Great War

Introduction: Now that’s what I call important.1.2 Why did the Great War happen?

2-4 (“The Twentieth Century” by Christopher Culpin)10-11

28 War conditions and casualties 1.3 What happened on the battlefields?

29 Recruitment, propaganda, public attitudes, situation of women

1.4 What happened on the home front?

16,17,20-23

30 Build-up to WWII 1.5 From war to war. 24-30MAY HALF TERM – 1 WEEK

31 WWII: overview of combat 2.2 A ‘World War’? 42-4532 Pacific war with Japan, Hiroshima &

Nagasaki bombings2.4 Why did the Americans drop the first atomic bomb?

46-51

33 Nazi genocide 2.5 Why did the Holocaust happen?

52-57

34 Post-war recovery and changes 2.6 How did the Second World War change the world?

58-62

35 Cold War overview 3.2 What was the Cold War? 66-7136 Cuban Missile Crisis 3.3 Thirteen days of dread. 72-7737 EXAM WEEK/EXAM FEEDBACK38

Reform/collapse of Soviet Union3.5 Mikhail Gorbachev: success or failure.Conclusion

84-85

88-89SCHOOL YEAR ENDS - SUMMER BREAK