History

KS2

Pupils will continue to develop a firm understanding of chronology while seeking connections, contrasts and trends. They will be encouraged to ask questions and be curious. They will be challenged to support their views by using evidence from a range of sources, selecting and organizing the most appropriate information.

KS3

Pupils will extend their understanding and knowledge of local, British and international history. Significant events will be analysed for causes, connections, contrasts and consequences. Pupils will be encouraged to form their own opinions based on information from a wide range of sources, and to explain using evidence in a relevant and clearly structured manner. They will learn how sources can be interpreted in different way and asked to think critically in order to challenge propaganda.

Year 7

Medieval England 1066-1485

• Medieval kingship
• Harold and William
• Hastings, 1066
• Taking control - Castles, Domesday Book, Feudal System
• Henry II and Thomas Beckett
• King John and the Magna Carta
• Religion and Crusades
• The Hundred Years War
• Joan of Arc
• The Black Death
• The Peasants' Revolt
• The War of the Roses

The Roman Empire

• The Legend of Rome, Fact and Myth
• Hannibal
• The Romans in England
• Boudicca
• The Roman Army
• Caesar and The Roman Republic
• Roman Technology
• Roman Life
• The Collapse of an Empire

Year 8

The Making of the UK

• Life in the 1500s
• Protestant and Catholic
• Henry VIII (Reformation)
• Mary I
• Elizabeth I and The Spanish Armada
• Gunpowder Plot
• Causes of the Civil War
• Civil War (Battles, tactics and key players)
• Charles I trial and execution
• Oliver Cromwell
• Charles II (Restoration)
• London - Plague and Fire
• james II and Glorious Revolution

The Black People of the Americas

• Causes of slavery
• Slave Trade
• Plantations and Revolts
• Opposition to slavery
• US Civil War
• Emancipation
• Civil Rights