History
BackHistory is the study of people and events and how far these experiences have changed over time. During History lessons we study time periods chronologically from Medieval England through to WWII and more modern History. We also teach the historical skills including chronology, source and interpretation analysis and cause/consequence among others.
Learning Journey
Curriculum Overview
| Year 7 | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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| New Knowledge: |
What Is History pre-1066? Understanding chronology and change and continuity: Romans, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons before 1066 Ordinary lives Did the Historian Marc Morris get it right about the Norman Conquest? Interpretations The Battle of Hastings and consolidation of Power |
Were the Middle Ages nasty, brutal and short? Significance Medieval church and government, Magna Carta, Black Death and Peasants’ Revolt Beliefs How did warfare support Medieval power and control? Causation Crusades, UK consolidation, 100 Years War, War of the Roses Power |
In what ways can we religiously compare the Tudors? Similarity, difference and empathy Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Reformation and the Tudor religion Beliefs How useful are sources to explain Stuart society? Sources Gun Powder Plot, Witches, America, Spanish in South America Ordinary lives |
| Previous Knowledge Required: |
Historic topics covered in Primary school to have an understanding of chronology and time periods. Battles in History |
How William took control of England What England was like before William became King |
How the Tudor Dynasty began Laws of succession Understanding of sources |
| New Skills: |
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| Links to the School Curriculum |
Primary-overview of previous topics Drama – Chronology of theatre Maths – Chronology and timelines Maths – Castle building task |
English – Medieval Warwick & persuasive writing Richard III Citizenship and British value-UK government Art – Medieval Warwick buildings (GCSE) Science- diseases RE- Christianity and Islam |
Art-Renaissance RE – changes in church during the Tudor period. Drama – History of Elizabethan theatre Art – portraits of Elizabeth and symbolism English - persuasive writing GRIPPER3P, Macbeth – witches RE – terrorism and extremism – Gunpowder plot |
| Independent Activities |
Tour of Warwick to see Medieval features Roman Alcester BBC Radio 4 Home-school History – Battle of Hastings Episode Watch Secrets of the Bayeux Tapestry – BBC documentary BBC Sounds Horrible Histories Podcast – William the Conqueror Episode |
Visit Runneymede Tower of London London Museum Houses of Parliament Westminister Abbey Visit Medieval York Visit Kenilworth Castle or Warwick castle
BBC History |
BBC Radio 4 Home-school History – Mary Queen of Scots Episode Read VIII by HM Castor Watch England’s Forgotten Queen: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey – BBC documentary series BBC Sounds Horrible Histories Podcast – Henry VIII Episode and Elizabeth I Episode Visit the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford-Upon-Avon
Visit the Lord Leycester Hospital |
| Web Links: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztjrbqthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwcsp4j |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwcsp4j https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/gunpowder-plot |
| Year 8 | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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| New Knowledge: |
How did the role of Monarchy change? Change and continuity Stuart and Georgian dynasty English Civil War to Glorious Revolution Power Does BBC History Magazine get it right about the Victorians? Interpretations Industrial Revolution, factories, inventors Ordinary lives |
Which event was more important in gaining us the vote? Significance Peterloo, Swing riots, Chartists, Suffragettes. Beliefs Should Louis XVI be blamed for the French Revolution? Causation French Revolution Power |
Are the lives of minorities different since slavery? Similarity, difference, empathy Slave trade, Jim Crow, Civil Rights and BLM Beliefs What did colonisation mean to different countries as the British Empire grew? Sources British Empire in India, Far East Asia, South Africa Ordinary lives |
| Previous Knowledge Required: |
Understanding the chronology from the previous Tudor dynasty Role of the monarch and how the government became further involved in peoples’ lives. Power struggle between King and Government Differences between Catholics and Protestants |
Understanding how Britain was before and how it led to society changing. The extent to which peoples’ lives changed. How the importance of government meant further campaigning for the vote. |
Current affairs on BLM How the rise of an Empire is connected to the Industrial Revolution. |
| New Skills: |
Identifying new vocabulary Further research skills Examining how change is affected by pace and location Exploring different interpretations |
How to analyse significance using the 5rs. Developing how to analyse and prioritise causes, short and long term. |
Empathy and maturity when dealing with a sensitive topic Debating skills More analytical focus in essay writing More complex source analysis |
| Links to the School Curriculum |
Maths – Chronology English – Victorian society (Year 8), Gothic literature (Year9), Christmas carol (Year7) |
Ethics – Immigration RE – terrorism and extremism – Suffragettes British values and citizenship Drama - Immigration |
Geography – Africa (Year 7) Music – African drums, blues and jazz English – poetry from African cultures, nought and crosses (new year 8) Ethics – Slavery and civil rights, voting system Geography – Empire and colonialism |
| Independent Activities |
Visit Edgehill Battlefield Create a timeline of Battles of the English Civil War National Trust sites such as Coughton Court for gunpowder plot. Watch stories from Parliament https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YptNONmnXH0 Visit Ironbridge or the Black Country Museum Read Oliver Twist or any Charles Dickens Watch a documentary about the Industrial Revolution, e.g. |
Visit home of Pankhurst in Manchester Visit Peterloo site in Manchester Peterloo film (2018) Visit Paris and Palace to Versailles |
Visit the Museum of London exhibit on slavery Visit International Slavery museum Liverpool Watch Lucy Worsley Suffragette documentary Read Death in 10 minutes by Fern Riddell Watch Britain’s forgotten slaves available on BBC iplayer |
| Web Links: | https://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/british-history/industrial-revolution/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YptNONmnXH0 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zm7qtfrhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zm7qtfr/articles/z6kg3j6 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2qj6sghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxwg3j6 |
| Year 9 | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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| New Knowledge: |
What changed because of WWI? Change and continuity Conscription, Conscientious Objectors and Propaganda in WW1, Trench warfare. Key battles – The Somme Social, political and technological impacts Power How does Yasmin Khan reach conclusions about the Second World War? Interpretations Treaty of Versailles – Remembrance why wear a poppy? Key battles of WW2 South East Asia involvement in WW2 Power |
Was the Holocaust a unique genocide? Significance Holocaust European, Asian and African genocides beliefs Was there a clash of civilisations post 1945? Causation Atomic bomb, Cold War case studies such as Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan. Links to modern day Russia and China. Beliefs |
“Rivers of blood and the curry Mile”. What does Birmingham tell us about immigration? Similarity, difference and empathy Immigration, Windrush, media, food, culture Ordinary people How should we remember the latter 2oth century? Sources 1950s -2000s on music, fashion, sport, politics, cultural impacts Individual project Ordinary lives |
| Previous Knowledge Required: |
Why wars are fought and what is meant by war? The impact of war and how the consequences impact on other countries The causes of WW1 and efforts made to avoid future conflict. The important of Empire. |
WWII, Hitler, Jews in Europe during Medieval and Early Modern periods. Locations of countries on a map. Socialism and Communism |
Different groups that have immigrated to the UK. Major music, fashion, sport, British PMs lf latter 20th century. |
| New Skills: |
Changes impacted by time, location, different perspectives Comparing interpretations usefulness and using propaganda images to understand why people act ( join WW1) Essay writing skills in depth Extended learning to build on knowledge |
Perspectives and judgments of significance based on time, location and class. Evaluation of causes based on impacts and consequences. |
Similarity and difference linked to perspectives of class, location and time. Analysing sources, nature, origin and purpose, Comparing sources usefulness.
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| Links to the School Curriculum: |
English – War poetry – linked to more modern wars as well Drama - Warhorse |
English – Once (Year7) Ethics – Holocaust Psychology – dictatorships and obedience Cultural studies – Italian film (background on dictatorships would help) |
Music- famous bands Sport- famous events like 1966 IT, Technology and science- inventions Food tech- different recipes Art- graffiti to artists |
| Independent Activities: |
The following are useful films/ books to enhance learning- Blackadder Goes Forth/ Birdsong/ Podcasts and various videos by Dan Snow to supplement learning. Warwick's army museums |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00x6t2k Watch one of the following to enhance impact of Hitler’s polices within Germany: Book Thief Jo Jo Rabbit Boy in Striped Pyjamas Schindlers’ List
National Cold War exhibition- RAF museum, Victoria and Albert museum |
National museum of Liverpool Ashmolean museum in Oxford Museum of London The British Museum Museum of Youth culture |
| Web Links: | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4323128/
Birdsong Link |
Complete virtual tour of Anne Frank Museum when studying Holocaust: https://www.annefrank.org/en/about-us/what-we-do/publications/anne-frank-house-virtual-reality/ |
https://www.migrationmuseum.org/tag/birmingham/ |
| Year 10 | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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| New Knowledge: |
Crime and Punishment Medieval and Early Modern Crime, punishment and policing from 1000-1500 Crime and Punishment Industrial and Modern Crime, punishment and policing 1500-present |
Crime and Punishment- Whitechapel environment Crime, punishment and policing in Jack the Ripper’s London Superpower relations and the Cold War: Origins and Crises -origins, develops and intensifies, Cuba, Berlin and Eastern Europe |
Superpower relations and the Cold War: the end of the Cold War USA and USSR, Afganistan, Berlin and Eastern Europe Elizabeth I: Queen, Government and religion Early problems, religion and Mary Queen of Scots. |
| Previous Knowledge Required: |
Medieval, Tudor, Stuart and Victorian power and control. Kings and Queens across this time period. Anglo-Saxons, Normans, feudal system, Medieval Church. Heresy, Treason, Gunpowder plot, witches. Victorians, Industrial revolution, Empire, Slavery. |
Industrial and Victorian England, smog, living conditions, immigration. Cuba, Berlin and Eastern Europe. Capitalism and Communism, End of WWII. |
War in Afghanistan, fall of Communism, wider conflicts such as Korea, Vietnam. War of the Roses, How the Tudors came to power. Catholics and Protestants. |
| New Skills: |
Chronology Change and continuity Significance Causation Similarity and difference
“How far do you agree?...” “Explain why this event happened…” |
Chronology Consequences Significance
Explain two consequences Historical narrative Explain the importance of x for y |
Chronology Change and continuity Significance Causation Similarity and difference
“How far do you agree?...” “Explain why this event happened…”
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| Links to the School Curriculum: |
Year 7 History- Medieval and Early Modern. English- Macbeth Ethics- crime Sociology Psychology |
Year 8 History- Industrial revolution Year 9 History- World Conflicts Maths- graphs and statistics |
Geography- countries and politics Religion- Christianity |
| Independent Activities: |
Jack the Ripper London tours London Dungeons Tower of London York Dungeons Click prison museum Gunpowder plot immersive experience
Tony Robinson’s crime and punishment DVD |
Imperial War museum Bentwaters Cold War museum The Man from U.N.C.L.E (2015 film) Bridge of Spies (2015 film) The lives of Others (2006 film) CNN’s THE Cold War (1998) 24 episodes The entire history of the Cold War –life guide documentary (You Tube) |
The Virgin Queen (BBC series – 4 episodes) Elizabeth I (Channel 4 2 part drama) Elizabeth I By David Starkey (4 episodes) Elizabeth (1998 film) Elizabeth R (1971 6 part BBC drama series) Elizabeth I’s secret agents, Episode 1. BBC drama Battlefield Britain, Episode 4 Spanish Armada (BBC) |
| Web Links: | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zk6k96f/revision/1 | https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z3h9mnb/revision/1v4https://senecalearning.com/en-GB/seneca-certified-resources/superpower-relations-and-the-cold-war-1941-91-gcse-edexcel/ |
| Year 11 | Term 1 | Term 2 | Term 3 |
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| New Knowledge: |
Elizabeth I: Queen, Government and religion Challenges at home and aboard, Elizabethan society
Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939 Origins of the Weimar Government |
Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939 Hitler’s rise to power and dictatorship
Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-1939 Life in Nazi Germany |
Revision of previous four topics and preparing for Exams. |
| Previous Knowledge Required: |
Catholic and Protestants Plots and rebellions Exploration Armada
End of WWI, Treaty of Versailles, Great Depression |
Hitler, SS, concentration camps, Holocaust
Women, children and minorities under Nazi Germany. |
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| New Skills: |
Chronology Significance Causation Similarity and difference
“How far do you agree?...” “Explain why this event happened…”
Interpretations Sources |
Chronology Significance Causation Sources Interpretations |
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| Links to the School Curriculum: |
English and Drama- Shakespeare Art- Renaissance, portraits Religion- Christianity Exploration – Geography Media – source analysis |
Ethics – Holocaust Religious education – life of Jews in Europe before war English – Homelessness and impacts of WWI Science – Ethics of research (Holocaust) Psychology – dictatorships and obedience |
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| Independent Activities: |
The Virgin Queen (BBC series – 4 episodes) Elizabeth I (Channel 4 2 part drama) Elizabeth I By David Starkey (4 episodes) Elizabeth (1998 film) Elizabeth R (1971 6 part BBC drama series) Elizabeth I’s secret agents, Episode 1. BBC drama Battlefield Britain, Episode 4 Spanish Armada (BBC) |
The rise of evil (TV mini series 2003) The book thief (2014) Also available as a book by Markus Zusak
Simon Hands ‘GCSE Germany: The Nazi State 1933-45’ series of videos about Nazi rule Valkyrie (2008) Film about July bomb plot Auschwitz: The Nazis and the Final Solution (2005) Documentary series on Netflix |
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| Web Links: | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtMKyDyYgcg&list=PL_FHz0i2f-YkBDWVxBei2A4sUxb0CZUHk |