Pre-1066 invasions

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Students will investigate the Roman and Viking invasions of England to see the English response to them and how England was changed because of them.

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Students are building on KS2 knowledge where they may well have encountered the Romans and the Vikings.

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The Normans

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Students will investigate the contest for the throne in 1066 and the Battle of Hastings that followed. They will then consider the impact that the Norman invasion had on England and decide whether they really did bring a 'truckload of trouble'.

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Chronologically pupils will continue to study the history of England in seeing how, yet again, these islands have been shaped by those who arraived on our shores. Pupils will start to develop their source skills and abilities to understand different interpretations.

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The Medieval World

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Students will study the Medieval world through varying primary sources. They will discover the stories of the Medieval world from England to Baghdad via the Silk Roads, from the role of religion and disease in people's live to the stories of Kings, Queens and rebellions!

Building On

Pupils will be introduced to history beyond our shores but will see how the lives of people around the Medieval world had similarities as well and differnecs and were often connected in surprising ways. They will build on their understanding of the impact of religion onordinary people and will further see the outworking of Medieval kingship.

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The Tudor World

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Students will look at the main changes brought about by the Tudor Dynasty relating to royal power and religion. They will then compare this to the Mughal Dynasty in India, focusing on how the Mughal Dynasty was established, how the issue of religion was dealt with in the reigns of Akbar the Great and Aurangzeb, as well as the legacy of their rule.  

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Pupils will continue to build on their understanding of different places around the world and connecting different themes looking at similarity and difference. Understanding of religious change and medieval kingship will be developed further in this unit.

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17th Century England

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Pupils will develop an appreciation of the scale and breadth of changes which took place in England during this time period with a particular focus on the role of monarchy. Students will consider the changes to UK and monarchy including: King James I (James VI of Scotland), Gunpowder plot, King Charles I, Civil War, Execution of Charles I, The Republic of England, Oliver Cromwell, Charles II (Merry Monarch), The Glorious Revolution, King James II

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Students will continue their chronological study of the isles on which we live. In this they will continue to build on their knowledge of kingship and medieval power.

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Nottingham Castle trip

African Kingdom of Benin

Overview

Students will discover the African Kingdom of Benin in all its glory. They will find out why the Kingdom was so succesful and how it demonstrated this through techonological advances that will surprise and inspire them.

Building On

Students knowledge of world history will continue to grow and this unit makes links with similar themes of Kingship, trade and religion but in the context of a medieval African Kingdom.

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Impact of Enslavement

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Students will investigate the trade in enslved people and discover the wide-ranging impacts that the trade had on individual African's themselves, the countries that ran this evil trade, the countries that lost people to the trade and those that received enslaved people.

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Students build on their knowledge of trade and are introduced to this appalling part of history through the eyes of those who suffered. They will build on their understanding of interpretations and sources and be encourage to question accepted narratives.

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Abolition of Enslavement

Overview

Students will look at the journey to the abolition of enslavement. The roles of different people and groups will be considered with an emphasis on the actions of enslaved people themselves as well the white abolitonists.

Building On

Students continue to build on their knowledge of the trade in enslaved people. They will continue to develop their writing skills as they build arguments about causation.

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Industrial Revolution

Overview

Students will look at the Industrial Revolution though the diverse experiences of the children who lived through it. They will see that experiences depended on wealth, type of work, location and social standing.

Building On

Pupils will build on their understanding of different interpretations. The content builds on their understanding of Britain's gorwing empire and wealth base.

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Trip to Black Country Living Museum

First World War

Overview

Studtns will consider the roles of people from diverse backgrounds in the First World War. Traditional stereotypes will be broken down as they learn about the contributions towards the allied victory made by people from acorss the British Empire and beyond.

Building On

Pupils will continue to build on their understanding of the nature of nature by looking at developing interpretations. The focus on diversity reflects emphasis seen in other topics.

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Second World War and the Holocaust

Overview

In the first half of this half term, pupils will examine the key events of the Second World War, including the Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, the Pearl Harbour attack and D-Day, before coming to an informed decision as to when it became much more likely (dare I say inevitable) that Germany would lose the war to the Allies. This should allow students to practice thinking how historical events can affect the scale and pace of change by tracking the likelihood of German victory in the war. In the latter half of the half-term, pupils will use historical sources to find out about the impact of the Holocaust on Jewish lives. This will range from pre-Holocaust Jewish culture, and take pupils through the varying attempts by the Nazis to destroy Jewishness. Pupils will practise source analysis every lesson and practice how to include sources into their historical writing.

Building On

The skill of assessing change and continuity will build upon the practice made in year 7's learning on the Tudors. Practice in this skill will also benefit the locally decided theme when pupils assess change. Furthermore, When pupils in Year 10 study the Conflict and Tension module looking at how effective battles were on both fronts of the First World War, pupils will have experience thinking how each event affects the scale and pace of change and how victory becomes more likely for either the Entente or Alliance. Pupils will then move on to the Holocaust, which will connect to the GCSE module Weimar and Nazi Germany when pupils study the impact on the Jews. It is also an indepth analysis of persecution which pupils will build on when they study minority rights.

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Trip to Beth Shalom, Holocaust Memorial Centre

The Cold War

Overview

This unit will help students to think about politics in the wider world. It will help them to develop their understanding of the 20th Century, linking to continued tension between East and West. It will also help them to think about key historical themes, such as political, economic and military factors in the development of the Cold War and the eventual collapse of the USSR. With its emphasis on sources, it helps to prepare students for GCSE content.

Building On

This topic follows on chronologically from the Second World War topic. It also helps to prepare students for their GCSE by focusing on the discipline of source analysis.

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The changing world- decolonisation

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The fight for rights after the Second World War

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This unit will focus on the movements of a variety civil rights groups, including women, LGBTQ+ and people of colour. It will focus on the change and continuity of Civil Rights across the 20th century, exploring the significance of individuals and events that helped shape the state of Civil rights by the turn of the new millennium. This unit will focus on the movements of a variety civil rights groups, including women, LGBTQ+ and people of colour. It will focus on the change and continuity of Civil Rights across the 20th century, exploring the significance of individuals and events that helped shape the state of Civil rights by the turn of the new millennium.

Pupils will improve their understanding of the changes that occurred over the course of the 20th century, by understanding what the status of Civil Rights was like in the 19th and working through the course of the 20th century to appreciate what struggles and success were faced by certain individuals and at certain events. For example, Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus boycott, Emmeline Pankhurst and the suffragettes.

Building On

Pupils will draw on knowledge from their previous learning: Norman rebellions
Peasant’s revolt 1381 and the idea of fighting for change
Tudor rebellions
Impact of empire/s
20th century world (WWI & II, Cold War) how and what changed it
The changing role of government and power throughout history
The changing rights of individuals and groups This will then help build upon knowledge for the GCSE topics of: Migration, Empires and the people – The idea of immigration and impact of empire
WWI – the increased tensions due to imperialism and empires
Germany – The Nazis and women’s rights

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It allows pupils to develop a sense of empathy for people they may or may not associate with, it also allows those who fit within a ‘minority’ a chance to learn more about their own past within a British perspective, allowing them to appreciate both the struggles and rewards of these people

Conflict and Tension: The causes of the First World War

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Students will develop understanding of the causes of the First World War. Starting chronologically, they will explore the long term causes from the unification of Germany, to the various international crises that provoked war. Students will also assess the short term and trigger causes of the assassination and the July Crisis. This will enable students to have an overview of the MAIN causes (Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism) and then explore the implications of this into the war itself during Part 2.

Building On

This knowledge will build upon understanding from Year 8 where students have explored the origins of the First World War, but focused on the war outside of Europe. This prior knowledge will allow students to understand the global impact of the war.

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Students will understand the wider cultural impact of the war particularly within the British Empire and how this has become a part of the national community e.g. Remembrance Day

Conflict and Tension: The First World War and stalemate

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Battlefileds trip to Northern France