KS3

KS3 Course Followed: History

Year 7 – Britain and its place in the Medieval World, c1066-c1450: Migration, War & Identity

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
HT1	Pre-1066 Study - Impact of Migration to Britain before 1066	Intro to History & Migration topic Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings	Key Fact Test on Legacy of Migrant Groups
HT2	Norman Conquest	3 claimants Stamford Bridge Hastings Why William Won Establishment of Control	Battle of Hastings Essay
HT3	Medieval Castles	Motte & Bailey Watch Hill Castle, Bowdon Development of castles Concentric Castles Attacking & Defending castles Life in a Castle	Medieval Castle Display Board
HT4	Medieval Religion	Role & Importance of Religion & The Priest Doom paintings Monks & Nuns Henry & Becket	N/A
HT5	Islamic Golden Age & Crusades	Harun Al-Rashid & Start of Golden Age Contributions & Key aspects The Mongols, Siege of Baghdad & End of Golden Age Intro to Crusades Motivations of Crusaders History of Conflict Impact of Crusades	End of Year Exam
HT6	Emergence of Early Modern Britain	John & Magna Carta De Montfort & Parliament Altrincham Charter Edward I’s Wars (2) Black Death (2) Peasant’s Revolt Hundred Years’ War Comparison: Mansa Musa & The Malian Empire	Hundred Years War Movie Trailer

Year 8 - Britain and its place in the world c.1450-c.1850: Renaissance, Reformation & Revolution

	Table Heading		Table Heading
HT1	European Renaissance & Voyages of Discovery	Introduction: The World in 1450 & Overview of 1400-1850 Intro to & Causes of Renaissance Impact of Renaissance Da Vinci Voyages: Who & Where Reasons for Voyages Impact of Voyages	Columbus: A Contested Legacy (Interpretation Question)
HT2	European Reformation & Tudor Britain	Henry VII Henry VIII Continental Reformation: Criticisms of Catholic Church Catholics & Protestants Henry VIII’s Great Matter Break with Rome Dissolution Edward’s Radical Reformation Mary’s Counter-Reformation	Break with Rome (Source Assessment)
HT3	Elizabeth & The End of the Spanish Golden Age	Spanish Golden Age Elizabeth’s Problems Causes of Armada Why England Won Fall of Spain & the Dutch Golden Age	Armada Essay
HT4	Enlightenment & Revolution	Witchcraft Enlightenment Scientific Revolution Key Scientists Political Revolution: EnglandPolitical Revolution: France &/or America	Knowledge & Keywords Assessment
HT5	British Empire & Trade in Enslaved Africans	Britain & its pursuit of Empire Intro to Trade Aspects of Trade in Enslaved Africans Resistance Abolitionists Legacy: Statues of Slave Traders	Knowledge & Keywords Assessment
HT6	Local History: Industrial Manchester	What was Industrial Revolution? Why Britain first? Tatton Park & the Trade in Enslaved Africans Canal Mania: Bridgewater Canal LMR Cottonopolis Peterloo Massacre Cholera epidemic	N/A

Year 9 - Britain and its place in the Modern World, c.1850-c.2000: Fall of Empires & A New World Order

	NAME OF TOPIC	KEY CONTENT OF THE TOPIC	ASSESSMENT POINTS
HT1	Early Twentieth Century	Intro: The World in 1900; Overview of C20: Democracy, Fascism & Communism CHINA 1: Boxer Rebellion: Link to Opium Wars CHINA 2: 1911 Xinhai Revolution Women’s Suffrage Long-Term Causes of WW1	Knowledge & Keywords Assessment
HT2	The First World War & its Impact	Franz Ferdinand Schlieffen Plan Recruitment Propaganda Trench Warfare Haig & the Somme Chapel Street: The Bravest Street in EnglandEmpire Troops & the Black ‘Forgotten Regiment’	Haig Interpretation Question
HT3	Rise of the Dictators & Outbreak of WW2	Impact of WW1: Versailles, Fall of Empires, Rise of Democracy, Spanish Flu & Race Riots in Liverpool Rise of Mussolini, Stalin & Hitler (also mention Mosley/BUF in Britain) Causes of WW2 (2) CHINA 3: Long March	Causes of WW2 Mini-Essay
HT4	WW2 & New World Order	Why did Allies Win WW2 overview? (2) Holocaust (2) Atomic Bombs Impact of WW2: Decline of Empires New World Order: Cold War: Capitalism & Communism	Churchill: A Contested Legacy (Interpretation Question)
HT5	A Divided World	Truman, Containment & Marshall Plan Berlin: Epicentre of a divided Europe Nuclear Arms Race CHINA 4: 1949 Cuban Missile Crisis CHINA 5: Great Leap Forward 1958-62 CHINA 6: Cultural Revolution 1966-76	End of Year Exam
HT6	The Late Twentieth Century	Britain: Sick Man of Europe? (loss of empire; economic decline, EEC, racial tensions Reagan & Thatcher’s ‘Second Cold War’ CHINA 7: Den Xiaoping & Economic Reform Fall of Berlin Wall CHINA 8: Tiananmen 1989 Collapse of USSR & ‘End of History’? Britain at the end of the C20	N/A

What can parents do to support their sons?

Please encourage your son to read around the subject as much as possible. We have an excellent Key Stage Three History library in C5 (usually Ms Cathcart’s room) which all students in Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 are welcome to use. Please see Ms Cathcart for further details. Beyond that, useful historical websites include:

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/subjects/zk26n39 (History section of the BBC Bitesize website)
https://spartacus-educational.com/industry.html (British History section of the Spartacus website)
https://meanwhileelsewhereinhistory.wordpress.com/ (A site which helps expand students’ horizons beyond the taught curriculum)
https://www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/ (A site run by the Runnymede Trust which provides resources on migration to Britain and its impact since the Roman Period)
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks3/history/ (Online quizzes on a variety of Key Stage Three History topics)

Specialist websites can also be useful for more detailed research, for example:

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/1066-and-the-norman-conquest/what-happened-battle-hastings/ (Information on the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest on English Heritage’s website for Year 7)
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/ism/slavery/ (History of the Trade in Enslaved Africans on the International Slavery Museum’s (Liverpool) website for Year 8)
https://www.iwm.org.uk/learning/resources/first-world-war-recruitment-posters (WW1 recruitment posters on the Imperial War Museum’s website for Year 9)

You can also encourage your son to read historical fiction and non-fiction. He could try to keep an eye on current affairs which often have historical links. There are many well-produced and engaging historical television programmes, from entertaining ‘Horrible Histories’ to informative documentaries. If possible visit local historical sites like the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, The Imperial War Museum and Dunham Massey. When you go further afield, Hadrian’s Wall, Edward I’s Welsh castles and the Houses of Parliament are popular attractions. In Europe there are the First and Second World War battlefield sites. The most important contribution parents can make to support their son’s history studies education is to assist them in developing an active interest in the world around them.