Making
the past part of the present
Key Stage 3
Key Stage 3
History
All pupils have 2 hours of History a week in Years
7-9. Each class undertakes a study of the following Historical
topics/Issues.
Year 7
Study Skills (Chronology, time, use of sources)
Norman Conquest
Medieval Society
Health & Disease
Medieval monarchs
Relationships with other countries.
Year 8
Britain in 1500
Tudor monarchs (Henry VIII and Elizabeth I )
James I & Gunpowder Plot
Civil War
Health, Superstition and Settlement after 1660.
The French Revolution
Impact of Napoleon
The Slave Trade
Slave Economies
Slave Resistance & Abolition.
Year 9
Overview of Britain 1750-1900
Industrial Changes & Working conditions.
Causes of WWI
Nature of Trench Warfare
New Technology in war
Peace Treaty at Versailles
Europe 1918-39 (Dictatorships).
Nazi Germany
Experiences of WWII
The Holocaust
Legacy of the war.
In addition to a yearly examination, pupils are
assessed every six weeks with a formal written assessed exercise. These
are marked according to levels of achievement. The level achieved is
usually between 3-7 with the majority of pupils achieving an average of
level 5 by the end of year 9.
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