Year 7
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Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Introduction to History and the Battle of Hastings 1066 |
Medieval Kings |
Life in the Medieval Period |
Tudors |
Tudors |
Stuarts 1603-1714 |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Knowledge The first half of year 7 focuses on understanding the knowledge of historical events from the medieval period. We begin with the year 1066 and William conquering England and how that shaped England’s history forever. The second half of year 7 we focus on studying the Tudor period and the change and impact that different monarchs had on the country. Finally, we finish with the Stuarts and the early 1700 period. Skills · Understanding and knowledge · Explain and analyse · Analyse and evaluate sources · Analyse and evaluate interpretations |
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Homework |
Students will be set a project every half term to complete. The project set will related to what they are studying in class to enhance and develop their knowledge further. |
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Year 8
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Industrial Revolution 1750-1900 |
British Empire and Slave Trade 1750-1900 |
Russian Revolution 1890-1918 |
World War One 1914-1918 |
World War Two 1939-1945 Local study – Maidenhead |
The Holocaust 1939-1945 |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Knowledge We begin year 8 in the 1700s as that is the year the students finished studying in year 7. The first two terms look specifically at the 1750-1900 period and we study the impact of the industrial revolution. We also explore important two important topics: empire and the slave trade to give students a deeper understanding of issues that are still relevant in today’s society. Next, we study the Russian revolution where we focus on why there was a revolution and the impact of Lenin and Stalin’s rule on the people of Russia. The final half of year 8 we study World War One, World War Two and the Holocaust. In these units we look at different battle strategies, question leadership tactics and we look at the impact of war on civilians. Skills · Understanding and knowledge · Explain and analyse · Analyse and evaluate sources · Analyse and evaluate interpretations |
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Homework |
Students will be set a project every half term to complete. The project set will related to what they are studying in class to enhance and develop their knowledge further. |
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Year 9
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Post World War 2 – USA Civil Rights |
Fighting for Rights – Women, Ghandi, Mandela |
Humanities countries unit |
Germany 1890-1945 Part 1 & 2 |
Germany 1890-1945 Part 3 |
Germany 1890-1945 Part 4 |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Knowledge In the first two terms, students study civil rights in America and focus on the different events which led to the Civil Rights Act being passed in 1964. Students progress beyond America in term 2 and study the fight for rights in countries such as India, South Africa and Great Britain. After Christmas, students study a humanities unit where they learn about historical events in 6 different countries. In geography, students also study the same 6 countries which provides an excellent cross curricular opportunity. The final half of the year involves students studying German 1890-1945 where students look at the rise and fall of the Kaiser, the new Weimar Republic, The Golden years 1923-1929, the rise of Adolf Hitler and the experience of living in Germany during Hitler’s reign. Skills · Understanding and knowledge · Explain and analyse · Analyse and evaluate sources · Analyse and evaluate interpretations |
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Homework |
Students will be set a project every half term to complete. The project set will related to what they are studying in class to enhance and develop their knowledge further. |
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Year 10
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Health and the people: c1000 to the present day |
Health and the people: c1000 to the present day |
Health and the people: c1000 to the present day |
Norman England, c1066–c1100 Part 1 |
Norman England, c1066–c1100 Part 2 |
Norman England, c1066–c1100 Part 3 |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Health and the people: c1000 to the present day This thematic study will enable students to gain an understanding of how medicine and public health developed in Britain over a long period of time. It considers the causes, scale, nature and consequences of short and long term developments, their impact on British society and how they were related to the key features and characteristics of the periods during which they took place. Although the focus of this study is the development of medicine and public health in Britain, it will draw on wider world developments that impacted on the core themes. Students will have the opportunity to see how some ideas and events in the wider world affected Britain and will promote the idea that key themes did not develop in isolation, but these ideas and events should be referenced in terms of their effects on the core theme for Britain and British people. Norman England, c1066–c1100 Part 1 This option allows students to study in depth the arrival of the Normans and the establishment of their rule. The depth study will focus on major aspects of Norman rule, considered from economic, religious, political, social and cultural standpoints of this period and arising contemporary and historical controversies. Part one: The Normans: conquest and control
Part two: Life under the Normans
Part three: The Norman Church and monasticism
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Homework |
Students will complete a series of GCSE style questions and research projects |
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Year 11
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
Norman England, c1066–c1100-Part 4 And Conflict and tension: the inter-war years, 1918–1939 |
Conflict and tension: the inter-war years, 1918–1939 |
Revision |
Revision |
Revision |
Final summer Exams |
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Knowledge & Skills |
Part 4 – the historic environment Students will be examined on a specific site in depth. This site will be as specified and will be changed annually. The site will relate to the content of the rest of this depth study. It is intended that study of different historic environments will enrich students’ understanding of Norman England. Review, revise and perfect examination skills and techniques. Conflict and tension: the inter-war years, 1918–1939 This wider world depth study enables students to understand the complex and diverse interests of different individuals and states including the Great Powers. It looks at concepts such as national self-determination, ideas of internationalism and the challenges of revising the peace settlement. It focuses on the causes of the Second World War and seeks to show how and why conflict occurred and why it proved difficult to resolve the issues which caused it. This study also considers the role of key individuals and groups in shaping change, as well as how they were affected by and influenced international relations. |
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Homework |
Students will complete a series of GCSE style questions and tasks in revision guides |
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Year 12
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
In search of the American Dream, the USA: 1917-96 and South Africa, 1948-94; from apartheid state to ‘rainbow state’ |
In search of the American Dream, the USA: 1917-96 and South Africa, 1948-94; from apartheid state to ‘rainbow state’ |
In search of the American Dream, the USA: 1917-96 and South Africa, 1948-94; from apartheid state to ‘rainbow state’ |
In search of the American Dream, the USA: 1917-96 and South Africa, 1948-94; from apartheid state to ‘rainbow state’ |
In search of the American Dream, the USA: 1917-96 and South Africa, 1948-94; from apartheid state to ‘rainbow state’ |
Revision for mocks and start the coursework module |
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Knowledge & Skills |
America Overview This option comprises a study in breadth, in which students will learn about the dramatic political, economic and social transformation of the USA in the twentieth century, an era that saw the USA challenged by the consequences of political, economic and social inequalities at home and of its involvement in international conflict. The focus of study is on developments and changes over a broad timescale and so the content is presented as themes spanning a significant duration: 1917-80. This option also contains a study in depth of historical interpretations on a broad question, which is contextualised by, and runs on from, the themes: what impact the Reagan presidency had on the USA in the years 1981–96. South Africa Overview This option comprises a study in depth of South Africa during its transition from white minority rule to the free elections of 1994, a long, and at times, dramatic process in which South Africa changed from an apartheid state into a multi-racial democracy. Students will gain an in-depth understanding of the creation and consolidation of the apartheid regime by the National Party and the response and methods used by their political opponents in the struggle to overthrow apartheid, as well social, economic and cultural changes that accompanied this process |
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Homework |
Students will be set work to complete in their timetabled study period every week Students to complete an exam question every 2 weeks |
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Year 13
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Term |
Autumn 1 |
Autumn 2 |
Spring 1 |
Spring 2 |
Summer 1 |
Summer 2 |
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Topic title |
The British Experience of warfare 1790-1918 and coursework module |
The British Experience of warfare 1790-1918 and coursework module |
The British Experience of warfare 1790-1918 and Revision |
The British Experience of warfare 1790-1918 and Revision |
Final summer exams |
Final summer exams |
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Knowledge & Skills |
British Experience of warfare Overview: This option comprises two parts: the Aspects in breadth focus on long-term changes and contextualise the Aspects in depth, which focus in detail on key episodes. Together, the breadth and depth topics explore the British experience of war in different aspects of major overseas conflicts and the changing relationship between the state and the people as the government attempted to create an effective fighting machine and prepare the people for war. Within the primarily military focus on the experience of warfare, this option also gives students the opportunity to explore its political, social and economic dimensions and their part in generating pressure for change. Coursework overview: The purpose of this coursework is to enable students to develop skills in the analysis and evaluation of interpretations of history in a chosen question, problem or issue as part of an independently researched assignment. The focus is on understanding the nature and purpose of the work of the historian. Students will be required to form a critical view based on relevant reading on the question, problem or issue. They will also be specifically required to analyse, explain and evaluate the interpretations of three historians. The coursework will be assessed using a centre-set assignment. Assignments must meet the requirements detailed below. An assignment framework is provided to support the development of individual assignments. |
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Homework |
Students will be set work to complete in their timetabled study period every week Students to complete an exam question every 2 weeks |
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