Why do we learn history?
In history, pupils consider how the past influences the present, what past societies were like, how these societies organised their politics, and what beliefs and cultures influenced people’s actions.
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Year 7
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| People of Britain pre-1066 / Battle of Hastings. | Norman England |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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| Medieval Society: Church vs Kings | Medieval Society: Life |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
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| British society: Tudors (War of Roses, Henry VII, Henry VIII) | British society: Tudors (Edward, Mary I and Elizabeth) |
Year 8
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| Civil War: Source-based focus: Charles I, Cromwell’s Commonwealth, Charles II | British Empire: Colonisation in North America, India, Australia |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
|---|---|
| Slave trade - experience, rebellion and resistance, and abolition | Industrial Revolution: Social/political/ Economic changes |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
| Industrial Revolution | Local study: Civil Rights in the UK and Windrush (project work) |
Year 9
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| Medicine in war | WW1 - experiences of soldiers |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
|---|---|
| Impact of war: suffragettes, conscientious objectors, league of nations | Rise of Hitler to the start of WW2 |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
| Holocaust | Modern effects of the slave trade: Civil Rights in the USA |
Year 10
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth | Elizabeth |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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| Russia | Russia |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
| Russia | Superpowers |
Year 11
| Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 |
|---|---|
| Superpowers | Crime and Punishment |
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 |
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| Crime and Punishment | Crime and Punishment: Whitechapel |
| Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
|---|---|
| Revision and exams | Revision and exams |