History
Year 7: What are they learning this module:
Students in Year 7 are learning about the life of Muhammad, his companions and the early spread of Islam in the Middle East. They are also learning about the importance of Jerusalem to the Abrahamic faiths and the advances made during the Islamic Golden Age. Their study this module will end with an examination of the Crusades and the benefits that Islamic culture brought to Europe.
In order to develop their historical skills, students are working to make clear inferences from historical sources and are practicing writing historical accounts that explain why events in the past have occurred.
Helpful Links
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zjbj6sg/revision/1
Year 8: What are they learning this module:
Students in Year 8 are learning about the European colonisation of the Americas, the start of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the ways in which African slaves were captured, transported and exploited. Students shall also look at the impact of slavery on Britain and a number of key global examples, including the experience of slaves in Brazil and Haiti.
In order to develop their historical skills, students are refining their source analysis skills and are ensuring that they can write coherently at length in explanation essays.
Helpful Links
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/slavery/
Year 9: What are they learning this module:
Throughout this module and module four, students in Year 9 are learning about the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Starting with the American War of Independence, students will examine how slaves made up a key part of the Southern economy and, in fear of losing those slaves, the Southern states seceded. Students will study the key legislative developments after the Civil War including Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Education and the Civil Rights Act. Finally there will be an assessment of how much progress in the area of Civil Rights had been made by 2020.
In order to develop their historical skills, students will be critically analysing sources and working to write qualified judgements in extended essays.
Helpful Links
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zcpcwmn/revision/1
https://naacp.org/nations-premier-civil-rights-organization/
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