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Years 7-9: History Curriculum
Years 7-9: History Curriculum
History at KS3 provides students with a curriculum based on European, local and world history. The aim is to provide students with a coherent knowledge and understanding of the past, supported by a range of historical concepts which helps students to develop their questioning skills, judgement and perspective, and understanding of abstract terms.
The KS3 curriculum is designed chronologically, ranging from the Middle Ages through to the late 20th Century. It covers substantive concepts such as: empire, revolution, religion, power, monarchy, freedom, peasantry, political ideologies, etc. The curriculum also assesses students’ understanding of the key historical concepts, such as: causes and consequences; change and continuity; significance; historical interpretations; evidential understanding.
Featured Work: Holocaust Memorial Project, Y9
Between January and March 2021, students in Y9 completed their unit on the Holocaust. They studied the story of persecution before the Nazi Party took power in Germany as well as the increasing violence the Jewish community experienced as Nazi Germany grew in power, occupying vast swathes of Europe. In 1942, the Final Solution and atrocities committed by the Nazis led to the murder of 6 million Jews. Often, a unit in History ends with an extended piece of writing in which students put together their learning and shape an argument. However, the nature of the Holocaust demanded a different approach. The students instead were asked to reflect on their learning and how we remember such atrocities. See here for the lesson resources used to help students plan their project. And see below for a selection of work produced.
Year 7
Year 7
Year 7 Topics:
What is History?
The Norman Conquest
Reformation
The Crusades
The Kongo Empire
Year 8
Year 8
Year 8 Topics:
Jack the Ripper
The French Revolution
Rise and Rule of Napoleon
The Assassination of President Kennedy
The Slave Trade
Year 9
Year 9
Year 9 Topics:
Russian Revolution
The Holocaust
Israel-Palestine Conflict
Civil Rights in 20th Century America
China in the 20th Century
Current work in Years 7, 8 and 9
Current work in Years 7, 8 and 9
Year 7 - The Reformation
Year 7 - The Reformation
Year 7 - The Crusades
Year 7 - The Crusades
Year 8 - The Assassination of President Kennedy
Year 8 - The Assassination of President Kennedy
Year 9 - Israel/Palestine Conflict
Year 9 - Israel/Palestine Conflict
Resources to support at home
Use BBC Bitesize to help with homework, revision and learning.
Timelines.tv is a two-times BAFTA award-winning educational resource, covering 1000 years of British history in 50 short-form videos.
BBC Four Radio Podcast
The history podcast for people who don't like history... and those who do. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.
Dr Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell demonstrate how everything has a history, even the most unexpected of subjects, and how those subjects all link together in unexpected ways. It will change the way that you think about the past… and the present.
Welcome to Killing Time, the podcast that investigates the darkest moments in our past to shine a light on wider histories.
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