History
Curriculum Leader : Mr N Clarke
Email : nick.clarke@wellingschool-tkat.org
Subject Teacher : Ms M Green
Email : melissa.green@wellingschool-tkat.org
Subject Teacher : Mr W Taylor-Pease
Welcome to our year 6 transition page for history
Studying History helps students to understand the past as well equipping them with skills to make sense of the present. We are a very passionate department with a range of interests in different periods of History. We try to teach in a range of techniques which test students in different ways and encourage learners of all abilities and learning styles.
what historical skills will i develop?
Extended writing to help you express complex answers
What makes an event or individual significant?
Chronology and centuries, e.g. what century is 21BC in?
How do we learn about the past?
Primary sources and Interpretations
Why do Interpretations change over time?
what to expect in year 7 - autumn term
battle of hastings
We start the year of with an introduction to History and the Norman Conquest (Battle of Hastings, castles, the Harrying of the North).
More specifically we will be learning about the following:
Why were English families burnt out of their homes in 1066?
Why were there two invasions in that year?
How important to William’s triumph at the Battle of Hastings were his innovative military skills and tactics?
Was it luck?
Harold’s mistakes?
You will explain why William won at Hastings.
what to expect in year 7 - spring term
life in medieval england
In the spring term, we will be learning about life in Medieval England (The Crusades, the Magna Carta, the Black Death, the Great Rising 1381).
What can you infer from this image?
From this image I can infer...
What have been the consequences of the Crusading centuries?
what to expect in year 7 - summer term
In the summer term, we will be studying the Tudor monarchs, the Break from Rome, the Reformation and the English civil war.