History

Curriculum :: History

Year 7

Britain before 1066.

Battle of Hastings 1066 and its consequences.

Changes in Britain with William the Conqueror.

Rebellions against the foreign ruler.

Motte and Bailey Castles.

Square Keep Castles and how the people used to live.

Defence against invaders.

The Doomsday Book and its consequences for us today.

William II

Henry I and Stephen.

The Catholic Church and how kings changed it.

Henry II and his friend Thomas Becket.

Thomas Becket's murder - why it would horrify both king and people.

The Law - how Henry set up order and rules.

The horrible punishments.

Henry in Europe.

Dermot MacMurrough.

The laws in the forest and how the village worked.

The Crusades.

Richard I

What the West gained from the East.

The Magna Carta and King John.

The Growth of towns and the first Parliament.

Wales. And Edward I

Scotland.

William Wallace and Robert the Bruce.

The Black Death.

The Peasant's Revolt.

Richard II to Henry V.

The War of the Roses.

Year 8

Henry VII and Henry VIII

Explorers

Changes within the church

Martin Luther

Edward VI and Protestantism.

Lady Jane Grey.

Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary).

Elizabeth I.

Spanish Armada.

James I.

Gunpowder Plot.

The Pilgrim Fathers.

Charles I and the Civil War.

Cromwell and The Commonwealth.

Charles II

The Great Fire of London.

William and Mary.

Unity for Scotland and England Bonny Prince Charlie.

Growth of Trade and Empire Developments in Science.

The Woman's role.

Year 9

Britain and Empire by 1750.

British Colonies.

The American Revolution.

The French Revolution.

Napoleonic Wars

Changes in Britain in Agriculture and Industry.

Discontentment in Britain.

Reform.

The beginnings of the Police Service.

Changes to Parliament.

Slavery, in the factories and the mines.

The Poor Laws and Chartism.

Changes in transport.

Trade Unions.

Developments in Education.

Changes for women.

Britain's Empire.

World War I.

Key Stage 4

At Key stage 4 the Modern World syllabus which consists of a study of:

World War I and II.

The League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles.

The Cold War.

Vietnam.

Women's rights to the present day.

Russian Revolution.

Germany and the Rise of Hitler.

The USA boom and depression.
Pupils sit three papers for this subject but do not complete a coursework option in this subject.