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Year 7
Unit 1: Conquest
- What was England like in 1066?
Why was 1066 important?
What happened at the Battle of Hastings?
Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?
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- Unit 2: How did William keep control?
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- How did castles develop?
How did they affect life in England?
What was the feudal system and how did it help William keep control?
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- Unit 3: Problems facing Medieval Monarchs
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- Why did the King and the church fall out?
Why did the King and the Barons fall out?
- FOCUS ON: King John - Online lesson available
here.
Unit 4: The Black Death
- What were the causes of the Black Death?
Was the Black Death a disaster?
Unit 5: The Great Revolt
- What caused discontent in 1381?
- Why did disillusionment lead to revolt?
Unit 6: Life in the Middle Ages
- Why did towns develop?
What was it like to live in a Medieval Town?
What it was like to live in a Medieval village?
How hard was life for a Medieval Peasant?
Year 8
Year 9
Unit 1: The British Empire
What was the British Empire?
How and why did the British
Empire develop?
Did people benefit from being part of the empire?
What role did explorers have in gaining the empire?
Unit 2: Black peoples of America
What does it mean to be free?
What does it mean to be a slave?
Why was there an increase in the number of Black people in America?
What was the reality of the Atlantic Slave trade?
What was life like on a plantation?
Was the civil war fought to free the slaves?
Did the civil war achieve freedom for the slaves?
What did the Civil Rights movement achieve?
Which individuals had a significant role to play in gaining equal rights?
Unit 3: Warfare in the Twentieth Century
What were the main features of warfare in the twentieth century?
What were the causes of warfare in the twentieth century?
Why did war break out in 1914?
Why did war break out in 1939?
In what ways has warfare changed in the twentieth century? (Part 1, this theme
is returned to later)
What was it like to fight in the First World War?
- Part 1, types of weapon
- Part 2, tactics - link coming soon
- Part 3, soldiers experiences of the Somme.
- Part 4, empathy
(online lesson available here)
Unit 4: Democracy and Dictatorship
What are the key differences between a Democracy and a Dictatorship?
Why did some countries become dictatorships in the 1920's and 30's?
In what ways did European dictatorships threaten peace?
Unit 5: How has warfare changed in the Twentieth Century?
What were the major differences and similarities in warfare in the First and
Second World Wars?
Unit 6: The civilian experience of war
What has been the impact of war on civilians in the Twentieth century?
What was it like for children in the Second World War?
Why did the government introduce evacuation?
How successful was evacuation?
What were the experiences of evacuees?
How were civilians threatened in the Second World War?
What measures were taken to protect civilians during the Second World War?
How did the government ensure that people were able to eat during the war?
What impact did the war have on the lives of women?
How did the Second World War affect York?
Unit 7: The Cold War
What were the causes of the Cold War?
GCSE
Key Issue 1 - Why did tension increase I Europe between 1900 and 1914
Key Issue 2 - Why did the assassination at Sarajevo lead to the outbreak of
war in 1914?
Key Issue 3 - How did the treaty of Versailles establish peace?
Key Issue 4 - Why did the League of Nations fail in its aims to keep peace?
Key Issue 5 - How did Hitler challenge and exploit the Treaty of Versailles
in the period between 1933 and to March 1938?
Key Issue 6 - Why did appeasement fail to prevent war in 1939?
Key Issue 7 - Why did the USA and the USSR become rivals in the period between
1945 to 1949?
Paper 1. SECTION B. OPTION Y. You will be asked
ONE question on the following area:
Britain in the First World
War.
Paper 2. You must answer
questions on two depth studies.
Option B. Germany 1919 -1939.
Germany before
the war
The constitution
of the Weimar Republic
The impact
of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany
German
political difficulties, 1919-1923
The German economy
between 1919 and 1923
The origins of the
Nazi Party and Hitler's early philosophy
The Rise of Hitler
Nazi economic policy
Persecution of the Jews
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