History

Term 1: 
Topic: Ancient civilisations.
Enquiry Question: what can we learn from the 52 skeletons found at Maiden Castle?

Term 2: 
Topic: features of Roman society.
Enquiry Question: how civilised were the Romans?

Term 3: 
Topic: Anglo-Saxon England.
Enquiry Question: what were the key features of Anglo-Saxon England?

Term 4:  
Topic: the events and impact of the Norman Conquest.
Enquiry Question: how and why did the Norman Conquest change society?

Term 5: 
Topic: significant medieval events.
Enquiry Question: what were the most significant changes that took place during the medieval period and why?

Term 6: 
Topic: significant medieval events.
Enquiry Question: what were the most significant changes that took place during the medieval period and why?

 

Term 1: 
Topic: the Tudor religious reformation.
Enquiry Question: why was the period 1509 - 1603 a time of religious change?

Term 2: 
Topic: significant events in the early modern period- the English Civil Wars.
Enquiry Question: why was there a Civil War in England in 1642 and what were the causes of Parliament’s victory?

Term 3: 
Topic: Industrial Britain and the health of the people.
Enquiry Question: what was the impact of the Industrial Revolution on the people of Britain?

Term 4:  
Topic: the Transatlantic slave trade.
Enquiry Question: how were enslaved people treated by the countries involved and why were they treated this way?

Term 5: 
Topic:  world society thematic study Civil Rights in America 1861-1968 
Enquiry Question: how were Black Americans treated and why were they treated this way between 1861-1968?

Term 6: 
Topic: the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains 1835-1895
Enquiry Question: how were the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains treated and why were they treated this way?
 

Term 1: 
Topic: World War One -  causes, impacts and significance.
Enquiry Question: what impact did World War One have on the development of warfare and medicine?

Term 2: 
Topic: Nazi Germany.
Enquiry Question: how and why was Hitler able to have absolute power in Germany between 1933-1939?

Term 3: 
Topic: World War Two - the social, economic and political impact of war.
Enquiry Question: what impact did World War Two have on the lives of people on the Home Front? 

Term 4:  
Topic: changes in post-war Britain.
Enquiry Question: why was the period 1942-1952 a time of great change in Britain?

Term 5: 
Topic: the persecution of Jewish people and the Holocaust.
Enquiry Question: why and how have Jewish people been persecuted throughout time?

Term 6: 
Topic: The Cold War
Enquiry Question: what was the Cold War?
 

Term 1: 
Topic: medicine in Britain 120-present day.
Enquiry Question: how far did beliefs about disease, treatment and prevention change between 1250-1700?

Term 2: 
Topic: medicine in Britain 120-present day.
Enquiry Question: how far did beliefs about disease, treatment and prevention change between 1250-present day?

Term 3: 
Topic: the British Sector of the Western Front 1914-1918.
Enquiry Question:  how and why did medicine develop on the British sector of the Western Front?

Term 4:  
Topic: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88.
Enquiry Questions:

• What were the key features of Anglo-Saxon England?
• What challenges to power occurred between 1060-1066 and why?
• Why was there a succession crisis and what were the consequences of this?
• Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?

Term 5: 
Topic: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88.
Enquiry Questions: 

• How did William establish control and power between 1066-1088?
• What challenges did William face to his power between 1066-1075?

Term 6: 
Topic: Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060–88.
Enquiry Questions: 

• What challenges did William face to his power between 1066-1075?
• How and why was England Normanised between 1066-1088?
   

Term 1: 
Topic: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39.
Enquiry Questions: 

• What challenges did the Weimar Republic face?
• Why were the years 1923-1929 known as the Golden Years?

Term 2: 
Topic: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39.
Enquiry Questions: 

• How and why did the Nazi Party develop between 1920-1929?
• Why did support for the Nazi Party increase between 1929-1932?
• Why did Hiter become Chancellor in 1933?
• How was the Nazi dictatorship created between 1933-1934?

Term 3: weeks 1-4
Topic: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918–39.
Enquiry Questions:

• How and why did the Nazi Party control and influence attitudes?
• What was the extent of opposition and resistance between 1933-1939?
• What was life like for different groups of people within Nazi Germany?

Term 3: weeks 5-6. 

Topic: The American West, c1835–c1895.
Enquiry Questions:

• What were the key features of the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains beliefs and ways of life?
• Why did migration from east to West take place and what challenges did migrants face?

 
Term 4:  
Topic: The American West, c1835–c1895.
Enquiry Questions: 

• What US government policies and factors affected the development of the West between 1862-1876?
• What problems were faced by homesteaders and how were these overcome?
• Why and how did the cattle industry grow?
• Why and how did the cattle industry change after 1887?

Term 5: 
Topic: The American West, c1835–c1895.
Enquiry Questions: 

• Why did conflict and tension continue between 1876-1895?
• Why and how had the Indigenous Peoples of the Plains ways of life been destroyed by 1895?

Term 6: formal GCSE exams.