Curriculum Allocation

History is taught for two 100 minute lessons per fortnight.

Curriculum Period 1:

Curriculum Period 1 has 16 lessons

Curriculum content

Unit 1: The era of the Industrial Revolution

During this unit of work pupils will study the period 1745-1900 and the great change that happened in Britain at this time, the Industrial Revolution. This unit will focus on the overall picture of change and what caused these changes. Key area of focus will be coal mining, the factory system and changes in transport. We will again pick up the theme of challenges to authority with Peterloo and the Chartists. We will look at the development of the British Empire

Lessons will comprise of the following key content:

1. The population rise and problems associated with this/ The Factory system

2. Coal Mining with a focus on the Felling Colliery disaster

3. New methods of transport

4. Child Labour

5. Living Conditions in Industrial cities

6. The Peterloo Massacre

7. The Chartists

8. The British Empire

9. The Indian Mutiny

10. 4th July - Independence in the USA

11. French Revolution

12. Napoleon/Trafalgar and Waterloo

Unit 2: The early 1900s

This unit is all about setting the scene for the 20th Century and the two major World Wars that took place in this century. This unit will concentrate on looking at Britain’s place in the world at the turn of the century. We will also look at some of the key issues of the time such as the differences between classes in the country and the fight for women to get the vote.

Lessons will comprise of the following key content:

13. Britain in 1900

14. What the story of the Titanic tells us about society at the time

15 & 16. The fight for the vote - Suffragists and Suffragettes. Women's role during WWI

Assessment

Assessment 1 will test pupils understanding of the content taught in Curriculum Period 1

Curriculum Period 2:

Curriculum Period 2 has 14 lessons

Curriculum content

Unit 3: Causes of the Great War

This short unit will take an in depth look at what caused the first great conflict of the 20th Century. We will look at the Long, Medium and short term causes of the war.

Lessons will comprise of the following key content:

1. The great powers in 1914 and the Alliances in Europe in the early 20th Century

2. The "Scramble for Africa" and Militarism

3. The Spark - The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Unit 4: The Great War

This unit is a depth study of one of the major conflicts in a century of war. It sets the scene for all the other units dealing with the 20th century. We will look at the causes of the Great War, what it was like to fight in the war, the major events and the consequences of the war on Europe and the world.

Lessons will comprise of the following key content:

4. British Recruitment – why did people join up?

5. The Schlieffen Plan

6 & 7. Trench Warfare, weapons of war, soldiers of the Empire

8 & 9. The Battle of the Somme

10. Shot at Dawn - Harry Farr

11. The end of the war and the Treaty of Versailles

Unit 5: The Slave Trade

During the 1600’s Britain became a powerful trading nation and products such as cotton, sugar and tobacco flooded into the country. A dark side in the trade in this period was the trade in human beings. An estimated 10-12 million Africans were forcibly taken across the Atlantic to work as slaves. In this unit pupils will investigate why this started, what it was like to be a slave and the overall impact of the slave trade.

Lessons will comprise of the following key content:

12. The development of the trade in humans

13. The Middle Passage

14. Slave auctions

Assessment

Curriculum Period 3:

Curriculum Period 3 has 4 lessons

Curriculum content

Continuation of Unit 5

1. Plantation life and Abolitionists

Unit 6: Civil Rights in the USA

In this unit we will look at the American Civil War 1861-65 and the importance of this event in terms of the slave trade. We will look at whether things got any better for African Americans after the Civil War and then look at the Civil Rights movement in the 20th Century. We will study the roles of significant individuals such as MLK and Rosa Parkes and the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965. We will think about modern day America and the legacy of the slave trade in America.

Lessons will comprise of the following key content:

2. The American Civil War and Civil Rights in the 1920s

3. The fight for Civil Rights (Emmet Till, MLK, Malcom X, Rosa Parkes)

4. The Windrush Generation in the UK

Subject advice and guidance

If you need any further guidance then please contact your child’s teacher via email:

j.townend@endon.set.org

r.eastwood@endon.set.org

j.barlow@endon.set.org