MoreYear 8
Curriculum Map
Year |
Half term |
Unit(s) of Work |
Key Assessments |
Disciplinary Knowledge Focus |
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Year 8 |
Autumn 1 |
The English Civil War and Oliver Cromwell |
How accurate is Ken Hughes' movie interpretation of Oliver Cromwell? | Interpretations |
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Autumn 2 |
Medieval West Africa How to be a historian: The Transatlantic Slave Trade |
How similar were medieval West Africa and medieval Europe? |
Similarity and difference |
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What does the International Slavery Museum want visitors to know about the slave trade? |
Interpretations |
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Spring 1 |
The British Empire in India |
Why was there a 'mutiny' in India in 1857? |
Cause and consequence |
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Abolition of the slave trade |
Did the abolition of the slave trade change anything in Jamaica? |
Change and continuity |
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Spring 2 |
The Enlightenment |
Why was the Enlightenment so significant? |
Signficance |
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Summer 1 |
The Industrial Revolution |
How did cotton create a world 'unlike any that had come before'? |
Cause and consequence |
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How to be a historian: Why does Emma Griffin call the industrial revolution 'Liberty's Dawn'? |
Primary sources |
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Summer 2 |
The development of democracy |
How democratic had Britain become by 1900? |
Change and continuity |