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Year 7
Autumn Term
1
AUTUMN HALF TERM 1 | |
Topic: Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? | |
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zshtyrd/articles/z9mw8hv |
How will we assess the knowledge, understanding and skills taught in this topic? Students will write an essay about the reasons why William won the Battle of Hastings. Students will be expected to use the PEE method to structure paragraphs to ensure that reasons are explained in full and will need to select evidence from knowledge learnt to support these paragraphs. Students will be encouraged to make a judgement. | |
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AUTUMN HALF TERM 2 | |
Topic: How did William keep control in England? | |
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https://www.hrp.org.uk/schools/learning-resources/norman-castles-map/#gs.3ml7pd |
How will we assess the knowledge, understanding and skills taught in this topic? Students will answer a knowledge test of key information learnt throughout the topic. Students will analyse a study a source to make inferences about life in medieval England. They will analyse a second source using their own knowledge to reach an overall judgement on usefulness including analysis of its content and its provenance. | |
Year 7
Autumn Term
2
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SPRING HALF TERM 1 | |
Topic: Why did Thomas Becket die? | |
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https://www.surreyhills.org/surrey-hills-60/st-peter-and-st-pauls-church-chaldon/
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How will we assess the knowledge, understanding and skills taught in this topic? Students will be given both a knowledge test and a skills based assessment. The skills based assessment will require them to write an essay on the causes of Thomas Becket’s death. The essay will use explanation and analysis and will reach a judgement supported by evaluation. | |
Year 7
Spring Term
1
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SPRING HALF TERM 2 | |
Topic: The Crown vs The State: King John and Magna Carta | |
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https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/runnymede/features/memorials-at-runnymede
https://magnacarta.cmp.uea.ac.uk/ |
How will we assess the knowledge, understanding and skills taught in this topic? There will be a knowledge test which will test students’ knowledge recall. Students will also be required to reach a supported judgement on which of two interpretations they find most convincing including an analysis of the causes of the disputes between the King and his barons. | |
Year 7
Spring Term
2
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SUMMER HALF TERM 1 | |
Topic: Later Middle Ages – Society and Culture | |
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqjwxnb/articles/zdkssk7 |
How will we assess the knowledge, understanding and skills taught in this topic? After this topic there will be an end of year assessment which will cover all of the content looked at during the academic year. This will include a knowledge test of up to 30 questions and a skills based test which will assess students proficiency in the skills learned during the year (sources, interpretations, causation, making supported judgements, writing essays). | |
Year 7
Summer Term
1
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SUMMER HALF TERM 2 | |
Topic: Medicine through Time | |
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How will we assess the knowledge, understanding and skills taught in this topic? Change and Continuity – TBC | |
Year 7
Summer Term
2