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KS3 and KS4 Scheme of work
History
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Topic TitlesMedieval HistoryThe Viking Age c. 750–c. 1050Health of the peopleThe Making of America 1789–1900World War 1 and Worls war 2
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• Crimes and criminals – who were the criminals, what types
of crimes did they commit?
• Enforcing law and order, e.g. courts
•Punishing offenders: types of punishment and effects, e.g. fines,
whipping, humiliation		Homelands • Landscape, society and everyday life in Scandinavia
• Ships, seafaring and trade
• Beliefs and rituals.
Volga Vikings • Viking trade and settlement in Russia
• Interaction with the Arab world
• Relations with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.
Raiders and invaders • Nature and causes of Viking raids in Britain, Ireland and France
• Viking warfare: warships, warriors and tactics
• The ‘great heathen army’ in England and the Danelaw.
Settlers and kings • Viking life in the British Isles and France, e.g. Jorvik
• Viking settlement in Iceland, Greenland and North America
• Harald Bluetooth, Svein Forkbeard and Cnut.		Medieval Britain c. 1250–1500 • Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to the Black Death
• Approaches to public health in towns, monasteries and cities.
Early Modern Britain
c. 1500–1750
• Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to outbreaks of plague
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, and by nationalgovernments.
Industrial Britain c. 1750–1900 • Living conditions in industrialised Britain: housing, food, water and
waste
• Responses to the cholera epidemics
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, such as Public
Health Acts.
Britain since c. 1900 • Living conditions: housing, food, air pollution and lifestyle changes
• Responses to Spanish influenza and AIDS
• Approaches to public health and growing government involvement,
e.g. anti-smoking initiatives and the obesity crisis.		America’s expansion 1789–1838 • How and why the USA expanded 1789–1838
• Southern cotton plantations and slavery 1793-1838
• The removal of indigenous people from the east 1830–1838.
The West 1839–1860 • The culture of the Plains Indians
• The journeys of the early migrants to California, Oregon and Utah
• Californian Gold Rush and the Pikes Peak Gold Rush.
Settlement and conflict on the
Plains 1861–77
• Railroads, ranches and cow towns
• Homesteaders
• The Indian Wars 1862–1877.
Civil War, reconstruction and
cultures 1861–1900
• Causes of the civil war and the African-American experience of the
war
• Reconstruction, limitations on African-American liberty, the growth
of cities and big business
• Changes to the Plains Indians’ way of life including the reservations
and the buffalo. 		Wealth • Britain’s power and wealth
• The lives of the upper, middle and working classes
• Poverty and Rowntree’s investigation.
Politics and empire • Liberals, Conservatives and Labour
• Liberal reforms and the crisis years 1910–14
• Attitudes to empire including India and Ireland.
Women • Women’s lives
• Suffragists and suffragettes
• The government’s response and women’s position by 1914.
War • Government policy and propaganda, e.g. DORA, conscription
• Men’s responses including pals’ battalions and conscientious
objection
• Women’s responses including employment and the suffrage
campaign
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Platinum - Key Stage 4
GCSE 5-9		To have a mastered understanding of • Crimes and criminals – who were the criminals, what types
of crimes did they commit?
• Enforcing law and order, e.g. courts
•Punishing offenders: types of punishment and effects, e.g. fines,
whipping, humiliation		Homelands • Landscape, society and everyday life in Scandinavia
• Ships, seafaring and trade
• Beliefs and rituals.
Volga Vikings • Viking trade and settlement in Russia
• Interaction with the Arab world
• Relations with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.
Raiders and invaders • Nature and causes of Viking raids in Britain, Ireland and France
• Viking warfare: warships, warriors and tactics
• The ‘great heathen army’ in England and the Danelaw.
Settlers and kings • Viking life in the British Isles and France, e.g. Jorvik
• Viking settlement in Iceland, Greenland and North America
• Harald Bluetooth, Svein Forkbeard and Cnut.		Medieval Britain c. 1250–1500 • Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to the Black Death
• Approaches to public health in towns, monasteries and cities.
Early Modern Britain
c. 1500–1750
• Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to outbreaks of plague
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, and by nationalgovernments.
Industrial Britain c. 1750–1900 • Living conditions in industrialised Britain: housing, food, water and
waste
• Responses to the cholera epidemics
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, such as Public
Health Acts.
Britain since c. 1900 • Living conditions: housing, food, air pollution and lifestyle changes
• Responses to Spanish influenza and AIDS
• Approaches to public health and growing government involvement,
e.g. anti-smoking initiatives and the obesity crisis.		America’s expansion 1789–1838 • How and why the USA expanded 1789–1838
• Southern cotton plantations and slavery 1793-1838
• The removal of indigenous people from the east 1830–1838.
The West 1839–1860 • The culture of the Plains Indians
• The journeys of the early migrants to California, Oregon and Utah
• Californian Gold Rush and the Pikes Peak Gold Rush.
Settlement and conflict on the
Plains 1861–77
• Railroads, ranches and cow towns
• Homesteaders
• The Indian Wars 1862–1877.
Civil War, reconstruction and
cultures 1861–1900
• Causes of the civil war and the African-American experience of the
war
• Reconstruction, limitations on African-American liberty, the growth
of cities and big business
• Changes to the Plains Indians’ way of life including the reservations
and the buffalo. 		Wealth • Britain’s power and wealth
• The lives of the upper, middle and working classes
• Poverty and Rowntree’s investigation.
Politics and empire • Liberals, Conservatives and Labour
• Liberal reforms and the crisis years 1910–14
• Attitudes to empire including India and Ireland.
Women • Women’s lives
• Suffragists and suffragettes
• The government’s response and women’s position by 1914.
War • Government policy and propaganda, e.g. DORA, conscription
• Men’s responses including pals’ battalions and conscientious
objection
• Women’s responses including employment and the suffrage
campaign
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Gold - Key Stage 3/4
Year 9/10		To have a secure understanding of • Crimes and criminals – who were the criminals, what types
of crimes did they commit?
• Enforcing law and order, e.g. courts
•Punishing offenders: types of punishment and effects, e.g. fines,
whipping, humiliation		Homelands • Landscape, society and everyday life in Scandinavia
• Ships, seafaring and trade
• Beliefs and rituals.
Volga Vikings • Viking trade and settlement in Russia
• Interaction with the Arab world
• Relations with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.
Raiders and invaders • Nature and causes of Viking raids in Britain, Ireland and France
• Viking warfare: warships, warriors and tactics
• The ‘great heathen army’ in England and the Danelaw.
Settlers and kings • Viking life in the British Isles and France, e.g. Jorvik
• Viking settlement in Iceland, Greenland and North America
• Harald Bluetooth, Svein Forkbeard and Cnut.		Medieval Britain c. 1250–1500 • Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to the Black Death
• Approaches to public health in towns, monasteries and cities.
Early Modern Britain
c. 1500–1750
• Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to outbreaks of plague
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, and by nationalgovernments.
Industrial Britain c. 1750–1900 • Living conditions in industrialised Britain: housing, food, water and
waste
• Responses to the cholera epidemics
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, such as Public
Health Acts.
Britain since c. 1900 • Living conditions: housing, food, air pollution and lifestyle changes
• Responses to Spanish influenza and AIDS
• Approaches to public health and growing government involvement,
e.g. anti-smoking initiatives and the obesity crisis.		America’s expansion 1789–1838 • How and why the USA expanded 1789–1838
• Southern cotton plantations and slavery 1793-1838
• The removal of indigenous people from the east 1830–1838.
The West 1839–1860 • The culture of the Plains Indians
• The journeys of the early migrants to California, Oregon and Utah
• Californian Gold Rush and the Pikes Peak Gold Rush.
Settlement and conflict on the
Plains 1861–77
• Railroads, ranches and cow towns
• Homesteaders
• The Indian Wars 1862–1877.
Civil War, reconstruction and
cultures 1861–1900
• Causes of the civil war and the African-American experience of the
war
• Reconstruction, limitations on African-American liberty, the growth
of cities and big business
• Changes to the Plains Indians’ way of life including the reservations
and the buffalo. 		Wealth • Britain’s power and wealth
• The lives of the upper, middle and working classes
• Poverty and Rowntree’s investigation.
Politics and empire • Liberals, Conservatives and Labour
• Liberal reforms and the crisis years 1910–14
• Attitudes to empire including India and Ireland.
Women • Women’s lives
• Suffragists and suffragettes
• The government’s response and women’s position by 1914.
War • Government policy and propaganda, e.g. DORA, conscription
• Men’s responses including pals’ battalions and conscientious
objection
• Women’s responses including employment and the suffrage
campaign
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Silver - Key Stage 3
Year 8		To have a developing understanding of • Crimes and criminals – who were the criminals, what types
of crimes did they commit?
• Enforcing law and order, e.g. courts
•Punishing offenders: types of punishment and effects, e.g. fines,
whipping, humiliation		Homelands • Landscape, society and everyday life in Scandinavia
• Ships, seafaring and trade
• Beliefs and rituals.
Volga Vikings • Viking trade and settlement in Russia
• Interaction with the Arab world
• Relations with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.
Raiders and invaders • Nature and causes of Viking raids in Britain, Ireland and France
• Viking warfare: warships, warriors and tactics
• The ‘great heathen army’ in England and the Danelaw.
Settlers and kings • Viking life in the British Isles and France, e.g. Jorvik
• Viking settlement in Iceland, Greenland and North America
• Harald Bluetooth, Svein Forkbeard and Cnut.		Medieval Britain c. 1250–1500 • Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to the Black Death
• Approaches to public health in towns, monasteries and cities.
Early Modern Britain
c. 1500–1750
• Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to outbreaks of plague
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, and by nationalgovernments.
Industrial Britain c. 1750–1900 • Living conditions in industrialised Britain: housing, food, water and
waste
• Responses to the cholera epidemics
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, such as Public
Health Acts.
Britain since c. 1900 • Living conditions: housing, food, air pollution and lifestyle changes
• Responses to Spanish influenza and AIDS
• Approaches to public health and growing government involvement,
e.g. anti-smoking initiatives and the obesity crisis.		America’s expansion 1789–1838 • How and why the USA expanded 1789–1838
• Southern cotton plantations and slavery 1793-1838
• The removal of indigenous people from the east 1830–1838.
The West 1839–1860 • The culture of the Plains Indians
• The journeys of the early migrants to California, Oregon and Utah
• Californian Gold Rush and the Pikes Peak Gold Rush.
Settlement and conflict on the
Plains 1861–77
• Railroads, ranches and cow towns
• Homesteaders
• The Indian Wars 1862–1877.
Civil War, reconstruction and
cultures 1861–1900
• Causes of the civil war and the African-American experience of the
war
• Reconstruction, limitations on African-American liberty, the growth
of cities and big business
• Changes to the Plains Indians’ way of life including the reservations
and the buffalo. 		Wealth • Britain’s power and wealth
• The lives of the upper, middle and working classes
• Poverty and Rowntree’s investigation.
Politics and empire • Liberals, Conservatives and Labour
• Liberal reforms and the crisis years 1910–14
• Attitudes to empire including India and Ireland.
Women • Women’s lives
• Suffragists and suffragettes
• The government’s response and women’s position by 1914.
War • Government policy and propaganda, e.g. DORA, conscription
• Men’s responses including pals’ battalions and conscientious
objection
• Women’s responses including employment and the suffrage
campaign
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Bronze - Key Stage 3
Year 7		To begin to understanding of • Crimes and criminals – who were the criminals, what types
of crimes did they commit?
• Enforcing law and order, e.g. courts
•Punishing offenders: types of punishment and effects, e.g. fines,
whipping, humiliation		Homelands • Landscape, society and everyday life in Scandinavia
• Ships, seafaring and trade
• Beliefs and rituals.
Volga Vikings • Viking trade and settlement in Russia
• Interaction with the Arab world
• Relations with Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.
Raiders and invaders • Nature and causes of Viking raids in Britain, Ireland and France
• Viking warfare: warships, warriors and tactics
• The ‘great heathen army’ in England and the Danelaw.
Settlers and kings • Viking life in the British Isles and France, e.g. Jorvik
• Viking settlement in Iceland, Greenland and North America
• Harald Bluetooth, Svein Forkbeard and Cnut.		Medieval Britain c. 1250–1500 • Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to the Black Death
• Approaches to public health in towns, monasteries and cities.
Early Modern Britain
c. 1500–1750
• Living conditions: housing, food, water and waste
• Responses to outbreaks of plague
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, and by nationalgovernments.
Industrial Britain c. 1750–1900 • Living conditions in industrialised Britain: housing, food, water and
waste
• Responses to the cholera epidemics
• Approaches to public health in towns and cities, such as Public
Health Acts.
Britain since c. 1900 • Living conditions: housing, food, air pollution and lifestyle changes
• Responses to Spanish influenza and AIDS
• Approaches to public health and growing government involvement,
e.g. anti-smoking initiatives and the obesity crisis.		America’s expansion 1789–1838 • How and why the USA expanded 1789–1838
• Southern cotton plantations and slavery 1793-1838
• The removal of indigenous people from the east 1830–1838.
The West 1839–1860 • The culture of the Plains Indians
• The journeys of the early migrants to California, Oregon and Utah
• Californian Gold Rush and the Pikes Peak Gold Rush.
Settlement and conflict on the
Plains 1861–77
• Railroads, ranches and cow towns
• Homesteaders
• The Indian Wars 1862–1877.
Civil War, reconstruction and
cultures 1861–1900
• Causes of the civil war and the African-American experience of the
war
• Reconstruction, limitations on African-American liberty, the growth
of cities and big business
• Changes to the Plains Indians’ way of life including the reservations
and the buffalo. 		Wealth • Britain’s power and wealth
• The lives of the upper, middle and working classes
• Poverty and Rowntree’s investigation.
Politics and empire • Liberals, Conservatives and Labour
• Liberal reforms and the crisis years 1910–14
• Attitudes to empire including India and Ireland.
Women • Women’s lives
• Suffragists and suffragettes
• The government’s response and women’s position by 1914.
War • Government policy and propaganda, e.g. DORA, conscription
• Men’s responses including pals’ battalions and conscientious
objection
• Women’s responses including employment and the suffrage campaign
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