History Curriculum Map
"Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons”
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people”
Statement of Intent
Why we teach History – The big picture
Roots taught throughout the Key Stages
- Chronology
- Historical Events
- Significance
- Continuity
- Use of evidence to reach substantiated judgements
- Inference
- Analysis
- Cause and effect
Our aims for the whole child
- To promote British values
- To be an active citizen
- To use their right to vote
- To become a critical thinker
- To stand up for what is right and understand the rule of law
- To problem solve
- To be tolerant of other cultures and have mutual respect for others
Catholic Ethos
History enables students to learn from lessons of the past for a brighter future. We want students to stand up for injustices, be active citizens, believe in the value of democracy and contribute to wider society. Jesus taught us to care and nurture the most vulnerable regardless of race, gender and religion through parables such as the Good Samaritan and our History curriculum reflects these teachings.
KS2 information
Pre-1066 studies ranging from the Stone Age, Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Develop a chronologically secure knowledge and understanding of British, local and world history.
Address questions about change, cause, similarity and difference, and significance
Year 7 Curriculum Map
Autumn
What is History?:
chronology, timelines, historical terminology, studying sources and handling evidence.
Pre-1066 Britain, patterns of migration: Romans, Vikings and the spread of Christianity.
Lent
Contenders to the throne in 1066.
The Norman Conquest.
Medieval Church and society.
Summer
Challenge to Medieval monarchy – Magna Carta.
The Black Death and its impact.
The consolidation of the Tudor dynasty: End of the Wars of the Roses, Henry VII, Henry VIII and his Break from Rome.
Year 8 Curriculum Map
Autumn
The ‘Golden Age’ of Queen Elizabeth I:
Elizabethan portraiture, Religious settlement, the Spanish Armada and Elizabethan exploration.
The turmoil of the 17th century: the reigns of James I, Charles I, the English Civil War, the witch craze and the Great Fire of London.
Lent
The development of the British Empire: the rise and fall of the Empire, was the British Empire a force for good?
The transatlantic slave trade: why it developed and conditions of the Middle Passage.
Everyday life on the plantations in the Americas.
Summer
Slave resistance, Britain’s involvement in slave economies and abolition.
The causes and consequences of the American Civil War.
Racism and segregation in the USA.
The struggle for African- American civil rights in the USA.
Year 9 Curriculum Map
Autumn
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences on living and working conditions.
The struggle for democratic rights: Peterloo, Chartism and the campaigns for female suffrage.
The Titanic disaster – what can the disaster tell us about social class?
Long and short term causes of the First World War.
Lent
The First World War and peacemaking: stalemate, the Somme, conscientious objectors, Treaty of
Causes of the Russian Revolution and life in the communist state.
The USA in the 1920s and 1930s: economic boom, social change, the Great Depression and its impact.
Summer
Weimar and Nazi Germany: the transformation from democracy to dictatorship, features of the Nazi dictatorship, persecution and the Holocaust.
Key turning points of the Second World War: causes, Dunkirk evacuation, Battle of Britain, the Home Front and the use of atomic weapons.
Year 10 Curriculum Map
Autumn
British depth study – Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060 – 1088.
British depth study – Anglo-Saxon and Norman England, c1060 – 1088.
Lent
Period study – Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 – 1991.
Period study – Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 – 1991.
Summer
Period study – Superpower relations and the Cold War, 1941 – 1991.
Thematic study – Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000 – present day.
Thematic study – Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000 – present day.
Year 11 Curriculum Map
Autumn
Thematic study – Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000 – present day.
Thematic study – Crime and Punishment in Britain, c1000 – present day.
Modern depth study – Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939
Lent
Modern depth study – Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939
Modern depth study – Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1918 – 1939.
Summer
Revision and re-teach of exam content and exam skills.
A LEVEL Year 1 Curriculum Map
Autumn
Reform and Challenge, Britain c1851-1886
The political system: parliament and the workings of mid-nineteenth century democracy.
Political developments under Gladstone and Disraeli.
Economic developments: agriculture, trade and industry and economic ideologies.
Society, social change and social policies.
The condition of Ireland and Anglo-Irish relations: land agitation and the growth of Home Rule.
The Establishment and early years of Weimar, 1918–1928
The impact of the First World War and the establishment of the Weimar constitution.
The peace settlement and attitudes towards the German government.
Economic and social issues such as hyperinflation.
Political instability and extremism: uprisings on the left and right
Economic developments: the Dawes Plan and Young Plan.
Social developments: living standards and lifestyles.
Political developments and the workings of democracy.
Germany’s international position.
Lent
Challenges to the status-quo, Britain c1886-1914
Political developments: Conservative dominance and problems in the Liberal Party.
Early development of the Labour Party.
The ideology of New Liberalism.
Economic developments: problems in British industry and agriculture.
The development of trade unionism.
Social change: the issue of female emancipation,
growth of the urban population and the introduction of welfare reforms.
The Home Rule movement and opposition to the Home Rule bills
The collapse of democracy, Germany 1928-1933
The economic, social and political impact of the Great Depression.
The appeal of Nazism and Communism.
‘Backstairs intrigue’ (Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor).
Nazi consolidation of power.
Summer
The Great War and its impact, Britain 1914-1924
Social change: female emancipation, growth of the urban population and the introduction of welfare reforms.
The Home Rule movement and opposition to the Home Rule bills.
The impact of war on British parties and politics: coalition government, the decline of the Liberals and the influence of Labour.
The collapse of democracy, Germany 1928-1933
Nazi consolidation of power.
Political developments after 1933.
Introduction of the coursework title and resources for research.
Use of historical interpretations and primary sources. How these can be integrated into coursework.
A Level YeAr 2 Curriculum Map
Autumn
The Great War and its impact, 1924-1939
Political developments in the interwar period: electoral reform, the abdication crisis and the development of radical political movements.
Economic developments: the role of DORA, the General Strike and the Great Depression.
Social developments: the changing role of women, condition of the working classes and the growth of the media.
Legislation and reforms in housing, education and welfare.
The Easter Rising, the Anglo-Irish War, the Anglo-Irish Treaty and divided Ireland.
The Nazi Dictatorship, 1933-1939
The Nazi ‘Terror State’. The police, SS, Gestapo and the courts.
Economic policies and economic recovery.
Nazi social policies: young people, women, workers and churches.
Lent
Transformation and Change, Britain 1939-1964
The impact of the Second World War on British politics.
Political developments up to 1964: conservative dominance after 1951, political consensus and divisions within the Labour Party.
Economic developments: post war boom, balance of payments issues, ‘stop-go’ policies and new technologies.
Social changes and the development of social policy: the Beveridge Report, creation of the Welfare State, changing position of women and youth, immigration and racial tensions.
The Racial State, Germany 1933-1941
Nazi racial ideology, policies towards the mentally ill, homosexuals, the Roma and Sinti.
Policies and actions towards the Jews: boycott of Jewish shops and the Nuremberg Laws.
Treatment of Jews in the early years of the war.
Rationing, propaganda and morale during the war.
The wartime economy, impact of bombing and mobilisation of the labour force.
Summer
Transformation and Change, Britain 1939-1964
North / south friction in Ireland and the beginnings of the civil rights movement.
Revision of content and exam skills.
The impact of war, Germany 1939-1945
Policies towards the Jews during wartime, the Wannsee conference and the Final Solution.
Opposition and resistance in wartime.