Introduction and Aims

History in year 8 will provide pupils with historical skills,  allowing them to begin to understand and interpret  the past .Pupils will understand why it is important to learn history and begin to identify the relevance of learning about the past.

Term 1

Making of the United Kingdom
Pupils will study the major chanages which took place throughout British History - 1500-1700.They will look at at the different Tudor Monarchs and ordinary life in Elizabethan times.

Term 2

The English Civil War
Pupils will study the causes and consequences of the Civil War and analyse how it is relevant to how Britain is governed in todays society
 

Term 3

Black Peoples of the Americas
Pupils will study slavery, cival war and the civil rights movement.

Assessment Information

There will be constant assessment and feedback by the classroom teacher.  After each topic there will be an assessment in the form of exam, essays or source work anaylsis and interpretation.

Other Information

Pupils will be responsible for school textbooks which will be provided for homework and revison purposes.