History Department
Y7 Summary of Indicative Content
For detailed discussion of the content of the Y8 scheme of work refer to the adapted QCA schemes of work for Units 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10. As a quick guide to content and a possible ordering of the units, however, the following may be useful:
Unit |
Title |
Lessons |
Indicative Content |
1 |
Introductory unit: what’s it all about?
|
c.4 |
N/A |
1A |
The Roman Empire: what can we learn about studying History from studying the Roman Empire? |
c.10 |
The Republic Assassination of Caesar Augustus and the founding of Empire Structure of Roman Empire Life in Rome Provinces The frontier Roman technology Jews and Christians Slaves The Fall of Rome |
2 |
How did medieval |
c.12 |
William the Conqueror 1066 and all that Domesday Castles Church vs. State Henry II and Becket John and Magna Carta Stephen and Matilda |
3 |
How hard was life for medieval |
c. 12 |
The village and peasant economy Medieval towns Black Death Peasants’ Revolt |
4 |
How did the medieval church affect people’s lives? |
c.12 |
The concept of purgatory Parish Church Monasticism Pilgrimage Crusade Dissatisfaction with the church |
15 |
Black peoples of America: |
c.12 |
Pre-slavery Africa The Atlantic slave trade Plantation life Slave resistance Emancipation Post-bellum South The twentieth-century Struggle for equality Booker T. Washington, WEB DuBois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X Civil Rights |
