History Department
Y9 Summary of Indicative Content
For detailed discussion of the content of the Y9 scheme of work refer to the adapted QCA schemes of work for Units 11, 12, 14, and 16. As a quick guide to content and a possible ordering of the units, however, the following may be useful:
Unit |
Title |
Lessons |
Indicative Content |
11 |
Industrial Changes |
c.8 |
Industrial change in Torquay (coming of the railway, rise of a seaside resort). Opposition to industrial change (Luddism, Swing Riots, Rebecca Riots). The workhouse. National changes in agriculture, transport and production. |
12 |
Snapshot 1900: the middle-class |
c.5 |
The class system. The family. Representations of class. |
16 |
The franchise |
c.8 |
Britain in 1815. The reform acts of 1832, 1867, 1884, 1918 and 1928. Chartism. Campaign for women’s suffrage. |
14 |
The British Empire |
c. 8 |
Rise and extent of the empire. Role of trade in formation of empire. Role of explorers and missionaries. Colonial wars. Influence of Empire on British people (British Empire Day) |
18 |
Twentieth-century conflict |
c. 25 |
Causes of WWI Course of WWI (focus on the Somme) Versailles Treaty Causes WWII Course of WWII Beginning of Cold War Collapse of Communism |
19 |
The Holocaust |
c. 5 |
Causes of anti-semitism Process of the Holocaust Ghettoes Concentration and extermination camps. Resistance. Memory. |
