Topic/Big Question
Pupils in Year 8 build on their study of a chronoloigcally sequenced curriculum in Year 7 to further their knowledge and understanding of Britain 's past and that of the wider world. This further develops pupils' sense of how academic history is constructed through historical enquiry and the rigorus use of evidence. Pupils follow themes that have helped shaped Britain and the wider world and the lives of people and institutions that have mattered in the past and present. They build on their understanding of important disciplinary concepts and sense of chronology throughtout KS3 that also provides a foundation for the future study of history beyond. Trinity2Michaelmas1
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Why did the Stuarts come to rule England?How modern were the Stuarts?Why did slavery matter to Liverpool?What did the Victorians make of Manchester?Who was responsible for WWI? Reformation, power, invasion, uccession, the power, Parliament, Reformation, democracy, Empire, slavery, economics, tradeIndustrialisation, urbanisation, revolution, public Conflict, international relations, alliances, empire, militarism, arms race
Reasons for Elizabeth I's succession crisis including reasons for not getting married, the threat of Mary Queen of Scots, the threat of Spanish invasion including reasons for the failure of the Spanish Armada
The significance of the Pendle witch trials, significance political ideas inlcuding the Gun Pwder Plot, execution of Charles I, the Commonwealth, Cromwell's Protectorate, Restoration & Bill of Rights. Responses to the Great Plague. The significance of the Scientific Revolution including the Royal Society and work of Robert Hooke, Isaac Newton. Responses to and impact of the Great Fire of London.
Africa before the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, reasons for the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, Liverpool's role in the slave trade as a city and its people, the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade for Liverpool
Contemptorary perceptions of Mancehster, reasons why Manchester became seen as the Shock City including role of technology, industrialisation, urbanisation & cotton industry, living conditions & publich health challenges in Victorian Manchester, how Manchester changed over time including the role of Abel Heywood, the legacy of Victorian Manchester
Key events & consequences of Franz Ferdinand's assassination in Sarajevo in June 1914, reasons for Serbia's support of the Black Hand Gang, key features of the alliance system in 1914, the role of the Franco-Prussian War 1871 in causing tensions, the role of empire building in Africa in causing tensions, the role of militarism on land & at sea in causing tensions Cause & consequenceSignificanceChange & continuity, significanceSources & historical evidence, change & continuityCause & consequence
Development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745
Development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745 Ideas, political power, industry & empire: Britain, 1745-1901. Local History Study. Ideas, political power, industry & empire: Britain, 1745-1901. Local History Study.