Pupils in Year 9 build on their study of a chronoloigcally sequenced curriculum in Year 7 and 8 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 Michaelmas2Lent1Lent2
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How did WWI shape Europe 1918-1945?How do we tackle misconcpetions about the Holocaust? How did Old Major come to rule Russia?What kind of country was the USSR?How dangerous is the war in Ukraine?
Topic/BigQuestion What can the Treatment of Windrush nurses teach us about Britain 1948-present? Local History Walks
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KeyKnowledge
Internationional relations, power, Nazism, police state, conflict Persecution, genocide, conlfict, justice, migrationRevolution, communism, conflict, industrialisationCommunism, international relations, police state, the Cold War, arms race international relations, conflict, security, nuclear deterrence
Impact of the end of the WWI on Germany & stab in the back myth, impact of the Treaty of Versailles on Germany, key beliefs & aims of the NSDAP, key features of the Nazi Germany including poltical role of concentration camps, censorship & propganda and the SS. The key events of WWII on the Western and Eastern Fronts and at sea, including early Nazi successes 1939-1941, invasion of the USSR, Pearl Harbour in bringing the USA into the war, turning points in the east at the Battle of Stalingrad & Battle of Kursk 1943 and D-Day in the west 1944.
Jewish life before 1933, the origins of anti-Semitism, anti-Judaism vs anti-Semitism, the development of persecution, defining the Holocaust, persecution of different groups including Nazi motivations & methods, why the Holocaust ended, survival & life after the Holocaust including issues around justice & attitudes towards survivors
Challenges facing Romanov Russia before & during WWI, experiences & grievances of peasants, urban workers & the aristocracy, the February Revolution & the Provisional Government and its weaknesses, the Bolsheviks including key figures and beliefs, the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War, reasons for Bolshevik victory including keys figures, stregnths & ruthlessness of the Reds, weaknesses of the Whites, creation of the USSR
Key features of communism, Stalin's 5 Year Plans & Collectivisation, methods of control including the Cult of Personality, the role of the NKVD, purges & gulags, the USSR's relationship with Britain & the West 19171945, reasons why the USSR was condsidered a superpower by 1961 including military & cultural power, technological acheivements & poltical influence in the world including the Warsaw Pact & relations with other communist nations Cuba & China
The history of Ukraine & its relationship with Russia including its viking origins, distinct independence, efforts at Russification, WWI & WWII, post 1991 collpase of the USSR, reasons for Western concern over conflict in Ukraine including the UN and international law, legacy of appeasement, 1986 Chernobyl disaster & environmental concerns, concerns of nuclear escalation and the role of MAD, 1961 & 1983 as concerns of accidental nuclear war
migration, public health, the NHS Conflict, memorialisation
Reasons for the creationg of the NHS in 1948 including the role of WWII, public & poltical demand, early challenges for the NHS including nursing shortages, reasons for migration to Britain & the role of the British Nationaility Act, the Empire Windrush, differences between SRN and SEN nurses, experiences of Windrush nurses wokring in the NHS and on the wards, experiences of Windrush nurses of life in Britain, the legacy of Windrush nurses
The role St Laurence's Church in Chorley, the impact of WWI on Chorley, the role of census and other public documents in historical enquiry, the role of buildings & architecture in historical enquiry, the role of memoralisation in historical enquiry
KeySkills
Assessment
NationalCurriculum
End of unit checkpoint. Short answer knowledge based questions.
End of unit extended writing assessmentEnd of unit checkpoint. Short answer knowledge based questions.
End of unit checkpoint. Short answer knowledge based questions.
End of unit checkpoint. Short answer knowledge based questions. Law
ReconciliationTruth, hope, justice, reconciliation, service
Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day
Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day
Study of significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments
Study of significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments
Study of significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments
Similarity & differenceSources & historical evidence, change & continuity
End of unit extended writing assessment
Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day A local history study