Winter Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Introductory Unit- Skills in History

How hard was life for mediaeval people in town and country?

Complete unit on church and state- who was in control?

Rival claimants to the throne in 1066

How did the mediaeval church affect people's lives?

What happened when monarchs lost control?

How did Mediaeval monarchs keep control?

Church and state- who was in control?

Winter Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

To develop an understanding of 16^th century England and the role of the monarch

Henry VIII - character, wives, religion

Background to Civil War in England

Complete Cromwell and the Interregnum

The Boy King - the reign of Edward VI

Understanding of causes and main events of English Civil War including the death of the King

The Restoration

To understand that female monarchs in the 16^th century played a crucial part in the nation's History - the reign of Mary I

The trial of the King and the importance of personality

Great events in History - Plague and Fire

Elizabeth in Danger

Images of an Age

Mary Queen of Scots

The Armada

Cromwell and the Interregnum

Uniting the Kingdom

The reign of James I

How united was the United Kingdom?

Winter Term

Spring Term

Summer Term

Basic understanding of reasons why World War I broke out?

The outbreak of World War II

Complete Living through the War

The impact of World War I

Key events in World War II

The Holocaust

Was the Treaty of Versailles a peace treaty or an act of revenge?

Moral debates in World war II

The end of the War

The causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution

Living through the War

The development of the Cold War - why did the end of the Second World War have the effect of starting another different world conflict?

Hitler's rise to power