HISTORY - KS3

 

History Learning Journey

 

WHO’S WHO?

Progress Leader: Mr S Watkiss
Teaching Staff: Mr P McNicol, Mr J Messham
Link Governor: Mrs G Sinnott

OUR AIMS

History helps students understand the world we live in today. Here at Up Holland, we aim to provide a curriculum that allows students to develop and grow their knowledge of the past. Studying History provides students with transferable skills that will help in future careers, such as, comprehension, analysing evidence, forming arguments and being able to articulate ideas, research, independent learning and critical thinking. History at Up Holland focuses on students developing and growing their knowledge about the past as they progress through school. This is supported by students learning about how historians learn and investigate the past through disciplinary knowledge/skills such as cause and effect, change and continuity, significance, interpretations and using sources of evidence to help with historical enquiries.

Through the teaching of our curriculum, students will be able to draw parallels, and understand world issues today because of the important topics studied, such as the British empire, the international slave trade, post-colonial Britain, the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. This is further supported by the teaching and Embedding of Up Holland’s LORIC and British Values within the History curriculum, promoting respect, tolerance, acceptance and empathy. By the time our students leave us they will have developed how to organise their thoughts and articulate them clearly, respectfully and leave Up Holland as confident well-rounded young adults with an understanding of how the modern world has been shaped by the events of the past.

HOME LEARNING

Home Learning will focus on supporting their understanding of historical language and researching people/events around the world at the same time of the unit being studied to give them a broader understanding of history. Their final task will be to complete a revision clock/postcard to help support their preparation for assessments. At Up Holland we also understand the importance of building cultural capital for all our students and how this can further help them grow a wider understanding of the world through their study of history.

YEAR 7
TERM	UNIT OF STUDY	KEY SKILLS / LEARNING
Autumn	Introduction to Historical Skills The Norman Conquest	Chronology Interpretation Analysis of evidence Making judgements
Spring	What was life like in Medieval England? How should we remember King John’s reign?	Describing/explaining evaluating Narrative Source analysis Change and Continuity Interpretations over time
Summer	Chaos and Conflict in the Medieval Period Women that Shaped the World	Describing/explaining Outline narrative Change and continuity Relative significance
YEAR 8
Autumn	How did political and economic power change in Britain by 1900? How and why was religion a challenge for Tudor Monarchs? The English Civil War: How was the monarchy challenged in the early modern period?	Describing/explaining Interpretations over time Change and continuity Significance Source analysis
Spring	How did political and economic power change in Britain by 1900? The International Slave Trade How did the Industrial Revolution change Britain? Local History – How did Wigan change during the Industrial Revolution?	Interpretation Source Analysis/Utility Research – local history Judgements
Summer	The Rise and Fall of the British Empire Crime & Punishment A Thematic Study	Change and continuity Outline narrative Source analysis Evaluating change over time
YEAR 9
Autumn	World War I The collapse of Tsarist Russia and the rise of communism	Interpretation Source analysis Research
Spring	How has democracy overcome challenges in the 20th century? World War II The Holocaust	Significance Source analysis & evaluation - accuracy and utility of evidence Research
Summer	How far did British society change after World War II? The Impact of Terrorism on the Modern World	Evaluating key changes Source analysis

ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Year 8 trip to the International Slave Trade Museum Liverpool.

HOW TO SUPPORT YOUR CHILD'S LEARNING

• Ask them what they think about specific events in history? Why was it important?
• Encourage them to watch documentaries and read books on historical people or events that capture their interest and imagination.

WHERE TO GO:

• Year 7 – Chester to explore Roman History, Castles in the North West such as Lancaster Castle and Clitheroe Castle. Conwy Castle is also a great example showing the power of the Norman and Plantagenet kings.
• Year 8 – International Slave Trade Museum, Liverpool.  Speke Hall, Liverpool designed in the Tudor style and Rufford Old Hall where a young William Shakespeare was rumoured to have performed. Quarry Bank Mill would be worth visiting to coincide with when we study the Industrial Revolution.
• Year 9 – Imperial War Museum Manchester.  The National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Nottingham.

WHAT TO WATCH:

• Key Stage 3 - Horrible Histories the Movie
• Cromwell
• Gunpowder
• Roots
• 12 Years a Slave
• Armistad
• Blackadder goes forth
• The Trench
• Passchendaele
• 1917
• Testament of Youth
• Saving Private Ryan
• Pearl Harbour
• Battle of Britain
• Dunkirk
• The Pianist
• Conspiracy
• Schindler’s list.

WHAT TO READ:

• Biographies about William the Conqueror, King John, Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Cromwell, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X
• Dan Jones: Crusaders
• Ian Mortimer: The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England/Elizabethan England
• Slavery: 12 years a slave by Solomon Northup
• WW1: They called it Passchendaele, War Horse, All quiet on the Western Front
• Andrew Crozier: The Causes of the Second World War
• USA in the 1930/40/50/60’s and Civil Rights: Of Mice and Men, Catcher in the Rye, The Feminine Mystique, To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Help, Malcolm X autobiography
• The Holocaust: The diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, The Book Thief, Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen.

ONLINE:

 

English Heritage

 

History Learning Site

 

ClassZone

 

The Story of Mankind

 

BBC Bitesize History

 

FUTURE CAREERS:

GCSE History is a highly regarded as a strong academic qualification by employers and in further education. It gives students a wide range of transferable skills such as logical argument, research skills, analysis of data, problem solving, creative thinking and empathy. Some professions where these skills may apply include: Academic researcher/ Archaeologist/ Archivist/ Heritage manager/ Historic buildings inspector/conservation officer/ Museum education officer/ Museum or gallery curator/ Museum or gallery exhibitions officer/ Secondary school teacher/lecturer/ Police Officer/ Lawyer/ Writer/ Journalist/ Politician/ Historical advisor TV/Film/ Social Worker.