Year 7
Why study History?
The Romans
Medieval Period: Conflict: Why did people risk their lives to fight? (The Norman Conquest)
Power: Could a king do whatever he liked in the Medieval period?
Ordinary life: What was it like to live in the Middle Ages?
How did the Black Death and Peasants revolt change people’s lives?

Year 8

How religious were the Tudors?
Why were Europeans mad about Empires?
Were all emigrants brave and adventurous?
Which wars should we know about?
When and why did Kings lose control?
What did the Industrial revolution do for us?


Year 9
Conflict and co-operation- Human Rights
       - Causes of WW1
       - Effect of ww2 on women and black Americans
       - Resolving conflict.
       - Prejudice and Persecution- Stereotypes, scapegoats, propaganda
       - Discrimination. Age, sex, gender, disability, religion
       - The Holocaust
       - Preventing discrimination