Year 9 Humanities – Curriculum Map
9A/9B
Autumn 1
Autumn 2
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Spring 1
Spring 2
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Summer 1
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Summer 2
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The First World War
Understanding of the world at the beginning of the 20th Century
Use sources to investigate the long and short term causes of WW1
Look at conditions in the trenches for soldiers
Evaluate the usefulness of sources and the use of propaganda during
WW1
The Weather
Understand common weather words and patterns
Make a rain gauge to collect and record rainfall over a month
Investigation into microclimates
Develop awareness of weather patterns in the British Isles
The Second World War
Understand what life was like during the Second World War for
ordinary British families
Compare sources about the experience of evacuees
Understand reasons why the Second World War was fought
Indepth investigation into the Holocaust
Islam
Look at the values, practices and beliefs of Islam
Examine what a mosque is and how Muslims worship in their holy
place
Look at artefacts used in Islam
Study the Five Pillars of Islam
India
Find out about India and compare life in India to life in Britain
Make a topographical model of India
Explore the geography of India including the different climates and
features of the landscape
Understand what is meant by subsistence farming
Look at life in an Indian city e.g. Mumbai
From Slavery to Emancipation
Learn about the development of the transatlantic slave trade
How the slave trade affected Britain, Africa, and the Americas
Investigate sources surrounding the Middle Passage
Look at slave resistance and the eventual abolition of slavery
Consider modern slavery
9C
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The First World War
Understanding of the world at the beginning of the 20th Century
Use sources to find out the triggers of WW1
Look at conditions in the trenches for soldiers
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The Weather
Understand common weather words and patterns
Make a rain gauge to collect and record rainfall over a month
Develop awareness of weather patterns in the British Isles
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The Second World War
Understand what life was like during the Second World War for
ordinary British families
Compare sources about the experience of evacuees
Understand reasons why the Second World War was fought
Look at what happened in the Holocaust
Islam
Look at the values, practices and beliefs of Islam
Examine what a mosque is and how Muslims worship in their holy
place
Look at artefacts used in Islam
Study the Five Pillars of Islam
India
Find out about India and compare life in India to life in Britain
Explore the geography of India including the different climates and
features of the landscape
Understand what is meant by subsistence farming
Look at life in an Indian city e.g. Mumbai
From Slavery to Emancipation
Learn about the development of the transatlantic slave trade
How the slave trade affected Britain, Africa, and the Americas
Investigate sources surrounding the Middle Passage
Look at slave resistance and the eventual abolition of slavery
Year 9 Humanities – Curriculum Map