Skills focus: Source analysis (SA); Interpretations (I); Causation
(C); Change & continuity (Ch); Research & communication(R) ;
Significance (Sig)
Year 7 – overview
Romans
“How Civilised were
the Romans?”
1
Introductory
lesson –
resources
2
How can we
find out about
the past?
3
What was life
like in a
Roman villa?
4
Could you
design a
Roman town?
5
Pompeii: A
snapshot of
Roman life?
6
Who was
Boudicca?
(SA)
Charter and
why study
history
7
What was life
like on
Hadrian’s
Wall?
8
What did the
Romans do for
us?
9
How civilised
were the
Romans?
10
Why did the
Roman empire
fall?
How did the
‘Domesday’
Book get its
name?
Was William a
tyrant?
William the
conqueror on
trial
Assessment
prep
(Sig)
(SA)
(SA)
(R)
(Ch)
Three
claimants –
one crown.
Who will win?
Three
claimants –
one crown.
Who will win?
How did
William win
the battle of
Hastings?
What can we
learn from the
Bayeux
tapestry?
Prep lesson
Campaign
(R)
Normans
“How did William
control the country?”
Anglo-Saxon
England – the
Dark Ages?
Assessment
(Timed)
What was the
feudal system?
What was so
special about
Norman
castles?
Assessment
prep
Assessment
(Timed)
(Ch)
(R)
(Ch)
(SA)
(C)
(SA)
(Ch)
Medieval Britain
“Who had the power
in Medieval Britain?”
Who had the
power
Overview of
Key events
(Ch)
Why did Henry
and Beckett
fall out?
Who was
responsible for
Becket’s
death?
(C)
How bad was
‘bad King
John?’ King
John & Magna
Carta
(I)
Causes and
Symptoms of
the Black
Death
Cures and
Impact of the
Black Death
Why did the
peasants
revolt?
My Story
(C)
Was it all for
nothing?
The events &
consequences
of the PR
How did
religious life
change under
Edward VI
How ‘bloody’
was Queen
Mary?
What was
Elizabeth’s
‘Middle Way’?
(Ch)
(SA) (I) (Ch)
(Ch)
How should
Elizabeth be
remembered?
Was the
Elizabeth era a
Golden Age?
James I – the
ideal heir?
(I)
(Ch)
Was Charles
the King of
Bling? The
restoration of
the Monarchy
(R)
Would you
have survived
the plague?
What was the
most
significant
event?
(SA)
Who had the
power?
Reassess
original ideas
of who had
the power
Assessment
prep
Which
monarch
brought the
greatest
change?
Prep
(Ch)
Which
monarch
brought the
greatest
change?
Presentations
Assessment
Prep
Assessment
(Timed)
Tudor ‘Hello’
magazines
Tudor ‘Hello’
magazines
Assessment
Prep
Assessment
(Timed)
(R)
(R)
Was Britain
better under
kings or
Cromwell?
How much
have you
learnt in Year
7?
Assessment
Prep
Assessment
(Timed)
My Story
Assessment
(Sig)
(I)
Tudors
“Why was Tudor
England like a roller
coaster ride?
Why was there
civil war in
England? -The
Wars of the
Roses
(C)
Who killed the
princes in the
tower?
Elizabeth I –
what would
her teachers
have said
about her?
Who will
marry the
Queen?
Was Henry Vll
a gangster
How do you
solve a
problem like
Catherine?
(SA)
Why did Henry
dissolve the
monasteries?
(R)
Elizabeth
“Was the Elizabethan
era a ‘golden age?”
Why did
Elizabeth
execute Mary
Queen of
Scots?
Why did we
win against
the Spanish
Armada?
A picture tells
a thousand
words –
Elizabethan
portraits?
(C)
(SA) (I)
(SA)
Civil War
“Was Britain better
under Kings or
Cromwell?”
James I and
gunpowder
plot – was Guy
Fawkes
framed?
(I)
Did Charles
deserve to get
the chop?
Was Charles
responsible for
causing
conflict?
(I)
(C)
Why did the
Civil War last
so long?
CromwellHero or
Villain?
(R)
(I)
Who was to
blame for the
Great Fire of
London?
(SA)