KS3 Humanities
Curriculum Map
Year Group
Year 7
Common
Assessment
Year 8
Autumn (12 weeks)
Unit 1
What is History?
Skills in History
(4 lessons)
Rulers and the
Ruled 1066-1500
(8 lessons) (IMYC
Adaptability 8/9)
Interpretation
W/B 22/9
Skills in History
(4 lessons)
Unit 2
What is
Geography?
Skills in
Geography
(4 lessons)
Settlements
(8 lessons)
Interpretation
W/B 22/9
Year 9
Skills in History
( 4 lessons)
Unit 3
How we used to
live?
1066-1500
Unit 4
Weather and
Climate
(to incl Climate
change)
Unit 5
1500-1750
A world turned
upside down
(IMYC Balance
24/4)
Unit 6
Population
Was Oliver Cromwell
a hero or a villain?
W/B 27/4
Where should I live?
K&U Was the Black
Death a disaster for
everyone? W/B 19/1
Development
Industrialisation
(IMYC Resilience
7/1)
1750-1900
Farming and
Industry
Medicine Through
Time
Is Dubai a good
place to live?
Ghana: Case study
presentation
Why are there
different opinions on
child labour?
Industrial location
Enquiry
K&U Who was more
important in the
development of
medicine? Hippocrates or
Louis Pasteur?W/B 27/4
Dubai Enquiry
W/B 17/11
W/B 19/1
Hurricanes
assessment
W/B 2/3
Summer (12 weeks)
Design your own
settlement
W/B 17/11
Empire and Slavery
(IMYC Curiosity 9/9)
Common
Assessment
Spring (12 weeks)
W/B 2/3
Tectonics
World War Two
and Cold War
Tourism/ Italy
Earthquake
comparison
W/B 17/11
K&U Why did World
War One end?
W/B 19/1
Presentation: My
Dream Holiday
W/B 2/3
W/B 2/6
W/B 2/6
Decades
Geography of
Sport/ fashion
Why are there
different opinions on
the 1960s? W/B 27/4
Design a bid for Dubai
to host a major sporting
event W/B 2/6
World War One
Common
Assessment
Interpretation
W/B 22/9