(This Program is on-line, i.e. active hyperlinks)
Key Questions
Year
8
History Program
Terms 1 & 2
Suggested Activities
N.B.Some questions and outcomes -Revise or review and list the main
causes for the decline of the Roman
can be applied to each topic.
Empire.
-What were the origins of the
-Mapping and interactive activities
society of the time?
built into the web lesson: The
-What were the main causes for the Barbarian Invasions and the Fall off
decline of the Roman Empire?
the Roman Empire.
c. 410 AD Romans leave Britain.
c. 530 AD Saxons conquer Britain.
-What were the migration patterns
-Mapping and interactive activities
resulting from the barbarian
built into the web lesson: The
invasions across Europe?
Anglo-Saxon Invasions
The ‘Dark Ages’
Anglo-Saxon Society:
c. 500-600 AD
-How did people live?
-What were the main features of the
society of the time?
-The interactive activities built into
the web lesson: The Saxons - Art
and Religion
The Vikings:
-How did the people govern
themselves?
c. 860 AD began invading England.
-The interactive activities built into
the web lesson:
- The Viking Invasions Time line,
note making, primary source
documents study, fact or opinion,
3D virtual tour, animated quiz,
interactive simulation- A Viking
voyage.
-What were the beliefs and values
of the society of the time?
c. 880 AD Alfred the Great defeats,
then accepts them in Britain.
-What contact did the people have
with other societies?
Key Questions
-What contribution did significant
people and /or events make to the
society of the time?
The Norman Conquest 1066 William and the Battle of Hastings
Medieval England
c. 500-1500 AD
- The Feudal System
Assessment Task: You Little
Viking! Marking Rubric
Resources
Online Video Clips
- ‘Aspects of the past’ p.137
- ‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.1-13
Web Lesson: The Barbarian
Invasions and the Fall off the
Roman Empire.
- Medieval Quest p.6
- The web lesson: The Anglo-Saxon
Invasions
- ‘Medieval Quest’ – Abby and
Anderson
- The web lesson: The Saxons - Art
and Religion
-The web lesson: The Viking
Invasions
-‘Aspects of the Past’ p.161
-‘Checkpoint One’ – Pyne
- ‘Medieval Quest’ p.18-35
- ‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.14-17
‘Knights a Castles – Time
Travellers book’
-‘History Scene 1’ & 2 - Moss
Activities
Resources
- The Middle Ages Web Lesson
Cloze passages, document studies,
note making, battle simulation game
- The Norman Conquest (&Bayeux tap.)
- Web Lesson analysing Medieval
glass windows as historical sources.
-‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p. 42-61
-‘Medieval Life’ - Bailey
-‘Saxons and Vikings’ – Middleton
Assessment Task : ICT
skills/Instructions/Research Task
The Middle Ages Web Lesson
- ‘Retroactive 1’ p. 154
- Stained glass in the Middle Ages
Web lessons: Page 1 Page 2
Syllabus Outcomes: (Page 24)
4.1Describes and explains the main features of paste societies and periods and their legacy. (Vikings Assignment)
4.5 Identifies the meaning, purpose and context of historical sources. (Plague Test)
Use an image bank to gather relevant images for an historical inquiry. (Vikings Assignment)
Communicate effectively about the past through a desktop publishing document.(Vikings Assignment)
Locate, select and organise information from a range of sources. (Vikings Assignment or Research and
Following Instructions task.)
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(On-line) Year 8
Key Questions
The Church in the Middle Ages
c.1215 King John Signs Magna Carta
History Program Terms
Suggested Activities
- Short answer questions, cloze
passage, interactive activity
constructing a Medieval Arch.
- Research and chart making
exercise.
2-3
Resources
- Web Lesson on the Church in the
Middle Ages
- Retroactive 1 p.168
- Medieval Quest p.Chaps.3-4 p41/5
-‘History Adventures’p.30-46
- ‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.62-69
Assessment Task
Castles in the Middle Ages
Peasants Revolt (Skills based, using
sources - Multiple Choice)
- Web Lesson: Attacking a castle
- ‘Retro active 1’ p160
- ‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.70-87
- ‘History Adventures’ P.8-29
The Chinese ‘Empire’
c. 200BC Quin Dynasty
c. 100AD Han Dynasty
- Chart making, comparing and
contrasting, note making, map
making, interactive drag and drop
activities.
Assessment Task: Mongol
Invasions of Japan – Source
analysis skills. Multiple Choice.
- China in the Middle Ages web
lesson
- ‘Aspects of the Past’ p.61
- ‘Retroactive 1’ p. 110
- ‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.24
- ‘Aspects of the Past’ p. 202
The Crusades
c. 1090 – 1190 AD
-What has been the legacy of the
society or time?
Assessment Task: Essay based on a
collection of Documents.
See - Instruction sheet and
collection of documents.
-Describe the legacy of the crusades
on European society.
- ‘Discov the Medi. World’ p55
- ‘Aspects of the Past’ p.189 -legacy
- ‘Retroactive’ p. 221 -legacy
Usborne ‘Time Traveller – Knights
and Castles’ Pages 26-27
- ‘Retroactive’ p. 224
- ‘Checkpoint 1’p.81
Activities
Resources
Key Questions
The Plague
c. 1350
Assessment Task: Analysis of
primary source documents.
The Renaissance
c. 1450-1550
c. 1450 Gutenberg
Research, interactive activities,
mapping activities
Marco Polo
c. 1271-1295 ( journey)
Research, ICT skills, making a web
quest.
The Protestant Reformation
Early 1500s
Pictorial sources, mapping exercise,
simulation game.
- ‘Medieval Ques’ p.94-111
- ‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.100
- ‘Discovering the Medieval World
p.162-171
- ‘Medieval Realms’ p.46-49
Renaissance Web Lesson
-‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.106-13
- ‘History Adventures’ P.59-71
NEW Web Lesson: Renaissance
Explorers
- ‘Discov the Medi World p.186
- Student Research/ ICT skills task
- Web Lesson on the Protestant
Reformation
- ‘Retroactive 1’ p.242
-‘DarkAges toDiscovery’ p.114-117
Syllabus Outcomes:
4.8 Locates, selects and organises relevant information from a number of sources, including ICT, to conduct
basic historical research. (Research and Following Instructions task or Essay based on the Conquistadors)
4.10 Selects and uses appropriate oral, written and other forms, including ICT, to communicate effectively about
the past. (Research and Following Instructions task)
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(On-line) Year 8
Key Questions
The south American Indian
Empires
- Incas (1532 Pizarro Lands)
- Maya (1520s Spanish conquests)
- Aztecs (1519 Cortes Lands)
- What was the impact of the
expansion of Europeans into the
‘New World.’
History Program
Suggested Activities
- European Explorers –Age of
Exploration
late 1400s to late 1700s
- What were the Industrial and
Agrarian Revolutions? Late 1700-to
mid 1800s
- What effects did the Industrial and
Agrarian Revolutions have on
British or European Society.
Resources
Web Lesson - The South American
Indians
Incas ‘Retroactive 1’ p. 290
Aztecs ‘Aspects of the Past’ p. 165,
Maya ‘Aspects of the Past’ p. 107
‘Aspects of the Past’ p.182 legacy
-Sources to use with your essay on
Assessment Task
-Essay Planning sheet
the Conquistadors.
-An outline drawing to show you
-Pictorial sources to help you with
how you could structure this essay. the Conquistadors essay.
- Web Lesson – The English
Reformation
- Mix and Match, multiple choice,
research and writing a thesis (for
an exposition.)
- What were the main features of
Assessment Task: Evaluating onthe French Revolution?1789-99
line resources.
- What was the legacy of the French
Revolution on European Society?
- The main features of theEuropean
-Settlements in North Americaearly1600sFrench inland NtoSouth,
British colonies on the coast.
- What were the causes and long
term results of the American War
of Independence from Britain?
Key Questions
3-4
- Drag and drop, art and mapping
activity.
Henry VIII and the English
Reformation c.1530
Elizabeth I c.1560
The Spanish Amada 1588
Terms
Suggested Activities
- Mapping activity
- Web Lesson – Elizabeth 1
-‘Dark Ages toDiscovery’p.118-134
- Web Lesson – The Spanish Amada
- ‘Dark Ages toDiscovery’ p.140-153
- Medieval Quest p. 216
- ‘Retroactive 1’ p.280-285
- ‘Medieval Quest’ p.219-223
Resources
- ‘Medieval Quest’ p. 204-215
- ‘Retroactive 1’ p. 270
- ‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.88, 104
- ‘History Adventures’ P.83-95
- ‘Checkpoint 1’p.128
- ‘Dark Ages to Discovery’ p.170
- The Industrial Revolution –
Knowing British History No.7
- Case
Syllabus Outcomes:
4.3 Explains the ways indigenous and non-indigenous peoples of the world have responded to contact with each
other.
(Essay based on the Conquistadors)
4.9 Uses historical terms and concepts in appropriate contexts. (MC Skills Test Mongol Invasion, or Peasants
Revolt)
Draws conclusions about the usefulness of sources for an Historian, including a website. (Evaluating Web site
Sources Task or MC Skills Test Mongol Invasion, or MC Skills Test Peasants Revolt, or Mongol Invasions)
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