YEAR 7
Politics and Society
Empire and Power
Invasion and Progress
Did the death of Julius Caesar lead to the
birth of the Roman Empire?
Causation & Significance
How did Baghdad come to be the centre
of the World? (Rise of Islam 600-1000)
Causation and Significance
Why do we portray the Vikings as ugly
horned people?
Interpretation and Evidential Understanding
Why is Pompeii a town lost in time?
Evidential Understanding
Why would Christians fight for the Holy
Land?
Causation and Interpretation
Final Assessment
How did Medieval
Monarchs Keep Control?
(Authority & Occupation)
How did Society Live in the
Middle Ages? Society
(Establishing Control)
How did Politicians and
Society Impose Itself
Abroad?
Why did William win the battle of
Hastings?
Causation
How did Death reign in Europe? Causation
& Continuity & Change
How far did the New World
dehumanise Africans?
Interpretation & Causation
YEAR 9
YEAR 8
Why did Rome invade Britain?
Causation
What was the experience of occupation
under William?
Interpretation
Why did Magna Carta survive the passage
of time?
Significance & Interpretation
Why did Watt Tyler square up to the
King? Causation & Significance.
How dysfunctional were the Tudors as a
family?
Significance & Interpretation
How did the English Civil War change
Parliaments’ relationship with the
monarchy?
Significance & Change and Continuity
Revolution
Empire & Self
Determination
A) Why would chopping off the head of
the governor of the Bastille solve the
problems of France?
Causation & Significance
To what extent was the British Empire a
force for the good?
Diversity, Change and Continuity, Evidential
Understanding.
B) How far did the Storming of the Bastille
solve the problems of France?
Interpretation & Change and Continuity
How far did Britain change during the
Industrial Revolution?
Change & Continuity
Why did the Nation of the Rising Sun
begin to look West?
Evidential Understanding & Change &
Continuity and Causation
 Experience of colonies
 Basic aspects of empire
Why is Ghandi not referred to as the
Father of India?
Interpretation
Why does William Wilberforce no
longer receive all the credit for the
abolition of slavery and slave trade?
Interpretation & Significance
Final Assessment
War
Was a 19 year old to blame for the
outbreak of WWI?
Causation & Interpretation
How varied was the experience of WWI
fighting among British soldiers?
Diversity
 Experience of war
 Significance of African and Asian fighters
Final Assessment
GENERAL WEBSITES FOR ALL YEARS
BBC Education History
The History Learning Site
School History
Spartacus
Mr Allsopp History
Timelines - Medieval Period
Good websites - Modern Period
Higher Level Resources
Excellent Link for GCSE material
Excellent Link – Enquiries
Good Resource – History Study
www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zk26n39
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/
schoolhistory.co.uk
spartacus-educational.com
www.mrallsophistory.com/revision
www.timeref.org
www.johndclare.net
www.thehistoryfaculty.org
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history
www.saburchill.com/history/hist002.html
YEAR 7
CONTROL CLICK TO FOLLOW LINKS
ROMANS
The Romans
Life in Roman Britain
A Roman Fort
Roman Technology
Romans - Slavery
Living Under the Romans
www.bbc.co.uk/education/topics/zwmpfg8
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/questions_01.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/launch_vt_housesteads.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/tech_01.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/slavery_01.shtml
www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/slavery_01.shtml
WHY IS POMPEII A TOWN LOST IN TIME?
Deconstructing Pompeii
www.history.com/topics/ancient-history/pompeii
HOW DID BAGHDAD COME TO BE THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD?
The Spread of Islam
www.islamicity.org/8304/understanding-islam-and-muslims/#HDSIAW
The Early Rise of Islam
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/earlyrise_1.shtml
Islamic History
www.islamicity.com/education/ihame/default.asp?Destination=/education/ihame/1.asp
Medieval Islam
quatr.us/islam/
CHARACTERS FOR THIS ENQUIRY
Richard the Lionheart
Richard the Lionheart
Salah al-Din
Salah al-Din
Umayyads
blog.templarhistory.com/2010/03/king-richard-i-the-lionheart/
www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/lionheart.htm
www.touregypt.net/featurestories/saladin.htm
www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/people/saladin.html
quatr.us/islam/history/umayyads.htm
WHY DO WE PORTRAY THE VIKINGS AS UGLY HORNED PEOPLE?
Viking Trade
www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zy9d2hv
Who Were the Vikings?
jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/who-were-the-vikings/
YEAR 8
WHY DID WILLIAM WIN THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS?
& WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE OF OCCUPATION UNDER WILLIAM?
GENERAL LINKS FOR THIS ENQUIRY
Historic UK - The Norman Conquest
The Battle of Hastings1066
Battle of Hastings 1066
The Battle of Hastings
Castles
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Norman-Conquest/
www.battle1066.com
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval-england/battle-of-hastings-1066/
www.schoolshistory.org.uk/battleofhastings.htm
www.schoolshistory.org.uk/Castles.htm
SPECIFIC LINKS FOR THE WAY IN WHICH THE NORMANS ESTABLISHED AUTHORITY
Exploring Castles in the UK (Excellent)
www.castlexplorer.co.uk
Norman Rule 1
medievaleurope.mrdonn.org/normanconquest.html
REBELLION IN THE EAST
Hereward the Wake 1
Hereward the Wake 2
www.lordsandladies.org/hereward-the-wake.htm
www.robinhoodloxley.net/mycustompage0013.htm
REBELLION IN THE NORTH
Harrying the North 1
Harrying the North 2 (first section only)
www.answers.com/Q/What_are_facts_about_harrying_of_the_north
www.localhistories.org/normans.html
FEUDAL SYSTEM
The Feudal System
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/middle_ages/feudal_system_domesday_book/revision/1/
DOMESDAY BOOK
Excellent Information
In Depth Information
Background Information
Is Your Home Town in the Doomsday Book
General Information on Doomsday Book
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/focuson/domesday/
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/discover-domesday/
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/domesday/world-of-domesday/
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
www.domesdaybook.co.uk/links.html
WHY DID MAGNA CARTA SURVIVE THE PASSAGE OF TIME?
Summary of King John and Magna Carta
www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zqgqtfr/revision
HOW DID DEATH REIGN IN EUROPE?
The Black Death
Middle Ages – Black Death
Black Death – Symptoms
Black Death – Diagram
www.history.com/topics/black-death
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/middle_ages/black_01.shtml
schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/plague/plague_symptoms.pdf
www.schoolhistory.co.uk/year8links/plague/plaguediagram.pdf
WHY DID WAT TYLER SQUARE UP TO THE KING?
Main Events
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/medieval-england/peasants-revolt/
Main Events II
www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Wat-Tyler-the-Peasants-Revolt/
Another View
www.lordsandladies.org/the-peasants-revolt.htm
The Death of Wat Tyler
spartacus-educational.com/YALDdeathTyler.htm
HOW DYSFUNCTIONAL WERE THE TUDORS AS A FAMILY?
Tudor History
www.tudorhistory.org/
HOW DID THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR CHANGE PARLIAMENTS’ RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MONARCHY?
Civil War Chaos
www.berkshirehistory.com/kids/civil_war.html
Civil War
timelines.tv/index.php?t=1&e=8
History of the English Civil Wars
easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~crossby/ECW/history/index.html
HOW FAR DID THE NEW WORLD DEHUMANISE AFRICANS?
A Comprehensive Resource on Slavery
www.understandingslavery.com
General Links
Development of Transatlantic Slave Trade
The Abolitionist Movement
National Archive website (3 pages)
Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade
Britain and the Trade
The Caribbean and the Trade
www.slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zkctvcw
www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zbyqhyc
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/africa_trade.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/britain_trade.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/caribbean_trade.htm
1. THE SLAVE TRADE
Adventurers and Slavers
Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade
Britain and the Trade
The Caribbean and the Trade
BBC Focus on the Slave Trace
West Africa before the Europeans
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/early_times/adventurers.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/africa_trade.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/britain_trade.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/caribbean_trade.htm
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1523100.stm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/west_africa.htm
2. ABOLITION
BBC Abolition
Abolition of the Slave Trade
Emancipation
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/abolition/
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/rights/abolition.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/rights/emancipation.htm
3. THE MIDDLE PASSAGE
Juneteenth
Terrible Transformation
www.juneteenth.com/middlep.htm
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p277.html
4. RESISTANCE AND REBELLION
Caribbean Histories Revealed
The Caribbean and Resistance
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/caribbeanhistory/slavery-negotiating-freedom.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/africa_caribbean/caribbean_resistence.htm
WHY DOES WILLIAM WILBERFORCE NO LONGER RECEIVE ALL THE CREDIT
FOR THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY AND SLAVE TRADE?
Abolitionists
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/blackhistory/rights/abolition.htm
Abolitionists II
abolition.e2bn.org/
YEAR 9
WHY WOULD CHOPPING OFF THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNOR OF THE BASTILLE SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF
FRANCE?
& HOW FAR DID THE STORMING OF THE BASTILLE SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF FRANCE?
Background to the French Revolution
Tennis Court Oath
Terror
Clips Terror BBC
Impact of French Revolution in Britain
Napoleon
www.theotherside.co.uk/tm-heritage/background/revolution.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/z77b87h
www.historywiz.com/terror.htm
www.bbc.co.uk/education/clips/zhhk2hv
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/french-revolution/
www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zg9kwmn
HOW FAR DID BRITAIN CHANGE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?
Industrial Revolution (Excellent)
www.saburchill.com/history/chapters/IR/001.html
Industrial Revolution Inventions
www.timetoast.com/timelines/inventions-during-the-industrial-revolution--29
Population Change and the Economy
www.britishmuseum.org/research/publications/online_research_catalogues/paper_money/paper_mone
y_of_england__wales/the_industrial_revolution.aspx
Agricultural Revolution
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/agricultural_revolution_01.shtml
Richard Arkwright
www.history.co.uk/biographies/richard-arkwright
Child Labour
nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/victorianbritain/industrial/source4.htm
Child Labour
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/1833-factory-act/
Living Conditions in Towns
www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_industrial_town/06.ST.02/?scene=3
Different Social Groups in Society
www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks3/history/industrial_era/industrial_revolution_life/revision/2/
Development of Railways
www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/Baker_00/baker_1800_soc/baker_by_gw_p.1/railroads.htm
TO WHAT EXTENT WAS THE BRITISH EMPIRE A FORCE FOR THE GOOD?
Early History of the British Empire
www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/britain_empire_01.shtml
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/
kidspast.com/world-history/0358-british-empire-goes-to-war.php
A. Living in the Empire
B. Rise and Fall
The Rise of Empire
The End of Empire
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/g2/cs4/default.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/g1/cs3/default.htm
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/empire/g3/cs3/default.htm
WAS A 19 YEAR OLD TO BLAME FOR THE OUTBREAK OF WWI?
& HOW VARIED WAS THE EXPERIENCE OF WWI FIGHTING AMONG BRITISH SOLDIERS?
There is a great deal of material online.
Introduction to Causes
www.johndclare.net/causes_WWI4_AustriaandSerbia.htm