Term 1 History Grade 8 2015
1
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Getting to know you
Buy ring binder file and 5
file dividers
2
Introductions: What is
History?
Have an understanding of
what the discipline of
history involves
Buy ring binder file and 5
file dividers
Week 2:
Topic
Lesson Aim
-
Introductions: What
and how are we
studying?
2
Historical skills:
Working with time in
history
3
The Age of Exploration
Week 3:
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-
Topic
1
Lesson Aim
-
Using Evidence
2
The Age of Exploration
How are notes
organised?
Why are we
studying world
history?
Understand: BC/AD,
time units, century
naming and
chronology
What exploration
happened in the
Middle Ages?
-
How do we use
sources as
evidence?
How did Europeans
spread their control
to the rest of the
Resources
Assessment/
Homework
Topic
1
Lesson Aim
Electronic
Resources
Week 1:
Resources
Electronic
Resources
Example resource files
History of the world in 7
minutes video
Print out of PPT
PPT on historical skills
UEWH p272 - 273
Watch CCWH: Indian
Ocean trade
Watch CCWH: 15th C
Mariners
Resources
Electronic
Resources
Print out of PPT notes
PPT
UEWH p288 - 289
Assessment/
Homework
Assessment/
Homework
Term 1 History Grade 8 2015
world?
3
The Age of Exploration
Week 4:
1
3
Week 5:
1
2
3
Topic
The Scientific
Revolution
2
-
Lesson Aim
-
The Scientific
Revolution
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The Scientific
Revolution
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Topic
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment
ASSESS SOURCE WORK
How did Europeans
spread their control
to the rest of the
world?
How were the ideas
of science
influenced by the
Renaissance?
What is the
Scientific method?
Why was Galileo
important?
Lesson Aim
-
What was the
Enlightenment?
-
Why were the ideas
of the
Enlightenment
important?
Assess source work
UEWH p296 – 297
PoI – 20_4
Resources
Watch CCWH The
Columbian exchange
Electronic
Resources
Assessment/
Homework
PoI 22_1
PoI 22_1
Nutshell video: The
scientific method
PoI 22_1
Nutshell video: Galileo
Read notes on the
Enlightenment
Resources
Electronic
Resources
Assessment/
Homework
Research: who were some
of the major figures of the
Enlightenment
Enlightenment video
Source work task
12 FEBRUARY: SOURCE
WORK TASK to hand in
Term 1 History Grade 8 2015
Week 6:
Topic
Lesson Aim
1
The American
Revolution
-
2
Causes of the French
Revolution
-
3
Causes of the French
Revolution
-
Week 7:
Topic
What important
ideas came out of
the Revolution?
Why was there a
revolution in France
in 1789?
Why was there a
revolution in France
in 1789?
Lesson Aim
Resources
Electronic
Resources
Assessment/
Homework
UEWH: 330 – 331
Questions
PPT: American
Revolution
Speeches for Estates
general task sheets
PPT: Estates General
speeches
Finish preparing speeches
for the Estates General
Resources
Electronic
Resources
Assessment/
Homework
Give speeches for
Estates general – fill in
task sheets
Mid Term
8.1. miss a
lesson
1
The Causes of the
French Revolution
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What were the
economic and social
causes?
ISSS: Causes of the
French Revolution
PoI 23_1
PPT: Cause of French
Revolution
Vid: Cribs with Louis
Read first section of
course of the revolution
2
The Causes of the
French Revolution
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ISSS: Causes of the
French Revolution
PPT: Cause of French
Revolution
Read first section of
course of the revolution
3
The French Revolution
-
What were the
political and
intellectual causes?
What happened at
the Estates General
in 1789?
ISSS: Course of the
Revolution
Construct timeline of
Revolution
PoI 23_2
PPT: Course of the
Revolution
Vid: The French
Revolution in a Nutshell
Resources
Electronic
Resources
ISSS: Course of the
Revolution
Construct timeline of
PPT: Course of the
Revolution
Week 8:
1
Topic
The French Revolution
Lesson Aim
-
What happened
after the Estates
General?
Assessment/
Homework
Term 1 History Grade 8 2015
Revolution
2
The French Revolution
-
3
The French Revolution
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Week 9:
Topic
Why was there
building chaos after
the National
Assembly?
Why did the
Constitutional
monarchy fail?
Lesson Aim
1
The French Revolution
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What was The Reign
of Terror?
2
The French Revolution
-
What was The Reign
of Terror?
3
TEST
Week 10:
1
ISSS: Course of the
Revolution
Construct timeline of
Revolution
ISSS: Course of the
Revolution
Construct timeline of
Revolution
EWFR: 13-14
PPT: Course of the
Revolution
PPT: Course of the
Revolution
HH: The Revolution
Report vid
Read notes on the Reign
of Terror
Resources
Electronic
Resources
Assessment/
Homework
ISSS: Course of the
Revolution
Construct timeline of
Revolution
Question on bias
ISSS: Course of the
Revolution
Construct timeline of
Revolution
Question on bias
PPT: Course of the
Revolution
Study for test
CCWH: The French
Revolution
PPT: Course of the
Revolution
Study for test
12 MARCH TEST: Content
and Source Work –
French Revolution
Topic
Lesson Aim
Test feedback
Test feedback
Resources
Electronic
Resources
Assessment/
Homework
Read notes on the Reign
of Terror
Term 1 History Grade 8 2015
2
The French Revolution
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How did the
Revolution end–
Napoleon?
3
The French Revolution
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How did the
Revolution end–
Napoleon?
Week 11:
CAMP
1
Topic
Fun lesson
Lesson Aim
ISSS: Course of the
Revolution
Construct timeline of
Revolution
ISSS: Course of the
Revolution
Construct timeline of
Revolution
PPT: Course of the
Revolution
HH: The Napoleon report
video
PPT: Course of the
Revolution
Resources
Electronic
Resources
Assessment/
Homework