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KS3 information

Below is the programme of study for KS3

YEAR
TERM 1
TERM 2
TERM 3
7
ROMAN Empire
Conquest; The Army; Republic to Empire; Religion; End of an Era.
BRITAIN 1066
Norman Conquest; Medieval Kingship; The role of the Church; Everyday life;
TO 1500
The Peasants’ Revolt; The Black death; The rise and fall of Castles.
8
BRITAIN 1500-1750
The reformation and counter reformation;
Elizabeth 1; The world turned upside down;
Cromwell; The Glorious Revolution; How united was the Kingdom?
NATIVE AMERICANS
Who were they? Where did they live? How did they live?
Were they all the same? How did the white Europeans impact on them?
FRENCH REVOLUTION
What is Revolution? What were the causes? Why was the King executed? Did all the revolutionary groups want the same thing? Why was there a reign of terror?
9
BRITAIN 1750-1900 Industrial change; Empire and Trade; Popular Protest and the Franchise;
THE SUFFRAGETTES.
How the role of women changed.
THE HOLOCAUST
What happens when peoples’ rights are denied?
BLACK PEOPLES OF AMERICA
Slavery; Emancipation; Civil Rights.
THE WORLD OF THE 20TH CENTURY
Hot Wars, Cold Wars – Conflict; Dictators; The Age of Science and Technology.

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