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History Curriculum Overview

Term 1 - September to December
Year group Half term 1 Half term 2
Year 7 Britain pre 1066 and the Battle of Hastings Medieval Realms
Year 8 The British Empire Slavery
Year 9 The First World War The fight for Women's rights in Britain
Year 10 Elizabethan England Elizabethan England
Year 11 The Development of the USA The Development of the USA
Term 2 - January to April
Year group Half term 3 Half term 4
Year 7 Medieval Realms (2) The Tudors (1)
Year 8 French Revolution Industrial Revolution
Year 9 Nazi Germany World War 2
Year 10 Germany in Transition Germany in Transition
Year 11 America/Revision Revision

Suggested reading material to support subject learning

Year 7
The Norman Conquest
  • Stormin’ Normans by Terry Deary (Horrible Histories)
  • A History of Britain (Volume 1): At the Edge of the World: 3000BC-AD1603 BY Simon Schama
  • History of Britain and Ireland: The Definitive Visual Guide BY DK
  • Battle of Hastings
  • The Norman Conquest 1066
  • King Harold: Fact or Fiction (Tony Robinson)
  • The Norman Conquest (BBC Teach Clips)
  • Kings and Queens of England: The Normans
  • The Origins of the Norman Conquest (The Historical Association):
  • The Norman Conquest (History Extra):
Medieval Realms (2)
  • 'A History of Britain (Volume 1): At the Edge of the World: 3000BC-AD1603 by Simon Schama
  • 'History of Britain and Ireland: 'The Definitive Visual Guide' By DK
  • The Black Death: The Greatest Catastrophe Ever
  • Wat Tyler and the Peasants Revolt
  • Magna Carta: What is it - and why is it still important today?
  • Did Richard III really kill the Princes in the Tower?
  • Black Death - Timelines
  • Peasants Revolt
  • Magna Carta - The Story of Britain
  • The Black Death and Social Change
  • Medieval Rebellions
  • King John: Medieval Monster
  • The Princes in the Tower: History's Greatest Mysteries
The Tudors
  • 'A History of Britain (Volume 1): At the Edge of the World: 3000BC-AD1603 by Simon Schama
  • 'History of Britain and Ireland: 'The Definitive Visual Guide' By DK
  • The Tudors
  • The Tudor Era
  • Tudors and Stuarts (15th to 17th Century)
  • Henry VIII and the Church
  • History vs. Henry VIII
  • Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Queen of England
  • Monarchy and Faith in Tudor England
  • The Tudors, everything you wanted to know
  • Suzannah Lipscomb on the Importance of the Tudors
Year 8
The British Empire
  • Barmy British Empire by Terry Deary
  • The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James
  • Empire by Jeremy Paxman
  • The British Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Ashley Jackson
  • BBC Bite Size History Revision
  • Britannica - The British Empire
  • BBC Empire - Episode 1
  • BBC Empire - Episode 2
  • BBC Empire - Episode 3
  • BBC Empire - Episode 4
  • BBC Empire - Episode 5
  • In Our Time: The British Empire BBC Radio 4
  • Resistance in the British Empire (History Extra)
The French Revolution
  • The French Revolution By Captivating History
  • Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution By Simon Schama
  • French Revolution: Timeline
  • The French Revolution: A Complete History
  • Andrew Marr: Story of the French Revolution
  • The French Revolution - In a Nutshell
  • History vs. Napoleon Bonaparte
  • The French Revolution: Everything you need to know
  • The Failings of the French Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
  • The Industrial Revolution by Captivating History
  • The Industrial Revolution: A Very Short Introduction by Robert Allen
  • A Summary of the Industrial Revolution
  • The Cotton Industry and the Industrial Revolution
  • Transport and the Industrial Revolution
  • Private Life of the Industrial Revolution: Social Change
  • What was the Industrial Revolution?
  • Andrew Marr tells the story of Britain's Industrial Revolution
  • Factory Reform
  • Private Life of the Industrial Revolution: Steam Engine
  • The Industrial Revolution: Rapid Technological Development
  • The Industrial Revolution is revisited and Big Ben turns 150
Year 9
The First World War
  • Great Britain’s, Great War by Jeremy Paxman
  • A Short History of the First World War by Gary Sheffield
  • Frightful First World War by Terry Deary (Horrible Histories)
  • World War I: The Definitive Visual Guide by DK
  • Britain’s youngest soldier was a boy aged 12 (History Extra article)
  • History.com Information about WW1
  • BBC WW1 video clips and information
  • BBC Documentary on WW1
  • Clips from Great Britain’s Great War
  • Armistice: The Endgame of WW1 (Timeline)
  • Voices of the First World War, collection of Podcasts BBC Radio 4
  • Imperial War Museum WW1 Podcasts (IWM)
Nazi German
  • 'The Coming of the Third Reich' By Richard J Evans
  • 'Travellers in the Third Reich' By Julia Boyd
  • 'Nazi Germany: A Very Short Introduction' by Jane Caplan
  • Hitler's Rise to Power (article)
  • Women in Nazi Germany (article)
  • Adolf Hitler's Rise to Power (Andrew Marr)
  • Film: Hitler Rise of Evil
  • The Rise of Hitler (History Extra)
The Second World War
  • The Second World War by Anthony Beevor
  • The Second World War by Martin Gilbert
  • The causes, events and people of the most destructive war in history
  • World War II (article)
  • World War II (article)
  • Dunkirk Evacuation
  • The Blitz
  • The Lives of WW2 Evacuees
  • Rationing in WWII (British Homefront)
  • Poland 1939: The Invasion that Sparked WW2
  • Blitz Spirit: How Ordinary People Coped with WW2
Year 10
The Elizabethan Age, 1558-1603
  • Elizabeth I by Helen Castor
  • The Time Traveller’s Guide to Elizabethan England by Ian Mortimer
  • The Virgin Queen: A Personal History of Elizabeth I by Christopher Hibbert
  • Elizabeth I vs Mary Queen of Scots (History Extra article)
  • Elizabeth I: The Great Unifier (History Extra article)
  • A selection of articles about Elizabeth and Elizabethan England (History Extra)
  • Catholics in Elizabethan England (History Extra)
  • Inside the Mind of Elizabeth I (History Extra)
  • At the Playhouse: Watching Shakespeare’s plays in Elizabethan England (History Extra)
  • Great Lives: Elizabeth I BBC Radio 4
Year 11
The Development of the USA, 1929-2000
  • The Penguin History of the USA by Hugh Brogan
  • The Limits of Liberty: American History, 1607-1992’ BY Maldwyn Jones (read from the Great Depression section)
  • American History: A Very Short Introduction by William Paul S Boyer
  • The Great Depression and New Deal: A Very Short Introduction by Eric Rauchway
  • History.com 'The 1950s'
  • Whitehouse.gov 'Presidents'
  • BBC United State of America Timeline
  • History.com 'Vietnam War'
  • History.com 'Nixon'
  • History.com 'Civil Rights Movement'
  • YouTube 'Roosevelt: A New Deal'
  • YouTube 'Martin Luther King by Trevor McDonald (ITV)
  • YouTube 'The Final Report: Watergate (National Geographic)
  • The Marshall Plan and the Cold War
  • History Extra 'Everything you ever wanted to know about the Cuban Missile Crisis, but were afraid to ask'
  • History Extra 'Cold War Summits'

To find out more about the curriculum Newhouse Academy delivers please contact Hannah Gregory-Harris on 01706 369436 or email gregory-harrish@newhouseacademy.co.uk

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