History

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022 YEAR 8

HISTORY

History aims to engage a student’s curiosity and imagination and present them with the dilemmas, choices and beliefs of people in the past. It helps students develop their own identities through an understanding of history at personal, local, national and international levels.

Year 8 builds on the skills established in Year 7, challenging the students to explain in more depth while developing their judgements.

COURSE CONTENT Term 1

● Who was the most significant Tudor Monarch? ● A study of each Tudor monarch, including the religious and political changes that occurred during this period.

Term 2

● A breadth and depth overview of African-American history from the slave trade to Barack Obama.

Term 3

● History Key Skills Project.

SKILLS DEVELOPED

● Chronology - What happens when? ● Cause and Consequence - Why do things happen? ● Change and Continuity - What changes and stays the same? ● Significance - What made something important? ● Interpretations - What do other people think? ● Using Evidence – What evidence do I have?

RESOURCES

Resources will be provided through text books, worksheets and via the Google Classroom.

SETTING

Teaching will be delivered in form groups.

ASSESSMENTS

History is assessed formally through at least one assessment per half term, linked closely to the History skills developed. End of year assessment is through a 1 hour written paper, covering a selection of the topics from the whole year.