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KS3 follows a two-year rolling programme, which is tailored to student need. The programme of learning is focused on History and aims to provide students with a secure foundation of historical knowledge, a clear grasp of key historical concepts and an appreciation of how historians work. Topics are studied with a chronological underpinning to develop sense of period and are driven by enquiry questions rooted in historical scholarship.

Topics studied may include:

  • How did the Duke of Normandy become the King of England?
  • ‘A truck-load of trouble?’: What were the consequences of the Norman Conquest?
  • Tough at the top: What were the limits of medieval kingship?
  • ‘Nasty, brutish and short’: Is this a fair assessment of life in medieval England?
  • What was life like in the medieval kingdoms of Western Africa?
  • How did Miranda Kaufmann uncover the lives of Black Tudors?
  • How far did the Protestant Reformation change England?
  • Why did the English execute their king?
  • ‘Liberty’s Dawn?’ How far did the Industrial Revolution change Britain for the better?
  • Why was Liverpool important to the Triangular Slave Trade and what is its legacy today?
  • How ‘Inglorious’ was the British Empire?
  • ‘Sleepwalkers?’ Why did war break out in 1914?
  • How similar were the experiences of men who fought in WW1?
  • Did a Mad Monk bring down the Tsar of All the Russias?
  • What was it like to live in Nazi Germany?
  • What can we learn from studying The Holocaust?
  • ‘Never had it so good’: To what extent was post-war Britain an age of affluence?
  • ‘A Historical Colossus’: How significant was MLK to the advancement of African American civil rights?
  • What is the significance of the Empire Windrush to modern Britain?

For more information please contact Ms Cooney.