Key Stage 3


Programme of Study Year 7

These are the National Curriculum tasks which we study in Year 7. As well as detailed instructions for the task, you will also be given a breakdown of what the National Curriculum levels mean. This will help you to try and beat your previous best level each time.

Task Sheets and Level Descriptors.

Causation Task Was life in the Roman Army all good?
  or
  Why did William Win the Battle of Hastings?
Source Evaluation Task Life in Roman Forts
  or
  Norman Invasion
Empathy Task The Black Death

There will also be some end-of-unit tests to check your factual recall and understanding.

Term 1

Historical Skills

  • Chronology and the timeline of your life.

  • The key elements of history; cause, effect, consequence, continuity, change, fact and opinion.

  • Key features of a good historical interpretation; describe, explain and analyse.

  • Handling sources. How do historians examine evidence?

Roman Empire

  • How did the Roman Empire develop?

  • Why was the Roman army so successful?

  • What was life like inside a Roman fort?

  • What did life include for ordinary Romans?

  • What caused the decline and fall of the Roman Empire?

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Term 2

Norman Conquest

  • Who were the Anglo-Saxon invaders?

  • Who had the best claim to the throne in 1066?

  • 1066: The year of 2 battles and 3 Kings.

  • Why did William win the Battle of Hastings?

  • How did William establish control over England?

Medieval Life

  • How and why did castle designs change?

  • Why did people go on Crusades?

  • What was medieval village life like?

  • What was medieval town life like?

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Term 3

Problems facing Medieval Monarchs

  • Kings & the Church: Why was Becket murdered?

  • Kings & the Barons: King John and Magna Carta.

  • Kings & Disasters: The Black Death.

  • Kings & the People: The Peasants' Revolt.

  • Kings & Knights: The role of a Medieval Knight.

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