Key Stage 3


Programme of Study Year 8

These are the National Curriculum tasks which we study in Year 8. 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 Why did the Spanish Armada Fail?
Source Evaluation Task Children’s Working Conditions in early 19th century Factories.
Empathy Task The Trial and Execution of Charles I
  or
  The Trial and Execution of Guy Fawkes.

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

Term 1

The Tudors

  • The Tudor Family tree.

  • Why did Henry VIII break with Rome?

  • Why did Henry VIII close the monasteries?

  • Tudor turmoil.

  • How did Elizabeth keep control and was she a strong/weak leader?

  • Why did the Spanish Armada fail?

  • Elizabethan Life (Leisure, Entertainment, Architecture etc.)

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Term 2

The Stuarts

  • What kind of King was James I?

  • What really happened in the Gunpowder plot?

  • Explain the execution of Guy Fawkes and whether it was justified.

  • Charles I and the English Civil War.

  • Several steps to Civil War.

  • Soldiers of the Civil War.

  • Civil War Armies and the Nature of Battle.

  • After the Civil War: Execution of Charles I.

  • Lord Protector and Beyond.

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Term 3

Britain 1650-1900

  • Why did people in the 17th century believe in witches?

  • How did Londoners try and deal with the Great Plague?

  • Was the Great Fire of London a blessing in disguise?

  • What major changes took place in England between 1750 and 1900 and why did factories develop?

  • How bad were children's working conditions in the early factories?

  • How bad were conditions down the mines?

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