Year group / Form 3
Christmas Term
Week / Themes / Aims for Assessment / Recommended Extra Reading1 / Britain 1890 - 1914 / Source analysis- similar/different to today / worksheet
2 / An Edwardian Golden Age? / Differentiation between social groups - who are the winners? / Andrew Marr sheet
3 / What does the Titanic tell us about society? / Extrapolate from the case study.
Who were the Suffragettes? / Suffragette of Suffragist: explain and evaluate moral vs physical force / Challenge task – Investigation Emily Davison
4 / Were the Suffragettes Successful? / Writing frame - essay
5 / Review and evaluate Edwardian Golden age / Using Sources - POOPIE
Reflect, Improve, Targets, Success / Suffragette propaganda
6 / Assessment Week / The Golden Age – GCSE style paper
7 / Causes of World War 1 / Why do wars start- what is significant about the cause of WW1 / On-line research- Imperial war Museum - BBC
8 / MAIN - Short Term – Long Term - Triggers / Identify particular causes
Explain how causes interact chronologically and thematically – MAIN consolidation
9 / Schlieffen Plan:
War of Movement - Stalemate / Interpretation - identify and explain why it failed
10 / The role of propaganda – war fever/recruitment / POOPIE – source work / Use old OCR GCSE text book
11 / Stalemate – what was the Western Front? / The topography of the trench system
12 / End of term exam / Causation - WW1 – source evaluation - propaganda
13 / Review Term / RITS
Easter Term
Week / Themes / Aims for Assessment / Recommended Extra Reading1 / Living in the Trenches / Sources and typology of problems
Ypres trip…. / Prep project - individuals - with 5 minute group PPT presentations from groups merging research
2 / The technology of War / Evaluate the most effective technology in breaking stalemate
3 / Who fought for the allies on the Western Front / New ways of interpreting/thinking - black history
4 / Assessment Week / GCSE style Exam on the Western Front
5 / Presentation and review week / Group presentations - challenge!!! use extended project presentation mark scheme - RITS
6 / Haig: Butcher of the Somme? / Challenging interpretations – writing history from different perspectives
7 / Compare and contrast - Ataturk: hero of Gallipoli / Remembrance - ANZACS
Empathy - Ataturk’s speech to the mothers of all the fallen
8 / Why did Germany lose WW1? / Deep knowledge i.e. connect to S-Plan 1914 – consequences become causes depending on the question
9 / Did anyone benefit from WW1? Did the soldiers return to a land “fit for heroes to live in”? / Deep knowledge - how did WW1 change the role of women in society? Winning the Vote…
10 / The Consequences of WW1: Revolutions - Ireland / The significance of individuals to events…Michael Collins / Michael Collins film
11 / How did Hitler take control? / Significance of individuals….
12 / End of term exams / RITS
Summer Term
Week / Themes / Aims for Assessment / Recommended Extra Reading1 / Who was responsible for starting WW2? / Revisit different types of causes – concept mapping – appeasement –lebensraum/nationalism – non-aggression pact
2 / Britain can take it! / Dunkirk – Battle of Britain – The Blitz – case studies / Revisit Dunkirk film
3 / A Global War - overview study / Summarise and explain the war on several fronts - Russian Front and War in the Pacific
4 / Genocide / Ability to explain the consequences of Nazis policy towards the Jews
5 / Was it necessary to drop the bomb? / Interpreting and challenging perspectives
6 / Assessment / GCSE Modern History style paper
7 / The Cold War? / How does history explain the present? North Korea.
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10 / End of Year Exam