We will help pupils gain a coherent knowledge and understanding of Britain’s past, that of the wider world and inspire pupils’ curiosity about history.
The History curriculum at The Meadows allows pupils to understand the complexity of people’s lives, the process of change, the diversity of societies and relationships between different groups, as well as their own identity and the challenges of their time. Pupils are taught to ask perceptive questions, think critically, weigh evidence, sift arguments, and develop perspective and judgement.
The KS3 History curriculum key concepts;
- know and understand the history of these islands as a coherent, chronological narrative,
- know and understand significant aspects of the history of the wider world,
- gain and deploy a historically grounded understanding of abstract terms,
- understand historical concepts such as continuity and change,
- understand the methods of historical
Subject Curriculum Overview: Key Stage 3
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Year |
Topics Covered |
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7 |
Monarchs and Migrants ● Anglo Saxon Britain ● Medieval illness and disease ● The Tudors |
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8 |
Cavaliers and Colonies ● Medieval religion ● English Civil War ● British Industrial Revolution |
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9 |
Trenches and Treaties ● Franco-Prussian and World War 1 ● The Holocaust and World War 2 ● Cold War |