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Year 7
Overview
Autumn Term
Learning to Learn
The Roman Empire
Spring Term
Reform and Protest
Part 1: How powerful was the King?
Summer Term
Muck & Misery in the Middle Ages
Medicine Through Time
Enquiries
Autumn Term
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Learning to Learn
History skills: Chronology, BC AD, Evidence, Historical Enquiry and Bias.
Local History: What happened in ‘Swinetown’ ?
Introduction to significance? Who deserves a statue?
Baseline Assessment
The Roman Empire
How was the Roman Empire controlled?
Why did the Romans settle in Britain?
Did people love or hate living in the Roman Empire?
Independent Enquiry: Why was the Roman Army so successful? Or
Were the lives of rich Romans different to poor Romans?
What did the Romans do for us? Legacy
Romans to Normans
Spring Term
Summer Term
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How powerful was the King? Reform and Protest
Who should be king in 1066?
How did William conquer England?
How was Medieval Britain ruled? How powerful was the King?
Enquiry: How did William Control England after 1066?
What is the story behind the Crusades?
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Muck and Misery in the Middle Ages?
Was life really that hard?
'Was life any better in a medieval town?
Did medieval peasants have truly miserable lives?
Why did church matter so much in medieval times? Role of Church,
pilgrimage, monks & nuns.
Enquiry: Was the Black Death a disaster for England in 1348?
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How powerful was the King? Reform and Protest
How did the power of the Church and State change over time?
The Murder of Thomas Becket
Why was the Magna Carta created?
Why did the Peasants Revolt?
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