Hellesdon High School

Year ​7

 

  Topic(s) Key content to be learned Assessment

Autumn Term

1.Society, Power and the State in the Middle Ages - 11th-13th century

 

2.Power and religion in the Middle Ages - 11th-13th Century
Baghdad and Anglo-Saxon England; the Battle of Hastings; control and opposition; women in the Middle Ages; the Church and the State; the Wars of the Cross.

Core disciplinary skills. In-class assessment booklets based on core knowledge and keywords identified in knowledge organisers.

Spring Term

 

1.Sovereignty and statehood in the Middle Ages - 12th-14th Century

 

2.Change & Continuity in the Middle Ages - 14th-15th Century 

 

Navigating power: King John, Mansa Musa and the Ming dynasty; the Black Death and the Peasants’ Revolt; the Wars of the Roses. Core disciplinary skills. In-class assessment booklets based on core knowledge and keywords identified in knowledge organisers.

Summer Term

 

1.Authority & Power in the 15th Century

 

2.Change & Continuity in the 17th Century
15 & 16th century monarchs; the Break with Rome; Henry’s wives; the Ottoman Empire; Science & superstition; the impact of the Renaissance; the English Civil War. In-class assessment based on core disciplinary skills, core knowledge and keywords identified in knowledge organisers.