Year 8

	Topic(s)	Key content to be learned	Assessment
Autumn Term	1. Industrial England 2. The Rise (and fall) of the British Empire	Factories and industrialisation; child labour; Norwich and the Industrial revolution (Dragons’ Den); the Victorian underworld; the rise and fall of the British Empire: empire builders; contested territories; historical interpretations; key debates.	In-class assessment based on core disciplinary skills, core knowledge and keywords identified in knowledge organisers.
Spring Term	1.The Transatlantic Slave Trade 2. Protest & suffrage in the 19th and early 20th century	Enslavement in the 21st century; the slave trade; Norfolk’s connection to the slave trade; abolition; 19th century civil rights and liberties; protest and suffrage.	In-class assessment based on core disciplinary skills, core knowledge and keywords identified in knowledge organisers.
Summer Term	1.Global Conflict in the early 20th Century 2.The aftermath of Global Conflict: The rise of democracies & dictatorships	The Great War: causes, key events, individuals and interpretations; democracy & dictatorship; the Peace Settlement; Hitler’s transformation of Germany; appeasement.	In-class assessment based on core disciplinary skills, core knowledge and keywords identified in knowledge organisers.

Topic(s)

Key content to be learned

Assessment

Autumn Term

1. Industrial England

2. The Rise (and fall) of the British Empire

Factories and industrialisation; child labour; Norwich and the Industrial revolution (Dragons’ Den); the Victorian underworld; the rise and fall of the British Empire: empire builders; contested territories; historical interpretations; key debates.

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

Spring Term

1.The Transatlantic Slave Trade

2. Protest & suffrage in the 19th and early 20th century

Enslavement in the 21st century; the slave trade; Norfolk’s connection to the slave trade; abolition; 19th century civil rights and liberties; protest and suffrage.

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

Summer Term

1.Global Conflict in the early 20th Century

2.The aftermath of Global Conflict: The rise of democracies & dictatorships

The Great War: causes, key events, individuals and interpretations; democracy & dictatorship; the Peace Settlement; Hitler’s transformation of Germany; appeasement.

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

Year ​8

Year 8