Year 9
| Topic(s) | Key content to be learned | Assessment | |
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Autumn Term |
1.The Second World War
2.The Holocaust |
Key turning points; Norwich & WW2; Bletchley Park; the Atomic Bomb and the end of WW2; The Jews of Norwich; pre-war Jewish life; key timelines; victims and perpetrators; resistance; memorialisation; the warning signs of genocide.
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In-class assessment based on core disciplinary skills, core knowledge and keywords identified in knowledge organisers. |
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Spring Term
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1.American Civil Rights in the Twentieth Century
2.Equality and Civil Rights in Britain since 1945 |
Empire after WW2; slavery to segregation; education & segregation; civil rights’ turning points; the legacies of slavery & civil rights; post-war inequality, protest and rebellion; multicultural Britain. | In-class assessment based on core disciplinary skills, core knowledge and keywords identified in knowledge organisers. |
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Summer Term
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GCSE - Western Front |
The British Sector of the Western Front, 1914-18: injuries, treatment and the trenches. |
Assessments will cover the source questions and weekly retrieval tests and knowledge quizzes will secure the substantive content of this unit. |
