KS3 History

Our aim is to help students discover how the way we live today has been influenced by past events. We want to develop critical thinkers who can question the world around them today. We want them to leave us with an interest in history which will last a lifetime.

They will develop as historians by:

Building a strong chronology to enable them to understand how life changed over time.
Developing key historical skills focusing on extended writing and analysing sources and interpretations.
Gain an increasingly nuanced understanding of the past by focusing on enquiry questions that are framed around historical second order concepts (change, continuity, cause and consequence).

Year 7

Year 8

Year 9

Content focus: Political authority, Religion, Society
Skills focus: Producing extended writing supported by specific evidence. Analysing sources and interpretations by focusing on key message

Content focus: Political authority, Social history and Economic development.
Skills focus: Confidence in producing extended writing supported by specific evidence. Analysing sources in terms of provenance, audience and message.

Content focus: Political authority, Nationalism, Freedom
Skills focus: Confidence in producing extended writing with clear judgements. Analysing sources and interpretations in terms of provenance, audience and message.