The Burton Borough School

Key Stage 3

KS3 SCHEMES OF WORK FOR 2008/2010

DATE

YEAR 7

YEAR 8

YEAR 9

SEPT-OCT

BRITAIN 1066 -1500 “The Middle Ages”

“Invasion and Conquest”

SOCIETIES IN CHANGE 1603-c1750

“Kingship, Religion and Conflict”

The English Civil War

THE 20th CENTURY WORLD “A century of total war”

“Causes and Consequences”

OCTOBER HALF TERM

NOV-DEC

BRITAIN 1066 -1500 “The Middle Ages”

“Rulers and Ruled”

SOCIETIES IN CHANGE

1603-c1750

“Kingship, Religion and Conflict”

The world turned upside down

THE 20th CENTURY WORLD

Life on the Western Front

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS

JAN-FEB

BRITAIN 1066 -1500 “The Middle Ages”

“Problems facing medieval Kings”

SOCIETIES IN CHANGE

1603-c1750

“Kingship, Religion and compromise”

The Rule of Oliver Cromwell

THE 20th CENTURY WORLD

Making the Peace

Democracies and Dictatorships

The Rise of Hitler

Life in Nazi Germany 1933-39

Steps to War

FEBRUARY HALF TERM

FEB-MARCH

 

BRITAIN c1750-1900

“The Industrial Revolution”

“Winners and Losers”

Local, National, International

THE 20th CENTURY WORLD

Aspects of The Second World War

The Holocaust

EASTER HOLIDAYS

APRIL-MAY

 

BRITAIN c1750-1900

“The Industrial Revolution”

“Winners and Losers”

King Cotton

THE 20th CENTURY WORLD

The Cold War

 

MAY HALF TERM

JUNE-JULY

 

BRITAIN c1750-1900

Conclusion

Was life better of worse?

Native peoples of the Americas