Key Stage 3, History Units:
Social history
How "dark" were the Dark Ages?
Power and rebellion
Why has Alfred been called "Alfred the Great"?
The connected world
How powerful was the Pope?
War and peace
How did a Norman become King of England?
Power and rebellion
How much did England change during the Norman Conquest?
Social history
Which sources reveal the most about medieval peasants?
The connected world
How was Baghdad connected to the wider world?
War and peace
Why did Europeans join the Crusades?
The connected world
Who lived in Crusader states?
The connected world
What can the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine tell us about who held power in the Middle Ages?
Power and rebellion
Why did Kings struggle to rule England?
The connected world
How did the Mongols create a world Empire?
Social history
How far did the Black Death change the medieval World?
Power and rebellion
How big a threat was the Peasants' Revolt to the power of monarchs
Social history
What can we learn about the medieval World from the book of Margery Kempe?
The connected world
What does the life of Mansa Musa reveal about medieval Mali?
Social history
Who held power in medieval towns?
War and peace
How far did fear allow the Aztecs to control an Empire?
The connected world
Why have historians described 1492 as a turning point in world history?
Powerful ideas
What was Luther trying to achieve?
Power and rebellion
Why did Henry VIII make the break with Rome?
Social history
In what ways did the Reformation matter to ordinary people?
The connected world
Why was the world opening up to Elizabeth I and her people?
Power and rebellion
Why did the Civil War break out in 1642?
Social history
In what ways was Britain turned upside down in the seventeenth century?
Power and rebellion
How revolutionary was the Glorious Revolution?
The connected world
Who lived in 'British' America?
Powerful ideas
Did the Enlightenment fuel the American Revolution?
Power and rebellion
How Enlightened was the French Revolution?
Powerful ideas
What did the French Revolution mean to Britons?
The connected world
How successful were efforts to abolish slavery in the nineteenth century?
Social history
How far did working conditions improve over the nineteenth century?
Power and rebellion
Why are different stories told about Britain's journey to democracy?
The connected world
Why does it matter what we call the 1857 conflict in India?
Power and rebellion
What did British colonialism look like in the nineteenth century?
Social history
How do we uncover the lived experience of those ruled by Empire in Africa?
War and peace
Did tensions over Africa make a European war more likely?
War and peace
How far did the assassination cause the First World War?
The connected world
What do the stories of the 'often forgotten armies' reveal about the Western Front?
War and peace
Why did WWI end in November 1918?
War and peace
What kind of peace was made in 1919?
Powerful ideas
What were the Bolsheviks trying to achieve?
Power and rebellion
Why did fascists gain support?
Power and rebellion
How were people controlled in totalitarian states?
War and peace
Why did the League of Nations fail?
War and peace
When was the turning point during the Second World War?
War and peace
What was the holocaust?
War and peace
How did Jewish people resist during the holocaust?
Power and rebellion
How did India achieve independence in 1947?
Social history
What kind of stories can be told about the sixties?
Power and rebellion