AWE Club – Online History KS3  Information

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Course Description

The KS3 history course covers history chronologically with a heavy emphasis on primary sources so that students take on the role of historian and ask: how do we know? The course will provide those skills necessary for students looking to continue to GCSE and beyond. The course will run for 2 years.

The Norman Conquest

• England prior to 1066
• Who should become king?
• The Battle of Fulford Gate
• The Battle of Stamford Bridge
• The Battle of Hastings
• How William gained control
• The Feudal System
• The Domesday Book

Castles

The sons of William I

Life in medieval England

• Town and country
• The Guilds
• Religion
• Cathedrals
• Law and order
• Medieval women
• Medieval health and the black death
• The Jews
  (not necessarily in this order)

Henry II and Thomas Beckett

The Islamic Civilisation

• Arabia before Islam
• Muhammad and Islam
• The spread of Islam
• How Islam survived the death of Muhammad
• What made the Arabs so successful?
• Life in the Islamic world
• Trade and travel
• Religion
• Health and medicine

The Crusades

King John and Magna Carta

Henry III

• Parliament
• A brief history of representation

The Edwards

Richard II and the peasants’ revolt

Henry V

• Agincourt
• The history of the longbow
• Evolution of armour and weapons

The War of the Roses

Richard III and the Princes in the Tower

The Renaissance

• What was the Renaissance?
• Italy in the 15th century
• Leonardo da Vinci
• Art and architecture
• The role of women
• Science and medicine
• The printing press

England in the 1500s

• Henry VIII
• Hans Holbein: the Ambassadors
• Edward VI
• The execution of Lady Jane Grey
• Bloody Queen Mary?
• What did Elizabeth look like? An investigation through portraits.
• The Spanish Armada
• Superstition and witchcraft
• Life in the 1500s

The Stuarts

• James I and Charles I
• Civil War
• The execution of a King
• Oliver Cromwell and the Commonwealth
• Charles II
• The Great Plague of 1665
• The Great Fire of London
• James II
• The Monmouth Rebellion
• Science, art, medicine and philosophy

The Glorious Revolution

The French Revolution