What does the course cover? The programme of study and National Curriculum links

The Wolsey Hall Year 8 History course follows the National Curriculum for England at Key Stage 3. 

We have ensured that all of the National Curriculum outcomes are covered in the course and the table below provides an overview of how the Wolsey Hall course can be mapped to the course textbooks and to the National Curriculum for England.

You may want to print out this overview Download this overview of the course and refer to it as you progress through the course. Do also bear in mind that:

  • Before Module One, there is an introductory video call with your tutor.
  • At the end of Module Three, there is a mid-course review.
  • At the end of Module Seven, there is an end-of-course review.

 

Module One: The Later Tudor Period

National Curriculum Link

Coursebook Pages

Topic One (1.1): Introducing Elizabeth I

  • Young Elizabeth
  • The ‘Middle Way’
  • Elizabeth’s image
  • History skill - source inference

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 6-15

Pages 22-29

 

Topic Two (1.2): The Spanish Armada

  • Causes of the Armada
  • Narrative of the Armada
  • Consequences of the Armada

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 16-21

 

Topic Three (1.3): Life in the Later Tudor times

  • Tudor education
  • Tudor leisure activities
  • Tudor crime and punishment

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 30-49

 

ASSIGNMENT ONE

 

 

 

Module Two: The Early Stuarts

National Curriculum Link

Coursebook Pages

Topic One (2.1): James I

  • The scruffy Stuart
  • The Gunpowder Plot

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 54-61

 

Topic Two (2.2): Charles I and the Civil War

  • Causes of the Civil War
  • Narrative of the Civil War
  • Consequences of the Civil War

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 72-81

 

Topic Three (2.3): Why Does Cromwell Divide Opinion?

  • Cromwell’s rule In England
  • Cromwell’s actions in Ireland

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 82-85

 

ASSIGNMENT TWO

 

 

 

Module Three: The Later Stuarts

National Curriculum Link

Coursebook Pages

Topic One (3.1): How Did the Merry Monarch Change Life?

  • Charles II as the Merry Monarch
  • The Great Plague
  • The Great Fire of London
  • History skill - source analysis

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 86-87

Pages 92-103

 

Topic Two (3.2): The Glorious Revolution?

  • The actions of James II
  • Narrative of the Glorious Revolution
  • Consequences of the Glorious Revolution

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 108-111

 

Topic Three (3.3): Enter the Georgian Period!

  • Introduction to the Georgians
  • Bonnie Prince Charlie
  • History skill - change

The development of church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745

Pages 112-123

 

ASSIGNMENT THREE

 

 

 

Module Four: The Industrial Revolution

National Curriculum Link

Coursebook Pages

Topic One (4.1): Farming to Factories

  • The domestic system
  • The creation of the factory system
  • Factory conditions
  • Railways and canals
  • Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

 

Pages 124-147

 

Topic Two (4.2): Stinky Towns

  • Industrial Revolution town conditions
  • Public health changes
  • Divisions in society

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

 

Pages 148-157

 

Topic Three (4.3): Victorian Crime and Punishment

  • Victorian crimes
  • Victorian punishments
  • The mystery of Jack the Ripper

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

 

Pages 158-167

 

ASSIGNMENT FOUR

 

 

 

Module Five: The Slave Trade

National Curriculum Link

Coursebook Pages

Topic One (5.1): What Was the Slave Trade?

  • The Trade Triangle
  • Reasons for the transatlantic slave trade

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

 

Pages 172-175

 

Topic Two (5.2): What Was Life Like as a Slave?

  • Life on the Middle Passage
  • Slave auctions
  • Plantation life

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

 

Pages 176-179

 

Topic Three (5.3): How Was Slavery Abolished?

  • The slave economy
  • Slave rebellions
  • Anti-slavery campaigners
  • The role of former slaves in the abolition

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

 

Pages 180-187

 

ASSIGNMENT FIVE

 

 

 

Module Six: Revolts and Revolution

National Curriculum Link

Coursebook Pages

Topic One (6.1): Britain versus France

  • Narrative of colonisation of America
  • Britain and France in North America
  • The French Revolution
  • The battles of Trafalgar and Waterloo

At least one study of a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

Pages 62-65

Pages 188-197

 

Topic Two (6.2): How Close Was Britain to a Revolution?

  • Changes for working class
  • Changes for women
  • Voting rights

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

 

Pages 218-225

 

Topic Three (6.3): Victorian Life and Changes

  • Victorian leisure activities
  • The introduction of the High Street
  • The Great Hunger

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

 

Pages 226-243

 

ASSIGNMENT SIX

 

 

 

Module Seven: India

National Curriculum Link

Coursebook Pages

Topic One (7.1): How Did the British Empire Develop?

  • Cause of the early British Empire
  • Narrative of the early British Empire

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

Pages 202-205

 

Topic Two (7.2): The Invasion of India

  • The role of the East India Company
  • Narrative of the takeover of India

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

Pages 206-207

 

Topic Three (7.3): Perspectives on the Invasion of India

  • The Sepoy Rebellion
  • The Jewel in the Crown
  • History skill - interpretations

Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain, 1745-1901

At least one study of a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments

Pages 208-211

 

ASSIGNMENT SEVEN