Overall Curriculum Goals

1.    Students will develop historical empathy through looking at some of the worst atrocities in History.

2.     Students will gain an understanding of recent events throughout the 20th and 21st century that have impacted upon society today.

3.     Students will gain an understanding of the need for Human Rights to come into existence in 1948.

4.     Students will be able to evaluate evidence and make clear judgements, explain their opinion using information, and analyse sources effectively, evaluating how useful they are.

5.     Students will have an in-depth understanding of some of the biggest world events in History, and understand why these can never happen again. 

Half Term 1 & 2

Half Term 3 & 4

Half Term 5 & 6

Topic Title: 
WWII

Topic Title: 
The Holocaust

Topic Title: 
20th and 21st Century World

Topic Intent:

This unit allows students to explore the repercussions of the decisions made after WWI and how decisions made by a government can have catastrophic effects on the hearts and minds of a nation. This

unit allows students to explore how WWII began despite peace terms being put into place at the end of WWI. It will allow students to fully understand the term TOTAL war by investigating key events, key individuals and key agreements. Students will understand the impact of both soldiers at the war front whilst understanding the impact on Britain’s homefront. This unit is essential in students acknowledgement that a world war must never happen again.

Topic Intent:

We teach about the Holocaust to educate students about the consequences racism and discrimination can have within a society. It is important to honour all those who lost their lives in such a catastrophic event. Further to this, we live in a multi-faith and multi-ethnic society, therefore, it allows students empathetic abilities to develop and mature. We want students to learn about the build up to the final solution and how life for the Jewish population in Germany and across Eastern Europe changed throughout Hitler’s rule. In addition, we want to ensure students fully grasp the scale and severity of what happened during the Holocaust by looking beyond the statistics.

Finally, students must understand the relevance of remembering such an atrocity.

Topic Intent:

This unit allows student to explore the key events that have happened throughout the 20th and 21st century to understand how and why society is the way it is today. With an overarching theme of Human Rights, students develop their understanding of morality and the need for the development of Human Rights. With an in-depth look at the civil rights movements, students are further educated about the consequences of racism, as well as the triumphs of individual people/movements in changing lives. Students will develop an understanding of the history of different cultures and countries and gain a newfound respect for these. In

addition to this, students will understand why it is important to be tolerant and kind.

Key Content / Skills:  

Key Content / Skills:  

Key Content / Skills:  

Assessment:

Key content quizzes completed regularly.

A ‘What makes a good Historian?’ assessment where students are asked source base questions and asked to complete extended pieces of writing.

Assessment data is collated /40.

Key content quizzes completed regularly.

A ‘What makes a good Historian?’ assessment where students are asked source base questions and asked to complete extended pieces of writing.

Assessment data is collated /40.

Key content quizzes completed regularly.

A ‘What makes a good Historian?’ assessment where students are asked source base questions and asked to complete extended pieces of writing.

Assessment data is collated /40.

Assessment:

Key content quizzes completed regularly.

A ‘What makes a good Historian?’ assessment where students are asked source base questions and asked to complete extended pieces of writing.

Assessment data is collated /40.

Assessment: 

Key content quizzes completed regularly.

A ‘What makes a good Historian?’ assessment where students are asked source base questions and asked to complete extended pieces of writing.

Assessment data is collated /40.

Assessment:

Key content quizzes completed regularly.

A ‘What makes a good Historian?’ assessment where students are asked source base questions and asked to complete extended pieces of writing.

Assessment data is collated /40.

Home Learning:

Meanwhile, Elsewhere.

Home Learning:

Research and Reading.

Home Learning:

Booklet of revision tasks.

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