Year 8: Three-year Scheme of Work Half-term: Autumn 2 Witches (Alternative to The Civil War) Unit title: Weeks 8–9 Enquiry question: What led to the witchcrazes? Content details Links to Edexcel Progression Target Additional Extra stretch End of half-term GCSE (9–1) scale focus understanding for all understanding for understanding assessment will History students some students cover Week 8 Background to Causation and Causation and Causation and Causation and * Superstition in medieval society * Crime and consequence consequence Step 5: consequence Step 6: consequence Step 7: * Beliefs about witches Target Step 5 Learners can Learners may be Learners may be punishment * Heresy and witchcraft through time, Stretch to Step categorise causes with starting to use simple starting to prioritise c1200–present 6 some confidence and knowledge of the some causes as more are beginning to event or period to important than others, recognise that these back up their causal but the explanation or groupings of causal statements. reasoning behind this factors are interrelated, Causation and remains weak. Background to Causation and Week 9 e.g. a poor harvest can consequence Step 7: *Social and economic * Crime and consequence have effects on both Learners are developments: population growth punishment Target Step 6 the economy and becoming confident * Religious changes: the Stretch to Step through time, society. in forming a causal Reformation c1200–present 7 picture using Causation and * Influence of Civil War and consequence Step 6: information that they Puritanism on accusations Learners can link are given and can categories of causes to construct a sound form a simple causal explanation of why picture and begin to something happened. explain why something happened in history.
Year 8: Three-year Scheme of Work Half-term: Autumn 2 Unit title: Witches (Alternative to The Civil War) Weeks 8–9 Enquiry question: What led to the witchcrazes? Content details Links to Edexcel GCSE (9–1) History Progression scale focus Target understanding for all students Additional understanding for some students Extra stretch understanding End of half-term assessment will cover Week 8 * Superstition in medieval society * Beliefs about witches * Heresy and witchcraft Background to * Crime and punishment through time, c1200–present Causation and consequence Target Step 5 Stretch to Step 6 Causation and consequence Step 5: Learners can categorise causes with some confidence and are beginning to recognise that these groupings of causal factors are interrelated, e.g. a poor harvest can have effects on both the economy and society. Causation and consequence Step 6: Learners can link categories of causes to form a simple causal picture and begin to explain why something happened in history. Causation and consequence Step 6: Learners may be starting to use simple knowledge of the event or period to back up their causal statements. Causation and consequence Step 7: Learners are becoming confident in forming a causal picture using information that they are given and can construct a sound explanation of why something happened. Causation and consequence Step 7: Learners may be starting to prioritise some causes as more important than others, but the explanation or reasoning behind this remains weak. Week 9 *Social and economic developments: population growth * Religious changes: the Reformation * Influence of Civil War and Puritanism on accusations Background to * Crime and punishment through time, c1200–present Causation and consequence Target Step 6 Stretch to Step 7