Year 7: Three-year Scheme of Work Half-term: Autumn 1 Unit title: The Norman Conquest What was England like before the Battle of Hastings? Weeks 1–2 Enquiry question: 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 1 Background to Chronology Chronology Step 3: Chronology Step 4: Chronology Step 4: Baseline test * Chronological terms Anglo-Saxon and Target Step 3 Learners understand Learners can use Beginning to covers all aspects * Overview British history Stretch to Step the literal meanings of terms like year, understand the use of Norman England timeline (periods) 4 terms such as year, decade or century in terms such as 'the c1060–1088 * Locating the Anglo-Saxons in decade and century. their work and can sixteenth century' or an overview of British History Beginning to be able apply them to 'the Victorian era'. * Early Medieval period focus to put periods and historical situations events in order. with which they are Evidence Step 3: familiar. They can Background to Evidence Week 2 Learners understand construct a simple * Anglo-Saxon society what we Target Step 3 Anglo-Saxon and – that sources are used timeline of periods know about the Anglo-Saxons Norman England Stretch to Step by historians to find that they have * How we know: Surviving 4 c1060–1088 out about the past. studied. buildings, surviving artefacts, archaeology, written accounts Evidence Step 4: Learners appreciate that historians need to interrogate sources to work out what happened in the past *This Scheme of Work outlines a course that would prepare students to start studying Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History, however it is not necessary to follow this scheme in order to take the qualification, and other approaches to preparing students for GCSE study may be equally valid and effective.
Year 7: Three-year Scheme of Work Half-term: Autumn 1 Unit title: The Norman Conquest Weeks 1–2 Enquiry question: What was England like before the Battle of Hastings? 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 1 * Chronological terms * Overview British history timeline (periods) * Locating the Anglo-Saxons in an overview of British History * Early Medieval period focus Background to Anglo-Saxon and Norman England c1060–1088 Chronology Target Step 3 Stretch to Step 4 Chronology Step 3: Learners understand the literal meanings of terms such as year, decade and century. Beginning to be able to put periods and events in order. Evidence Step 3: Learners understand that sources are used by historians to find out about the past. Chronology Step 4: Learners can use terms like year, decade or century in their work and can apply them to historical situations with which they are familiar. They can construct a simple timeline of periods that they have studied. Evidence Step 4: Learners appreciate that historians need to interrogate sources to work out what happened in the past Chronology Step 4: Beginning to understand the use of terms such as 'the sixteenth century' or 'the Victorian era'. Baseline test covers all aspects Week 2 * Anglo-Saxon society – what we know about the Anglo-Saxons * How we know: Surviving buildings, surviving artefacts, archaeology, written accounts Background to Anglo-Saxon and Norman England c1060–1088 Evidence Target Step 3 Stretch to Step 4 *This Scheme of Work outlines a course that would prepare students to start studying Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History, however it is not necessary to follow this scheme in order to take the qualification, and other approaches to preparing students for GCSE study may be equally valid and effective.