Year 7 History Scheme of Work Week Key Question Content Vocabulary Skills / Concepts Resources / Activities AUTUMN TERM Control Medieval England, 1066 1500 – 1A Introductions L1 Expectations Issuing books 1A L2 How do we measure BC Chronology do we measure Test previous ‘How history’ history? AD questionnaire knowledge Century Ordering dates exercise How to name Decade H/W: Timeline of their life with centuries Millennium images Why did William win 2B Oath Causation Claimant speeches work in three Death of Edward the – the Battle of Hastings? Claimant groups to put together Confessor 3A Succession speech/debate. Claimants for throne Conquest OR 3 contenders to be backed by Battle of Stamford other class members Bridge – ‘race’. Role play of the Battle of Stamford Battle of Hastings bridge followed by cartoon strip creation. Card-sort timeline leading to Hastings use for understanding – causes Living graph of successes for both teams throughout the battle.
Year 7 History Scheme of Work Week Key Question Content Vocabulary Skills / Concepts Resources / Activities AUTUMN TERM Medieval England, 1066 – 1500 Control 1A L1 Introductions Expectations Issuing books 1A L2 How do we measure history? Test previous knowledge How to name centuries BC AD Century Decade Millennium Chronology ‘How do we measure history’ questionnaire Ordering dates exercise H/W: Timeline of their life with images 2B 3A Why did William win the Battle of Hastings? Death of Edward the Confessor Claimants for throne Battle of Stamford Bridge Battle of Hastings Oath Claimant Succession Conquest Causation Claimant speeches – work in three groups to put together speech/debate. OR 3 contenders to be backed by other class members – ‘race’. Role play of the Battle of Stamford bridge followed by cartoon strip creation. Card-sort timeline leading to Hastings – use for understanding causes Living graph of successes for both teams throughout the battle.