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Year 8 Diverse Curriculum: English Revolutions Package

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Africa Wider World Unit lessons package

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Pearson Edexcel Migrants, c800-present

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American West More

Why was the American West so fiercely contested in the years 1835-1895? An overview

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Is History Review right about the ‘lurching’ US government policy towards Plains Indians?

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Catlin More

How much can we learn from George Catlin about the Plains Indian way of life?

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American migration More

Were migrants pushed from the East, or pulled from the West?

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Donner Party More

Why did the Donner Party’s westward migration prove to be such a disaster?

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Silk Roads Lessons and Assessment Package

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Scott Duniway More

What do the experiences of Abigail Scott Duniway reveal about life on the Great Plains?

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Fort Laramie More

What was the significance of the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851?

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What can the Henry Plummer case tell us about lawlessness in the new mining towns?

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Who benefitted most from the Homestead and Pacific Railway Acts?

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Barbed wire More

How effectively did settlers find solutions to the problems of life on the plains?

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Wild West More

Was the ‘Wild West’ really the ‘Mild West?

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Cattle Industry More

Was the growth of the railroads the main reason for the development of the cattle industry?

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Cowboys More

What was it like to be a cowboy in the mid-19th century?

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Why was Peter French murdered on his ranch – and how did his murderer evade justice?

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How damaging was the westward expansion of 1851-76 for the Plains Indian way of life?

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Munich Putsch More

Germany 1918-39 for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE

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Edexcel history GCSE More

How to get the most out of the Edexcel Modern World Depth Study: Weimar and Nazi Germany 1918-39

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Berlin Wall More

Conflict and Tension 1945-72 – Scheme of Work

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Munich Putsch More

Germany 1890-1945 – Scheme of Work

Elizabeth dancing More

Elizabethan England 1568-1603 – Scheme of Work

Gaol More

Crime and Punishment – Scheme of Work

Hungarian uprising More

Super Power Relations and the Cold War 1941-91 – Scheme of Work

Living Conditions in Whitechapel More

Whitechapel 1880s – Scheme of work

Roman Toilet More

Did the Romans have the best toilets in history?

Horrible Histories reader More

Tidying up an eight-year-old’s set of Horrible Histories

British History More

What can different stories we tell about Britain 500-today? An overview

Edexcel history GCSE More

GCSE History: Guide to planning and teaching Edexcel 9-1 GCSE

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Crime and Punishment More

How to get the best out of the Edexcel Crime and Punishment 9-1 GCSE unit

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Pentonville More

Crime and Punishment for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE

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Whitechapel More

How to get the most out of the Edexcel Whitechapel environmental unit

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Whitechapel 1880s More

Whitechapel c1870-c1900 for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE

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Rope More

Crime and Punishment 1000AD to today: An overview

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Hanging More

What factors are important in the history of crime and punishment?

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Saxons More

Was Saxon crime prevention primitive or sophisticated?

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Battle of Hastings More

Is Simon Schama right? Did William totally change Saxon crime prevention?

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Cedric the Anglo Saxon More

How do you think Saxon Cedric will be punished?

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KS3 Curriculum More

The Essential Guide to the HRC Key Stage 3 Curriculum

The Middle Ages More

What happened during the Middle Ages: An overview

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Norman Conquest More

Norman Conquest – 6 lesson knowledge rich enquiry SOW free download.

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Edward the Confessor More

Who should be the next King?

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Bayeaux Tapestry ships More

Was England ripe for invasion in 1066?

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Harold Godwinson More

What problems did Harold face in the summer of 1066?

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Battle of Hastings More

What happened at the Battle of Hastings? A role play

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Battle of Hastings reconstruction More

Has the Battle of Hastings artist done his homework?

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Norman conquest More

For people living at the time, was the Norman Conquest a change for the better?

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Norman Conquest knowledge organiser More

Norman Conquest knowledge organiser – free download

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Marc Morris More

Did the historian Marc Morris get it right about the significance of the Norman Conquest?

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Norman Knowledge Test More

Norman Conquest substantive knowledge test

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Tarsia More

Norman Conquest tarsia

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Battle of Hastings More

Is Simon Schama correct about the Battle of Hastings?

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Medieval Religion and Beliefs – 5 Enquiry SOW free download

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Was the medieval period really an ‘Age of Faith’? An overview

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Doom paintings More

How much can Doom paintings reveal about Medieval attitudes to the afterlife?

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Pilgrimage 1 More

Why on earth would anyone go on a medieval pilgrimage?

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Med Church Knowledge Organiser More

Medieval Beliefs Knowledge Organiser

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Crusades More

Why do historians disagree about the Crusades? 1

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Why do historians disagree about the Crusades? 2

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Medieval Beliefs Substantive Knowledge Test

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Durham Knocker More

Medieval Murder: Changing crime prevention in the late Middle Ages

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Power in the Medieval Period More

Medieval Power – 6 enquiry free download

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Who was the best Medieval Monarch? An overview

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Henry II More

Who was the most successful Plantagenet monarch? Part 1: Henry II

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Richard I More

Who was the most successful Plantagenet monarch? Part 2: Richard I

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Who was the most successful Plantagenet monarch? Part 3: John

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Edward III More

Why was Edward III such a successful medieval monarch?

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Medieval Power KO More

Medieval Power Knowledge Organiser

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Barons, knights and empresses: Why was the monarchs’ authority challenged in the medieval period?

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Medieval Power Test More

Medieval Power Substantive Knowledge Test

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Richard the Lionheart More

Revealing who was the real Richard the Lionheart

King John More

Was King John really nasty, selfish and terrible?

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How should we commemorate Licoricia of Winchester?

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Medieval Ordinary Lives – 6 enquiry free unit overview

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Norman Conquest Saver Package

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Dirty, boring and treacherous: Was medieval village life really that bad? An overview

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Peasant life More

What were peasants’ lives really like?

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Wharram Percy revenants More

Why were the remains of ten people buried in a pit away from the main churchyard in Wharram Percy?

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Peasant year More

What was the farming year like for ordinary people?

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Medieval Ordinary Lives More

Medieval Ordinary Life Knowledge Organiser

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Crossrail archeology More

The mystery of the Charterhouse Square skeletons

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Rat More

Why should we bother learning about the Black Death?

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Peasants Revolt decision maker: what would you have done?

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Peasants Revolt More

What were the consequences of the Peasants Revolt?

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Medieval Ordinary Lives test More

Medieval Ordinary Lives Substantive Knowledge Test

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Death of Wat Tyler More

Is Wat Tyler significant enough to have a park named after him?

Bonfire More

Why were Monarchs so worried about new crimes 1500 – 1700?

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Was ‘the appearance and state of the world’ changed during the early modern period? (Overview)

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Henry VIII More

Inside the mind of Henry VIII Decision-maker

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Henry VIII More

Should the National Portrait Gallery sell Henry VIII cushions?

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Religion and Beliefs in the Early Modern Period

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Martin Luther More

Why did the ideas of Martin Luther go viral?

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How should we tell the story of Richard Whiting’s execution?

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Why was Richard Whiting executed?

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Vandalised church More

Why was St Winifred’s Church vandalised in the 1500s?

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Early Modern Beliefs More

Early Modern Beliefs Knowledge Organiser

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How far were ordinary people really impacted by the Reformation?

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Early Modern Beliefs Substantive Knowledge Test

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Cultural Encounters in the Early Modern Period

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Why was privateering so common in the Early Modern Period?

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Should Walter Raleigh be honoured with a national day of remembrance?

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Was the Plymouth Colony of 1620 a success?

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Early Modern Cultural Encounters Knowledge Organiser

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Can the vandalism of ‘Conquistador’ Hernàn Cortés’ memorial be justified?

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What is the lasting legacy of the Spanish Empire?

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Early Modern Cultural Encounters Substantive Knowledge Test

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Elizabeth Armada portrait More

How to get the best out of the Edexcel British Depth Study: Early Elizabethan England

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Elizabeth I More

How to get the most out of the AQA Elizabethan England British Depth Study

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Sir Walter Raleigh More

ELIZABETHANS 1558-88 – Scheme of Work

Elizabeth I More

Early Elizabethan England for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE

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Elizabeth I More

Elizabethan England 1568-1603 for AQA 9-1 GCSE

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Young Elizabeth I More

How was Elizabeth’s character and reign shaped by events in her early life?

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Elizabeth I More

What problems did Elizabeth face at the beginning of her reign?

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Elizabeth authority More

How did Elizabeth maintain her authority?

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Puritans More

How serious a challenge did Elizabeth face from the Puritans?

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Religious see-saw More

What kind of Church did Elizabeth choose in 1559?

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Mary Queen of Scots More

How big a threat was Mary Queen of Scots to Elizabeth in 1568?

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Thomas Percy More

What made the Northern Earls Revolt in 1569?

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Babingon postscript More

What threat did Catholic plots pose to Elizabeth?

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Mary Queen of Scots More

Can you update Ladybird’s explanation for the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots?

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Elizabeth I Painting More

How much does a 16th Century Dutch painting reveal about why England and Spain went to war?

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Drake More

How accurately does the film ‘Drake of England’, deal with the Spanish Armada and its failure?

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Elizabethan Poverty More

Why was there an increase in poverty and vagabondage in Elizabethan England?

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Thomas Harman More

Was Elizabethan society really under threat from a ‘rascally rabbalage’ of vagabonds?

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Elizabeth dancing More

Was the Elizabethan period a ‘golden age’ of culture for Elizabethans?

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Elizabethan ships More

Why did so many Elizabethan sailors risk long and dangerous voyages overseas?

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Virgina More

Why did the Virginia colonies fail?

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Sir Walter Raleigh More

Who should survive a ‘rehang’ in the NPG – Raleigh or Drake?

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Essex More

Who was to blame for the Essex rebellion?

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Why have old Spanish Armada cannons been discovered on Irish beaches?

Mystery enquiry More

Mystery enquiry: Why were ‘they’ punished so harshly?

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witch craze More

Was England really hit by a witch craze in the 17th century?

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Early Modern Power SOW overview

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English Civil War More

What were the causes of the English Civil War?

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Was the English Civil War significant?

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Cromwell More

Why did two history students argue about Oliver Cromwell?

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Early Modern Power Knowledge Organiser

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‘A major shift in English politcal thought’: Is Howard Nenner right about the 18th century monarchy?

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Was Blackadder right about 18th century elections?

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Substantive knowledge test on Power in the Early Modern Period

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Early Modern Ordinary Lives Overview

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What can a print from 1640 tell us about life in the early modern period?

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Could you improve a museum exhibition on the Elizabethan poor?

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Early Ordinary Lives Knowledge Organiser

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‘The most flourishing and opulent country in the world’: How much had England’s economy really improved?

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Why was Temperance Lloyd executed in 1682?

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Why were so many Scottish women accused of witchcraft in the 17th century?

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Bloody Code More

Why was the Bloody Code introduced? Evaluating a dodgy internet site

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Early Modern Ordinary Lives Substantive Knowledge Test

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Barrels More

Was smuggling viewed as a serious crime in the 18th Century?

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Why was John Weeks executed?

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Nazi film More

Germany 1890-1945 for AQA 9-1 GCSE

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Cold War More

Super Power Relations and the Cold War for Edexcel 9-1 GCSE

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Cold War tension More

Conflict and Tension between East and West 1945-72 for AQA 9-1 GCSE

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Migration 1: The context of English Society before the Viking invasion

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Migration 2: Why did the Viking ‘sea-wolves’ invade England?

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Migration 3: Peaceful or pillaging: What was the impact of the Vikings in England?

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Migration 4: How did the Vikings change the city of York?

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Migration 5: Why did the Normans migrate to England in the years after 1066?

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Migration 6: What was the most significant aspect of the Norman invasion?

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Migration 7: How welcome were ‘denizens’ and ‘aliens’ in the later medieval period?

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Migration 8: How should we commemorate Licoricia of Winchester? GCSE version

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Migration 9: Why were European Jews persecuted during the 1300s?

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Migration 10: How typical is the migration story of ‘John Blanke the Blacke Trumpet’?

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Migration 11: Why did the Flemish migrate to England in the early modern period?

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Migration 12: How welcome were the Flemish migrants in Sandwich?

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Migration 13: How much can we learn from Hall’s Chronicle about ‘Evil May Day’?

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Migration 14: Why did so many Huguenots migrate to England during the early modern period?

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Migration 15: What was the impact of Huguenot migration in the 17th century?

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Migration 16: What was the nature of Roma Gypsy migration in the early modern period?

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Migration 17: How did the slave trade impact on migration to England in the early modern period?

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Migration 18: How did the growth of the British Empire impact on patterns of migration?

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Migration 19: Why was the life and work of Olaudah Equiano so significant?

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Migration 20: Is Wilson Williams right about the significance of the slave trade for Liverpool?

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Migration 21: What does the Slave Compensation Commission tell us about the impact of slavery in Britain?

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Migration 22: ‘A captive girl’… How typical were the experiences of Sarah Forbes Bonetta?

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Migration 23: Were lascar sailors really ‘the most exploited vagabonds of the sea’?

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Migration 24: Why was there so much internal migration in the 18th and 19th centuries?

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Migration 25: What impact did migrants have on British life and society?

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Migration 26: Drunken women and slip-shod vowels: How were Irish migrants received in Liverpool?

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Migration 27: How were Jewish migrants like Aaron Lieberman treated in London’s East End?

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Migration 28: How can we map the Jewish presence in London’s East End?

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Migration 29: How typical was Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech of attitudes towards migration in the 20th and 21st centuries?

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Migration 30: Why has the biggest influx of refugees in British history been forgotten?

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Migration 31: How were Caribbean soldiers treated during and after the First World War?

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Migration 32: Why was Charles Wotten murdered in 1919?

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Migration 33: How much can we learn from Paul Kuttner’s diaries about the Kindertransport of 1938-40?

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Migration 34: What were the experiences of Polish migrants to Britain in the post-1945 period?

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Migration 35: Why did the Windrush-era migrants make Britain their home?

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Migration 36: What would you put in a time capsule to commemorate the Windrush generation?

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Migration 37: What was the story of migrants’ experiences in Bristol in the 20th century?

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Migration 38: Were Leicester’s Ugandan Asians really ‘Britain’s most successful immigrant community’?

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Migration 39: What impact has European Union migration had on Britain?

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Migration 40: ‘Britain has provided a welcoming home for migrants throughout history’. How far do you agree?

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Persian Empire More

Silk Roads 1: Was Persia in fact, ‘ the Greatest of all ancient Empires?’

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Mongols More

Silk Roads 2: How did The Silk Road Empires grow?

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Silk Roads More

Silk Roads 3: Does the Silk Road deserve its name?

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Silk Roads 4: How did emperors and violence spread the peace of Christianity?

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Silk Roads 5: What can an interview with Peter Frankopan tell us about the importance of learning about the Silk Roads?

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Guide to the HRC Diverse Key Stage 3 Curriculum

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Silk Roads KO More

The Silk Roads Knowledge Organiser

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Silk Roads Substantive Knowledge Test

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Empire plate More

The connection between tea, coffee, clothes and an antique plate

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1. Introduction task: What was the big story of the Medieval Period?

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2. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Knowledge Organiser

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Year 7 Diverse Overview Lessons package

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3. Was Leonardo Bruni right about the ‘ignorant and barbaric’ Middle Ages?

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4. Was there a clash of civilisations in medieval Europe?

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5. How much movement was there in medieval Europe?

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6. What did medieval Europeans know of the wider world?

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7. How powerful was the Hansa League?

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8. The Black Death or the Little Ice Age: Which had the biggest impact?

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9. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Tarsia

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10. Year 7 Diverse Overview Knowledge Test

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11. Year 7 Diverse Curriculum Overview Written Assessment

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1. Introduction Task: What impact did migrant groups have on the development of early Britain?

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2. Migrants to Early Britain Knowledge Organiser

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Year 7 Migration to Early Britain Lessons package

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3. What can archaeological remains tell us about Celtic life in Britain?

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4. How did Boudicca resist the Roman invaders?

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5. What can we learn from Ivory Bangle Lady about Roman migration to Britain?

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6. Which migrant group had the biggest impact on early Scotland?

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7. Was Bede right about the Anglo-Saxon invaders?

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8. Did the Anglo-Saxons really lay the ‘foundations of England’?

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9. How did King Cnut consolidate control in England?

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10. Does Emma of Normandy deserve more credit for the impact she had?

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11. What does the Gosforth Cross tell us about the impact of the Vikings?

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12. Migrants in Early Britain Tarsia

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11. Year 7 Migrants to Early Britain Test

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14. What impact did migrant groups have on the development of early Britain?

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Tang Dynasty Lessons Package

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1. Introduction Task: Was China under the Tang Dynasty really ‘the greatest civilisation on earth’?

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2. Tang Dynasty Knowledge Organiser

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3. What was the story of the Tang Dynasty?

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4. What can paintings from the Mogao caves tell us about life under the Tang Dynasty?

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5. Why was Xuanzang’s journey to India so important?

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6. What impact did trade along the Silk Roads have on the Tang Dynasty?

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7. What can the city of Chang’an tell us about life under Tang rule?

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8. Does Empress Wu deserve her reputation as a ruthless murderer?

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9. How useful is Du Fu’s poem for telling us about the catastrophes of the 750s?

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10. Were the Tang emperors to blame for the collapse of the dynasty in 907?

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11. Tang Dynasty Tarsia

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12. Tang Dynasty Knowledge Test

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13. Was The Tang Dynasty really the ‘greatest civilisation in earth’? Final Assessment

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Year 7 Vikings and Climate lesson package

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1. Introduction: How does the climate help to explain the changing fortunes of the Vikings?

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2. The Vikings and the Climate – Knowledge Organiser

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3. Overview: How far can patterns of Viking migration be put down to the climate?

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4. What does the Rök runestone tell us about the Little Ice Age?

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5. What impact did the climate have on Viking culture?

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6. How did climate and the environment help Viking trade develop?

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7. How can different types of researchers work together to find out more about the Vikings?

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8. Can we solve the mystery of the lost Viking settlement on Greenland?

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9. Vikings and Climate change Tarsia

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10. Vikings and Climate Knowledge Test

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11. Vikings and Climate final assessment

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Norman Conquest for Diverse Curriculum: Lessons Package

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1. Introduction Task: ‘Arrogant, warlike and very pleased with themselves’: What were the Normans really like?

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2. Norman Conquest for diverse curriculum – Knowledge Organiser

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3. What do contemporary sources tell us about Edward the Confessor’s reign?

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4. How predictable was the rise of William of Normandy?

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5. Why do sources from the time disagree about the Battle of Hastings?

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6. How did William conquer the rest of England?

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7. What were the consequences of the Harrying of the North?

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Benin More

How do we learn more about Africa and African history?

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8. How significant was Gytha Thorkelsdottir?

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9. Should we think of William as the first ‘chivalrous’ king of England?

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10. What impact did the Normans have on ordinary people’s lives?

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11. What can the Assembly at Salisbury tell us about William’s rule?

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12. Is it true that ‘much remained the same’ after the Norman Conquest?

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13. Norman Conquest Tarsia

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14. Norman Conquest Knowledge Test

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15. Norman Conquest Final Assessment

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Outsiders in Medieval England Lesson package

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1. What was it like to be an ‘alien’ or an outsider in medieval England?

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2. Medieval Outsiders Knowledge Organiser

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3. How did the experiences of Jewish people change during the medieval period?

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4. What was it like to be disabled in the medieval period?

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5. Was Emma De Bestow treated fairly at her 1383 court case?

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6. Why was Julian of Norwich so significant?

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7. How should we remember the Folville gang?

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8. How welcome were migrants in medieval England?

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9. Why was an 80-year-old woman executed in 1494?

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10. Outsiders in Medieval England Tarsia

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11. Outsiders Knowledge Test

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12. Outsiders final assessment

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Medieval African History Lesson Package

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1. Introduction task: Was there really a ‘golden age’ in Medieval Africa?

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2. Medieval Africa Knowledge Organiser

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3. What can we learn from the archaeological finds at Mapungubwe?

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4. Salt, gold and shells: How did trade help Africa become better connected?

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5. What can we learn from the Sundiata Epic about medieval Mali?

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6. Why did Mansa Musa go on such a long journey in 1324?

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7. Why was the work of the ‘bad-ass librarians of Timbuktu’ so important?

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8. What was the most important reason for the decline of Mali?

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9. How far did contact with the Portuguese benefit West Africa?

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10. Medieval Africa Revision Tarsia

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11. Medieval Africa Substantive Knowledge Test

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12. Medieval Africa Final Assessment

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1. Introduction Task: Is Martin Sixsmith right about the ‘culture, beauty and embryonic democracy’ of Kievan Rus?

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2. Knowledge Organiser for Kievan Rus unit

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3. How useful is the Primary Chronicle for finding out about the beginnings of Kievan Rus?

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4. How successful was the rule of Oleg the Wise?

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5. Was Kievan Rus really a democratic state?

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6. Why do both Russia and Ukraine want to claim Anne of Kiev as their own?

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7. What was the most important consequence of the Mongol invasion?

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8. How accurately does Eisenstein’s film depict the events of 1242?

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9. What can the Moscow Kremlin tell us about the origins of Muscovy?

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10. How did Ivan the Terrible consolidate power in Muscovy?

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11. Kievan Rus Revision Tarsia

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12. Kievan Rus Knowledge Test

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13. Kievan Rus Final Assessment

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1. Introduction Task: Did the changes during the years 1500 to 1900 really cause people to ‘redefine themselves’?

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2. Year 8 Diverse Curriculum Overview Knowledge Organiser

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Year 8 Diverse Curriculum Overview Lessons Package

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3. Overview: How much change did Britain see between 1500 and 1900?

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4. How much did people’s ideas about the world change between 1500 and 1900?

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5. How much of an impact did the Renaissance have in England?

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6. Who held power in early modern and industrial Britain?

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7. How did voyages of exploration help map the world?

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8. How can The Cheese and the Worms change the way we study history?

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9. Year 8 Overview Substantive Knowledge Test

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10. Year 8 Diverse Overview Written Assessment

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1. Year 8: How did Revolutions change Early Modern England? Overview task

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2. Year 8: How did revolutions change Early Modern England, Knowledge Organiser

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3. How much religious change was there in the 16th century?

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4. How did the religious changes of the Tudor period affect the villagers of Morebath?

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5. Why was Walter Hungerford executed in 1540?

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6. How did Elizabeth Alkin change the course of the English Civil War?

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7. Why was the monarchy restored in 1660?

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8. Is Steven Shapin right about the Scientific Revolution?

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9. How does the history of the emotions change our understanding of the early modern world?

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10. Revolutionary England, knowledge test

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11. Revolutionary England Disciplinary Assessment

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African history C1000-1900 focusing on Benin: SOW download

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