Wider World Histories

Africa Wider World Unit lessons package
Wider World Histories, Key Stage 3: Africa C1000-1900, Saver Lesson Packages

Silk Roads Lessons and Assessment Package
Wider World Histories, Key Stage3: The Silk Roads, Saver Lesson Packages

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

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

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

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

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

The Silk Roads Knowledge Organiser
Wider World Histories, Key Stage3: The Silk Roads, Free Resources

Silk Roads Substantive Knowledge Test

1. Introduction Task: Was China under the Tang Dynasty really ‘the greatest civilisation on earth’?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

2. Tang Dynasty Knowledge Organiser
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Free Resources

3. What was the story of the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

4. What can paintings from the Mogao caves tell us about life under the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

5. Why was Xuanzang’s journey to India so important?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

6. What impact did trade along the Silk Roads have on the Tang Dynasty?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

7. What can the city of Chang’an tell us about life under Tang rule?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

8. Does Empress Wu deserve her reputation as a ruthless murderer?
Wider World Histories, Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

9. How useful is Du Fu’s poem for telling us about the catastrophes of the 750s?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

10. Were the Tang emperors to blame for the collapse of the dynasty in 907?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

11. Tang Dynasty Tarsia
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Free Resources, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

12. Tang Dynasty Knowledge Test
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

13. Was The Tang Dynasty really the ‘greatest civilisation in earth’? Final Assessment
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 3. Year 7: Tang Dynasty, Key Stage 3: The Tang Dynasty

How do we learn more about Africa and African history?

1. Introduction Task: Is Martin Sixsmith right about the ‘culture, beauty and embryonic democracy’ of Kievan Rus?
Free Resources, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus

2. Knowledge Organiser for Kievan Rus unit
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus

3. How useful is the Primary Chronicle for finding out about the beginnings of Kievan Rus?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus

4. How successful was the rule of Oleg the Wise?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus

5. Was Kievan Rus really a democratic state?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus

6. Why do both Russia and Ukraine want to claim Anne of Kiev as their own?
Wider World Histories, Women's history, Year 7 Diverse KS3, Free Resources, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus, Introductory Lessons

7. What was the most important consequence of the Mongol invasion?
Wider World Histories, Year 7 Diverse KS3, 8. Year 7: Kievan Rus, Key Stage 3: Kievan Rus