What will I study?
Topic 1 – The Norman Conquest
- Who Should be King in 1066
- Candidates to be king in 1066
- The Battle of Stamford Bridge
- The battle of Hastings. (Why should Normans win?)
Topic 2 – Norman Control
- Overview of ways in which Normans controlled the country
- Castle Building
- How and why did castles develop in the Middle Ages?
Topic 3 – The Power of the church in the Middle Ages
- Ways in which the Church controlled people’s lives
Topic 4 – The problems faced by Medieval Kings and how these problems were dealt with
- Ways in which the Church controlled people’s lives
- King John and French wars (French King)
- King John and the magna Carta (Barons)
Topic 5 – Characteristic features of life in the Middle Ages
- The farming year – a peasant work and life
Topic 6 – The Black Death and its social and economic impact
- Causes, effects, “cures” and consequences
Topic 7 – The English Reformation and Counter Reformation (Henry VIII – Mary I)
- The Tudor family tree
- Henry VIII – Why did he set up the Church of England? Did he achieve his aims?
- Edward VI and Mary I – religious changes
Topic 8 – The Problems faced by Elizabeth and how to solve them
- Overview
- Elizabeth’s Middle Way
- Elizabeth’s use of propaganda
- Mary Queen of Scots
- The Spanish Armada
- Concluding Task: Was Elizabeth a successful monarch?
Topic 9 – The Causes and events of the Civil Wars
- The different political and religious beliefs of King and Parliament. The events leading to Civil War – Why did Civil War break out?
- Charles’ Execution
Topic 10 – The Interregnum and Restoration
- Cromwell and the Puritans
Topic 11 – Life in 17th Century
- Great fire
- Great Plague
For more information, please contact Rachel Steels, Subject Leader for History.
