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Year 8
Units are groups of lessons that relate to one another.

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1
How far did fear allow the Aztecs to control an Empire?
4 lessons
2
Why have historians described 1492 as a turning point in world history?
4 lessons
3
What was Luther trying to achieve?
4 lessons
4
Why did Henry VIII make the break with Rome?
6 lessons
5
In what ways did the Reformation matter to ordinary people?
6 lessons
6
Why was the world opening up to Elizabeth I and her people?
6 lessons
7
Why did the Civil War break out in 1642?
6 lessons
8
In what ways was Britain turned upside down in the seventeenth century?
6 lessons
9
How revolutionary was the Glorious Revolution?
4 lessons
10
Who lived in 'British' America?
4 lessons
11
Did the Enlightenment fuel the American Revolution?
6 lessons
12
How Enlightened was the French Revolution?
4 lessons
13
What did the French Revolution mean to Britons?
4 lessons
14
How successful were efforts to abolish slavery in the nineteenth century?
4 lessons
15
How far did working conditions improve over the nineteenth century?
4 lessons
16
Why are different stories told about Britain's journey to democracy?
4 lessons

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Year 8 • History
1
Henry VIII and the Reformation: how unusual was the English Reformation?
6 lessons
2
Elizabeth I: why has Elizabeth been represented so differently?
6 lessons
3
Life in Tudor England: was there a 'Golden Age' for the poor?
6 lessons
4
European conquest of the Americas: why was its impact so devastating?
6 lessons
5
The English Civil War: what can pamphlets tell us about 17th century politics? 
6 lessons
6
The Glorious Revolution: how do historians' views of it differ?
6 lessons
7
Transatlantic Slavery: how were West African societies impacted?
6 lessons
8
The Mughal Empire: how important was violence to the Mughal conquests in India?
6 lessons
9
The British Empire: why did it grow in the 17th and 18th centuries?
3 lessons
10
The East India Company: when did Mughal authority collapse?
6 lessons
11
The emergence of cabinet government: why did Walpole become Prime Minister?
2 lessons
12
The Enlightenment: what was the Enlightenment?
6 lessons
13
The French Revolution: How did Europe respond to the French Revolution?
6 lessons

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