KS3 & KS4 history curriculum

This unit uses and builds on various year 8 and 9 units that have helped pupils to develop an understanding of eighteenth century events concerning Britain, her empire, and the Atlantic World. It also builds on the more superficial knowledge of Victoria Britain that pupils established in key stage 1. This unit prepares pupils for future units that examine political and imperial developments taking place during the same period, such as the extension of the franchise and the transformation of the British Empire.

1. The Agricultural Revolution
2. Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
3. The Industrial Revolution and urban migration
4. Political radicals and the Peterloo Massacre
5. Calls for reform and the 1832 Great Reform Act
6. The Industrial Revolution and change in Britain

• Pupils know that there was very little technology used in farming or industry before the Industrial Revolution.
• Pupils know that developments in technology often result in developments in human civilisations.
• Pupils know that industry was an important way for people to make money.
• Pupils know that most people lived in towns and villages before the Industrial Revolution.