Edexcel (KS4)
KS3 & KS4 History
Unit sequence
Units that make up our curricula are fully sequenced, and aligned to the national curriculum.
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Year group
Year 7
1
The Christian Church: how completely did the Great Schism transform Christendom?
2
11th-century Islamic worlds: how similar were the regions of the Islamic world?
3
The Norman Conquest: how do we know about the impact of the Conquest on England?
4
The Crusades: did Europeans go on crusade to capture the 'holy land'?
5
Medieval women: what can we learn from Matilda about women in medieval England?
6
England under Henry II: how successfully did Henry reassert royal authority?
7
Magna Carta: how did Magna Carta survive?
8
Edward I: What stopped Edward uniting all of Britain?
9
Local history: how similar were medieval lives in Norwich?
10
Medieval West Africa: why was medieval Mali so successful?
11
The Black Death and the Silk Road: how connected was the medieval world?
12
The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?
13
The Wars of the Roses: what does it tell us about fifteenth century England?
14
The Renaissance: what do the artefacts of the Renaissance tell us about it?
Year 8
1
Henry VIII and the Reformation: how unusual was the English Reformation?
2
Elizabeth I: why has Elizabeth been represented so differently?
3
Life in Tudor England: was there a 'Golden Age' for the poor?
4
European conquest of the Americas: why was its impact so devastating?
5
The English Civil War: what can pamphlets tell us about 17th century politics?
6
Commonwealth and Restoration: why did the republican experiment fail?
7
Glorious Revolution: why did Whig historians call it 'glorious and bloodless'?
8
Transatlantic Slavery: how were West African societies impacted?
9
The Mughal Empire: how important was violence to the Mughal conquests in India?
10
The East India Company: when did Mughal authority collapse?
11
The emergence of cabinet government: why did Walpole become Prime Minister?
12
The Enlightenment: what was the Enlightenment?
13
The Haitian revolution: what was its role in the abolition of the slave trade?
Year 9
1
How did Europe respond to the French Revolution?
2
The Industrial Revolution: did industrialisation revolutionise people's lives?
3
Widening the Franchise: who gained the right to vote?
4
The British Empire: how far was it transformed in the mid-nineteenth century?
5
Interpreting the British Empire: how has it been commemorated and contested?
6
Women's suffrage: what do sources tell us about women's struggle for equality?
7
World War One: how 'total' was it for people in the British Empire?
8
The Russian Revolution: did communism completely transform Russian society?
9
The Second World War: which event turned the tide of the Second World War?
10
The Holocaust: what was the Holocaust?
11
Decolonisation: how similar was decolonisation throughout the British Empire?
12
Post-war Britain: for whom did the United Kingdom become a ‘New Jerusalem'?
13
Thematic study: how has the role of women in British society changed?
Year 10
1
Migration: how was Britain impacted by migration in the medieval period?
2
Migration: how far was England changed by early modern migration?
3
Migration: what was the impact of 18th and 19th century migration?
4
Migration: what is different about modern migration to Britain?
5
The historical environment: what does Notting Hill tell us about migration?
6
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England: who had power in Anglo-Saxon England?
7
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England: how serious was the succession crisis of 1066?
8
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England: how did Anglo-Saxons resist Norman rule?
9
Anglo-Saxon and Norman England: how did Norman government impact England?
Year 11
1
USA: how did the civil rights movement develop between 1954-60?
2
USA: why was the civil rights movement more successful from 1960 to 1965?
3
USA: how did the civil rights movement change after 1965?
4
USA: why was the USA involved in Vietnam?
5
USA: how did US policy towards Vietnam change?
6
USA: what impact did the Vietnam War have on Americans?
7
Cold War: why did the Cold War begin?
8
Cold War: how far did relations worsen?
9
Cold War: how close was nuclear war?
10
Cold War: why did the Cold War end?
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