Free Secondary History AQA Lesson & Curriculum Resources

Year 7 units

1
The Christian Church: how completely did the Great Schism transform Christendom?
3 lessons
2
11th-century Islamic worlds: how similar were the regions of the Islamic world?
3 lessons
3
The Norman Conquest: how do we know about the impact of the Conquest on England?
6 lessons
4
The Crusades: did Europeans go on crusade to capture the 'holy land'?
6 lessons
5
Medieval women: what can we learn from Matilda about women in medieval England?
6 lessons
6
England under Henry II: how successfully did Henry reassert royal authority?
6 lessons
7
Magna Carta: how did Magna Carta survive?
6 lessons
8
Edward I: What stopped Edward uniting all of Britain?
6 lessons
9
Local history: how similar were medieval lives in Norwich?
6 lessons
10
Medieval West Africa: why was medieval Mali so successful?
6 lessons
11
The Black Death and the Silk Road: how connected was the medieval world?
3 lessons
12
The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?
6 lessons
13
The Wars of the Roses: what does it tell us about fifteenth-century England?
6 lessons
14
The Renaissance: what do the artefacts of the Renaissance tell us about it?
6 lessons

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Year 10 units

1
British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066–c1100
30 lessons
2
Historic Environment: Norman England
6 options
Battle of Hastings
10 lessons
Castle Acre Priory
10 lessons
Durham Cathedral
10 lessons
Norman Wales
9 lessons
Pevensey Castle
10 lessons
White Tower
10 lessons
3
Thematic Studies
2 options
Britain: Health and the people - c1000 to the present day
31 lessons
Britain: Migration, empires and the people - c790 to the present day
30 lessons

Year 11 units

1
Period Studies
2 options
America 1920–1973, Opportunity and inequality
30 lessons
Germany 1890–1945, Democracy and dictatorship
28 lessons
2
Wider Depth Study - Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972
30 lessons

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Year 7 units

The Christian Church: how completely did the Great Schism transform Christendom?

11th-century Islamic worlds: how similar were the regions of the Islamic world?

The Norman Conquest: how do we know about the impact of the Conquest on England?

The Crusades: did Europeans go on crusade to capture the 'holy land'?

Medieval women: what can we learn from Matilda about women in medieval England?

England under Henry II: how successfully did Henry reassert royal authority?

Magna Carta: how did Magna Carta survive?

Edward I: What stopped Edward uniting all of Britain?

Local history: how similar were medieval lives in Norwich?

Medieval West Africa: why was medieval Mali so successful?

The Black Death and the Silk Road: how connected was the medieval world?

The Peasants' Revolt: why do historians disagree about its causes?

The Wars of the Roses: what does it tell us about fifteenth-century England?

The Renaissance: what do the artefacts of the Renaissance tell us about it?

Year 8 units

Henry VIII and the Reformation: how unusual was the English Reformation?

Elizabeth I: why has Elizabeth been represented so differently?

Life in Tudor England: was there a 'Golden Age' for the poor?

European conquest of the Americas: why was its impact so devastating?

The English Civil War: what can pamphlets tell us about 17th century politics?

The Glorious Revolution: how do historians' views of it differ?

Transatlantic Slavery: how were West African societies impacted?

The Mughal Empire: how important was violence to the Mughal conquests in India?

The British Empire: why did it grow in the 17th and 18th centuries?

The East India Company: when did Mughal authority collapse?

The emergence of cabinet government: why did Walpole become Prime Minister?

The Enlightenment: what was the Enlightenment?

The French Revolution: How did Europe respond to the French Revolution?

Year 9 units

The Haitian Revolution: what was its role in the abolition of the slave trade?

The Industrial Revolution: did industrialisation revolutionise people's lives?

Widening the franchise: who gained the right to vote?

The British Empire: how far was it transformed in the mid-nineteenth century?

Interpreting the British Empire: how has it been commemorated and contested?

Women's suffrage: why did it take so long for women to get the vote in Britain?

World War One: how 'total' was it for people in the British Empire?

The Russian Revolution: did communism completely transform Russian society?

WW2: which events turned the tide in the story of the Second World War?

The Holocaust: what was the Holocaust?

Decolonisation: how similar was decolonisation throughout the British Empire?

Post-war Britain: for whom did the United Kingdom become a 'New Jerusalem'?

Thematic study: how has the role of women in British society changed?

Year 10 units

British Depth Study: Norman England, c1066–c1100

Historic Environment: Norman England

Battle of Hastings

Castle Acre Priory

Durham Cathedral

Norman Wales

Pevensey Castle

White Tower

Thematic Studies

Britain: Health and the people - c1000 to the present day

Britain: Migration, empires and the people - c790 to the present day

Year 11 units

Period Studies

America 1920–1973, Opportunity and inequality

Germany 1890–1945, Democracy and dictatorship

Wider Depth Study - Conflict and tension between East and West, 1945–1972