• The students begin with ‘What is History?’ which looks at their previous history knowledge and helps them to understand key terms such as chronology.
• The students then study the Roman Empire, looking at the Empire, its army, life in the Roman Empire and legacy of the Roman Empire.
• The students then move on to the Norman Conquest looking at the events of 1066, the use of castles and the first and second baron’s war.
• The Black Death and Peasants Revolt follows
• Then the students study Medieval Life looking at towns, entertainment and punishment
• Finally students move on to the Tudors up to Henry VIII looking at the rise of the Tudors, life in the 1500s and Henry VIII and the reformation