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Year 8
Curriculum Map
This curriculum map provides an overview of the history journey students will experience throughout the academic year. It outlines the sequence of historical periods, events, and themes alongside key assessment points designed to monitor and support student progress. The curriculum is carefully sequenced to build knowledge progressively, with each unit providing the foundation for future learning, ensuring all students develop historical understanding, analytical skills, and critical thinking appropriate to their age and stage. For detailed information about the specific knowledge and skills taught in each unit, please visit our Knowledge and Skills page.
| Half Term | Unit(s) of Work | Key Assessments |
|---|---|---|
| Autumn 1 | Henry VIII and the Reformation | Causation: Why did Henry VIII create the Church of England? |
| Autumn 2 | Oliver Cromwell and the English Civil war | Interpretations: Why did Ken Huges make Cromwell in the way that he did? |
| Spring 1 | The Transatlantic Slave Trade and Liverpool | Interpretations: Is George Cook right about how Liverpool benefitted from the transatlantic slave trade? |
| Spring 2 | Abolition of the Slave Trade and Jamaica | Change and continuity: Did the abolition of the slave trade actually change anything in Jamaica? |
| Summer 1 | India and the East India Company | Interpretations: Were the events of 1857 a 'mutiny' or an 'uprising'? |
| Summer 2 | Cotton and the Industrial Revolution | Causaiton: How did cotton "create a world unlike anything that had come before"? |
| 19th century electoral reform and democracy | Change and continuity: How democratic had Britain become by 1900? |