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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 | The English Civil War and Oliver Cromwell | How accurate is Ken Hughes' interpretation of Oliver Cromwell? |
| Autumn 2 | Medieval West Africa | How similar were medieval West Africa and medieval Europe? |
| The Transatlantic Slave Trade | How did Liverpool profit from the transatlantic slave trade? | |
| Spring 1 | The British Empire in India | How and why did the East India Company take control of India? |
| Abolition of the slave trade | Did the abolition of the slave trade change anything in Jamaica? | |
| Spring 2 | The Enlightenment | Why was the Enlightenment so significant? |
| Summer 1 | The Industrial Revolution | How did cotton create a world 'unlike any that had come before'? |
| Why did Emma Griffin call the industrial revolution 'Liberty's Dawn'? | ||
| Summer 2 | The development of democracy | How democratic had Britain become by 1990? |