History

Key themes studied include:

• Year 7: What is History? The Norman Conquest, The Crusades and King John, Medieval England and The Black Death, Henry VIII, the English Civil War.

• Year 8: The Mali Empire, Voyages of Discovery, The British Empire, The Industrial Revolution, The Atlantic Slave Trade, the Crimean War.

• Year 9: Women's Suffrage, The Holocaust, WW2, The Cold War, Windrush and Immigration, Troubles in Northern Ireland.