Welcome Back to Chislehurst School for Girls History Department!

Welcome back to our current and new Historians....here are a few highlights of what you will be learning in the coming year.

Year 7

Who are you and where do you fit into the History of Britain.

The Norman Conquest and how William I kept control of England.

Religion in the Middle Ages and the relationship between Church and Crown.

The Renaissance, Henry VIII and the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.

James I, Charles I and The English Civil War

Parliament and Monarchy, The French Revolution and the role of politics in our lives today.

Year 8

The Transatlantic Slave Trade

Life in Victorian Britain

The Industrial Revolution

The British Empire

Suffragettes and Suffragists and why women got the vote

Civil Rights in the USA
World War 1 and World War 2


Year 9

World War 1 and World War 2 in depth with exam practise

Start GCSE studies - Medicine Through Time

Year 10

Medicine Through Time

Bodiam Castle (Controlled Assessment)

Year 11

Elizabethan England

Year 12

Anti-semitism in Weimar Germany 1919-1945

The USA - 1890 - 1045


Year 13

The Triumph of Elizabeth

The Spanish Civil War (Coursework)



Some good websites for you to be using for both extra reading around the specific topics that we are studying and for your own enjoyment are:

http://schoolhistory.co.uk/ 
http://spartacus-educational.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/