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KS4 History
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| Year | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| 10 |
Living Under Nazi Rule 1933-1945 | Living Under Nazi Rule 1933-1945 | Making of Modern Day America, c. 1789-1900 | Making of Modern Day America, c. 1789-1900 | The People’s Health, c. 1250-2000 | The People’s Health, c. 1250-2000 |
| 11 |
History Around Us: Portchester Castle | The Norman Conquest 1065-1087 | The Norman Conquest 1065-1087 | Revision | Exams | |
Living Under Nazi Rule 1933-1945
Example Key Words
Aryan
The Nazi’s “master race”
Dictatorship
A government run by a dictator
Fuhrer
German for “leader”, and Hitler used it with total power.
Indoctrinate
To make someone believe something
Nationalist
A person who believes deeply in keeping a country strong and independent
Reichstag
German parliament building
Fundamental British values
To examine how the Nazi dictatorship erradicates democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
Cultural Capital
Apreciate the impact of different politcal systems upon a country.
Living Under Nazi Rule 1933-1945
Example Key Words
Antisemitic
Being hostile or prejudice agaist to Jews
Concentration Camp
A place were a government place people to live, under guard and in poor conditions
Gleichschaltung
The Nazi name for taking control of German society.
Lebensraum
The Nazi policy pf gaining extra “living space” for German people
Propaganda
Spreading one sided messages as widely as possible
Total War
A war which directly involves civilians as well as soldiers
Fundamental British values
Understand the impact of not adhering to Tolerance of those of different faiths and beliefs.
Cultural Capital
German language
Making of Modern Day America, c. 1789-1900
Example Key Words
Abolish
To ban, bring an end
Confederate
People who fought in the South during the Civil War
Exploitation
Taking advantage of someone without care for the consequences
Immigrant
Someone who moves to make a new home in a distant place.
Indigenous
Someone whose origins are deeply rooted in a place
Manifest Destiny
A belief in a God-given right to take over the whole of America
Fundamental British values
Understanding how Individual liberty only extended to European immigrants.
Cultural Capital
Cultural heritage of Modern Day America
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Making of Modern Day America, c. 1789-1900
Example Key Words
Nomadic
People who move from one place to another with no settled home
Plantation
Large farms which grow a single crop
Railroad
Railway
Reconstruction
The rebuilding of America after the Civil War
Reservation
An area of land set aside for Native American settlement
Union
People who fought in the North during the Civil War.
Fundamental British values
Highlighting the effects of the Lack of Mutual respect for those indigenous peoples. Also how intolerance of indigenous peoples faiths and beliefs were impacted by the Modern Day America.
Cultural Capital
Cultural heritage of modern day America
The People's Health, c. 1250-2000
Example Key Words
Cesspit
A pit for collectinfg human excrement
Conduit
A small water fountain or water pipe
Epidemic
A disease that affects a large number of people at the same time
Factor
Something that plays a part in causing an event
Faeces
Poo
Flagellants
People who whip themselves for God’s forgiveness
Fundamental British values
Looking at the emergence of laws that take into account the health of the people. Mutual respect regardless of socio-economic position.
Cultural Capital
Understanding how disease drives improvements in a country’s social and technological make up..
The People's Health, c. 1250-2000
Example Key Words
Gongfermer
Person who cleans cesspits
Hygiene
Keeping clean
Laissez Faire
Allowing people to look after themselves without government involvement
Miasma
Bad Air
Sanitary
Clean
Welfare State
When the government takes responsibility for the health and well-being of the people.
Fundamental British values
The creation of laws to ensure the welfare of the people is taken into account. Also looking at the broardening of democracy.
Cultural Capital
Understanding how disease drives improvements in a country’s social and technological make up..
History Around Us: Portchester Castle
Example Key Words
Bastion
D-shaped tower
Crenelation
A staggered top to the outside wall
Curtain Wall
A wall which enlcoses the space
Portcullis
A defensive gate
Promontory
Land that juts out into the sea
Shore Fort
A defensive location built on the coastline
Fundamental British values
Appreciate how intolerance throughout British history, can be realised in the history of Portchester Castle
Cultural Capital
Pupils visit Portchester castle and also learn about other fortifactions in Britiain and Europe.
The Norman Conquest 1065-1087
Example Key Words
Anglo-Saxon
People who lived in England before the Norman Conquest
Burh
An Anglo-Saxon fortified town
Cavalry
Soldiers who fight on horseback
Ceorl
A free Saxon who worked on the land
Bayeux Tapestry
An embriodary telling the story of the Norman Conquest
Domesday Book
A Norman survey of land ownership
Fundamental British values
Does the Domesday book compromise individual liberty?
Cultural Capital
An opportunity see and read historic documents.
The Norman Conquest 1065-1087
Example Key Words
Fief
An area of land held in return for providing service to the King
Fyrd
Part time army
Monastery
A place where monks live and workship
Succession
Who should be the next monarch
Thrall
A slave
Witan
Powerful lords and bishops who advise the King
Fundamental British values
Is the Witan the beginnings of a democratic system?
Cultural Capital
A study of how British language, laws and culture is influenced by the Conquest.