Over the course of Key Stage 3, our subject aims to develop our student’s knowledge of a broad range of historical periods and events that have shaped the world in which we live in today. In History, we also aim to enhance this knowledge by giving our students the opportunity to visit the Slavery Museum in Liverpool in Year 8 and the Imperial War Museum in Manchester in Year 9. Students in Key Stage 3 study a number of enquiries each year, as set out below:

KS3 Geography

Year 7:

• Romans
  Who were the Romans?
  Life in Roman Britain
   
• Medieval England
  The Norman Conquest
  Religious problems
  King John and the Magna Carta
  Impact of the Black Death
  War of the Roses
   
• Tudors and Stuarts
  The reign of Henry VIII
  Edward VI and Mary I
  Life in the Elizabethan period
  The reign of James I (Gunpowder plot, ‘witch craze’)
  English Civil War
  Oliver Cromwell

Year 8:

• Amazing Grace
  Why was the Slave Trade abolished?
   
• Terrible Towns?
  Was life in towns really terrible during the Industrial Revolution?
   
• Dying for the vote
  Did the Suffragettes help or hinder the votes for women campaign?
   
• We Will Remember Them
  Why should we remember the First World War?
   
• The Holocaust
  How can we challenge generalisations about the Holocaust?
   
• Dunkirk to D-Day
  What were the key turning points of the Second World War?
   
• War on Terror
  How does Terrorism impact the modern world?