Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age
This could include:
- late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and (early farmers, e.g. Skara Brae) Bronze Age religion, technology and travel, e.g. Stonehenge
- Iron Age hill forts:(tribal kingdoms), farming, art and culture
Timelines
Round houses
Stone Age diet
Iron Age life-style: artefacts, jewellery and weaponry.
| Britain’s settlement by Anglo-Saxons and Scots This could include:
Roman withdrawal from Britain in c. AD 410 and the fall of the
western Roman Empire –
Scots invasions from Ireland to
north Britain (now Scotland) – (Resource implications)
Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life
Anglo-Saxon art and culture
Christian conversion – Canterbury,
Iona and Lindisfarne.
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Viking and Anglo-Saxon
struggle for the Kingdom of
England to the time of Edward
the Confessor
This could include:
- Viking raids and invasion
- resistance by Alfred the Great
and Athelstan, first king of England
- further Viking invasions and
Danegeld
- Anglo-Saxon laws and justice
- Edward the Confessor and his
death in 1066
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A study of an aspect or theme in
British history extends
chronological knowledge beyond
1066 For example:
- the changing power of monarchs
using case studies such as John,
Anne & Victoria
- changes in an aspect of social
history, such as crime and
punishment from the Anglo-Saxons
to the present or leisure and
entertainment in the C.20th
- the legacy of Greek or Roman
culture (art, architecture or
literature) on later periods in British
history, including the present day
- a significant turning point in British
history, e.g. the first railways or the
Battle of Britain + D Day + wider context of WW2
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Roman Empire and its impact on
Britain This could include:
- Julius Caesar’s attempted invasion
in 55-54 BC
- the Roman Empire by AD 42 and
the power of its army - formation & ranks - Celtic and Roman soldiers.
- (successful invasion by Claudius and conquest, including) Hadrian’s Wall
- British resistance, e.g. Boudica
- “Romanisation” of Britain: sites and the impact of
technology, culture and beliefs,( including early Christianity.)
Difference
between ‘invade & settle’
Roman numerals & language.
Towns, food, villas, mosaics.
Gods.
Visit to York.
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A local history study
This
could include:
-A
depth study linked to one of the British areas of study
-A
study over time tracing how several aspects of national history are reflected
in the locality (this can go beyond 1066)
- A study of an aspect of history or a site
dating from a period beyond 1066 that is significant to the locality:
Hardwick Hall - ‘More Glass Than Wall’ - The house (compare rich & poor)
- The gardens (food, self- sufficiency, herbs,
leisure).
-Bess – as our guide
through ‘The Tudors’.
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The achievements of the
earliest civilizations – an
overview of where and when the
first civilizations appeared and a
depth study of one of the
following: Ancient Sumer; The
Indus Valley; Ancient Egypt; The
Shang Dynasty of Ancient China
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A non-European society - one
study chosen from:
- Early Islamic civilization, c. AD
900;
- Mayan civilization c. AD 900;
- Benin c. AD 900-1300.
Links with Aztecs.
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