Students will study the beginning of the Tudors, brief overview of the War of the Roses and the problems facing Henry VIII. Was he a good/bad King and the reasons behind the Reformation. look at the consequences of the reformation including the Dissolution of the Monasteries. Students will also examine the reign of Elizabeth I, concentrating on Elizabethan society, the problem with her suitors, the danger of the Armada and the threat posed by Mary Queen of Scots. In preparation for the GCSE
To change the Church in England from Roman Catholic to the church of England.
To dissolve/end the monasteries and nunneries.
A sovereign head of state, especially a king, queen, or emperor
Believers who separated from the Roman Catholic church during the Reformation.
A building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows
An announcement that a marriage no longer exists.
Head of the Roman Catholic church
A Fleet of Spanish ships sent to invade England
Excluding someone from the Roman Catholic church
Students will think about the control that one individual exerted on a country. They will consider what it is to have such control and how it should be used.
Students will think about the development of the religious community and how these changes impacted on society going forward.
Students will study the origins, the causes (political, religious and economic), the battles, weaponry and the experiences of war. Students will also examine what life was like after the Civil War without a king and the subsequent changes with a Commonwealth under Oliver Cromwell. They will consider the restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, the Glorious Revolution 1688 and the Bill of Rights 1689.).
When a King believes they God made them King and they are little God on earth.
Organisation of money, industry and trade.
Relating to Government or public affairs of a country.
Believing in a religion.
People who fought on the side of Parliament.
People who fought on the side of the Royals and Charles I.
Parliament Army set up as a disciplined army by Oliver Cromwell
A war that is fought between different groups in one country
Students will consider the powers and responsibilities of the ruling class and think about what having this power means in reality.
Students will think about how communities and their power systems are created and/or evolve including the British system of democracy.
Students will explore the culture of African Society, the events of the Slave Trade, together with the conditions of slavery and the reasons for its eventual abolition in 1865. To put the slave trade in context with world history.
The trade of goods and slaves between Europe, Africa and America.
An estate that grows crops of Tobacco, sugar and coffee.
A person who is legal property of another and forced to obey them
To end the slave trade
Armed resistance against a government or leader.
To kill someone without trial
The rights of people to equality and social freedom.
A person who believes that war and violence are unjust.
Students will think about what it is to have basic human rights removed.
Students will think about the slave trade and how it has impacted on the world today. They will consider the moral obligations of communities.
Students will study the origins of the British Empire, explore British India as a case study and finish with the impact of the Second World Was and the process of African countries gaining their independence.
The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.
The action of setting someone or something apart from others.
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people
A prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual or community against a person
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
A form of protest that is non-violent, for example boycotts and marches.
White Anglo-Saxon Protestants
Students will explore a range of world cultures.
Students will think about the role of the British Empire in shaping the diversity of their community.
Students will look at the changes in agriculture, manufacturing, mining, transportation and technology. They will examine the growth of towns and cities (urbanisation), the impact on living conditions, public health and protest (including the fight for universal suffrage). This unit will include a study of London in the late 1800s and Jack the Ripper.
Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.
Make changes to improve something
A building or group of buildings where goods are manufactured or assembled chiefly by machine.
An institution that was intended to provide work and shelter for poverty stricken people who had no means to support themselves.
More people in a space than is is comfortable or safe.
A Water borne disease that causes vomiting and Diarrhoea
When the government involves itself in the general health of the population
The movement of people from the countryside to the towns.
Students will think about the control that one individual exerted on a country. They will consider what it is to have such control and how it should be used.
Students will understand Elizabeths changes to the Church and the development of the Church of England.