SGSE

Year 09 History

Curriculum:

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Britain in 1750-1900

Why Did People Want Change in the 19th Century?

World War 1

Key Concepts:

To Understand The Main Change That Took Place In Britain 1750-1900
Identify How The Population Grew Between 1750-1900
Evaluate Significance Of Changes
Analysing And Evaluating Source Evidence

Identify Why Change Was Needed In The 1800s
Explain Success Of Early Reforms
Explain Difference Between Suffragists And Suffragettes
Evaluate Arguments For And Against The Vote

Identify Short And Long Term Causes Of The Great War
Explain How An Assassination Led To The Outbreak Of War
Use Sources To Analyse Cause And Consequence

Key Vocabulary:

Transport, Domestic System, Factory System, Canal, Cast Iron, Manufacture, Power loom, Mechanised, Revolution

Democracy, Chartists, Suffragettes, Suffragists, Sexist, Protest, Reform

Alliance, Treaty, Arms Race, Empire, Military, Nationalism, No Man’s Land, Versailles, Trench foot, Shell Shock, Patriotism, Desertion

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Crime, Punishment And Law Enforcement In Medieval England 1000-1500

Crime, Punishment And Law Enforcement In Early Modern England 1500-1700

Key Concepts:

Know How The King, The Church, And Ideas About The Family, Influenced Attitudes
Know About Common Crimes And Typical Punishments And Identify Changes That Took Place
Understand How The Law Was Enforced In Village Communities And Identify Any Changes
Know How Norman Kings Increased Their Authority
Explain New Laws Defining New Crimes, Including Heresy
Understand That The Church Was Influential In All Areas Of Life, Including Crime And Punishment

Understand Why The Authorities’ Concern About Heresy And Treason Increased After 1500
Identify New Concepts Of Crime Including Witchcraft
Know About Laws Introduced In The 1650s Banning Many Traditional Entertainments
Understand How The Growth Of Towns Led To Growing Crime Rates

Key Vocabulary:

King’s Peace, Treason, Reeve, Abbey, Collective Responsibility, Moral, Oath, Maiming, Petty Theft, Capital Punishment, Corporal Punishment, Retribution, Deterrent, Peasant, Poaching, Brand, Parliament, Plague, Clergy, Secular, Heresy, Banished, Consecrated, Sanctuary

Excommunicate, Recant, Poor Relief, Enclosed, Import duties, Decriminalise, Gatehouse, Transportation, Colonies, Rehabilitate, Conspirator, Pact, Superstition, Enlightenment

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Crime, Punishment and Law Enforcement in the 18th and 19th Centuries

Crime and Definitions of Crime (circa)1900 - Present

Whitechapel, 1870 - (circa)1900. Crime, Policing and the inner city

Key Concepts:

Know About The Growth In Highway Robbery, Poaching And Smuggling
The Impact Of The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Understand Why There Was A Decline In The Use Of The Death Penalty
Know Why The Use Of Execution In Public Was Ended
Understand Changes In The Use Of Prisons As A Punishment
Understand The Shift Towards Crime Prevention
Describe The Emergence Of The Bow Street Runners
Know About Developments In Policing

Understand Changes In Criminal Activity In This Period
Know How Changes In Society Have Impacted On Crime
Understand Developments In Policing Since 1900
Know About The Role Of Communities In Enforcing The Law
Understand Why The Death Penalty Was Abolished In The 20th Century

Understand How The Police Services Were Organised And Controlled
Understand In What Ways Crime Was Recorded
Understand The Nature Of Problems With Crime Statistics And Evidence
Know About The Nature And Impact Of Poor Housing Conditions
Understand The Links Between Unemployment, Poverty, Immigration And Crime
Understand The Tensions Arising Due To Immigrant Groups In The East End
Understand The Difficulties Of Policing The Whitechapel Community
Know About The Detective Techniques Used In The Jack The Ripper Murders
Understand How Detection Methods Changed As A Result Of The Case
Understand The Problems Posed By The Media And Rivalry With Other Forces During The Case

Key Vocabulary:

Highwayman, Martyr, Trade Union, Home Secretary, Inhumane, Prototype, Psychosis, Penal, Proportionately

Hate crime, Homophobic, Injunction, PCSO, Vigilance, Active Citizenship, Abolished, Age of criminal responsibility, Liberal, Propaganda, Pardon, Diminished Responsibility

Criteria, Provenance, Context, Watch Committee, Memoir, Sanitation, Poor Relief, Pogrom, Anarchy, Socialist, Capitalist, Anti-Semitic, Sensationalist, Satirical, Stereotyping, Prostitute, Brothel, Lunatics, Post mortem, Dissecting, Alibi, Forensic

Subject Overview:

Students in Year 9 have 3 History lessons each week.

In Year 9 students have homework set every week, this homework is designed to last around 30-60 minutes. There will also be regular practice of suitable examination questions.

Assessments:

Students are assessed 5-6 times a year – every half term or at the end of a topic. Assessment can take the form of a variety of styles such as writing, comprehension, presentations, examination questions.