Online learning resources – History Key Stage 3 YEAR 7 Topic Online learning resources • Oak National Academy unit: How did a Norman become King of England? https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/how-did-a-norman-become-king-of-england-ccc3 Were the Normans bloodthirsty • Oak National Academy unit: How much did England change during the Norman Conquest? warriors who took over Anglo-Saxon • https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/how-much-did-england-change-during-the-norman-conquest-e464 England by force? • BBC Bitesize on the Norman conquest: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsjnb9q/revision/1 • BBC Bitesize on the feudal system & Domesday Book: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zdvdmp3/revision/1 What was the greatest challenge to • Oak National Academy unit: Why did Kings struggle to rule England? the monarchy’s power in the Middle https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/why-did-kings-struggle-to-rule-england-1f64 Ages? • Oak National Academy unit: How big a threat was the Peasants’ Revolt to the power of monarchs? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/how-big-a-threat-was-the-peasants-revolt-to-the-power-of- monarchs-475d • BBC Bitesize on Thomas Becket & Henry II: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zw3wxnb/revision/1 • BBC Bitesize on King John & Magna Carta: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zqgqtfr/revision/1 • BBC Bitesize on the Peasants’ Revolt: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2c2pv4/revision/1 How far can we generalise about • Oak National Academy unit: What can the life of Eleanor of Aquitaine tell us about who held power in the women in the past? Middle Ages? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/what-can-the-life-of-eleanor-of-aquitaine-tell-us- about-who-held-power-in-the-mi • Oak National Academy unit: What can we learn about the Medieval world from the book of Margery Kempe? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/what-can-we-learn-about-the-medieval-world-from-the-book-of- margery-kempe-4865 • BBC Bitesize on the changing role of women in the 20th century: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfsnb9q What does studying religion in • Oak National Academy unit: What does the life of Mansa Musa reveal about Medieval Mali? Medieval Africa reveal? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/what-does-the-life-of-mansa-musa-reveal-about-medieval-mali- 3c3c How far did religion change in the • Oak National Academy unit: Why did Henry VIII make the break with Rome? Tudor period? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/why-did-henry-viii-make-the-break-with-rome-85e5 • BBC Bitesize on Henry VIII: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3yfr82 • BBC Bitesize on Elizabeth I: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbvycdm • BBC Bitesize on the Reformation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zrpcwmn/revision/1 How were Empires in India gained, • BBC article on the Mughal Empire: https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/islam/history/mughalempire_1.shtml maintained and lost? The Mughals How were Empires in India gained, • Oak National Academy unit: Why does it matter what we call the 1857 conflict in India? maintained and lost? The British https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/why-does-it-matter-what-we-call-the-1857-conflict-in-india-fb64 Empire. • Oak National Academy unit: How did India achieve independence in 1947? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/how-did-india-achieve-independence-in-1947-b711 • BBC Bitesize on the British Empire through time: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zsnp34j YEAR 8 Topic Online learning resources • Oak National Academy unit: : Why did the Civil War break out in 1642? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/why-did-the-civil-war-break-out-in-1642-d5ce • Oak National Academy unit: In what ways was Britain turned upside down in the seventeenth century? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/in-what-ways-was-britain-turned-upside-down-in-the-seventeenth- Why and how far did the ‘world turn century-7e87 upside down’ in the Early Modern • Oak National Academy Unit: How Revolutionary was the Glorious Revolution? period? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/how-revolutionary-was-the-glorious-revolution-bdb3 • BBC Bitesize on Charles I, the English Civil War and the Restoration: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zky82hv/revision/1 • BBC Bitesize on Oliver Cromwell: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcgbkqt • BBC Bitesize on the Industrial Revolution: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zvmv4wx/revision/1 How ‘Dark’ was the Story of Africa • Oak National Academy unit: What does the life of Mansa Musa reveal about Medieval Mali? before 1900? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/what-does-the-life-of-mansa-musa-reveal-about-medieval-mali-3c3c • How far did New World Slavery turn • Oak National Academy unit: How successful were efforts to abolish slavery in the nineteenth century? Africans into Negroes? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/how-successful-were-efforts-to-abolish-slavery-in-the-nineteenth-century- cc63 • BBC Bitesize on The triangular slave trade: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zy7fr82/revision/1 • Oak National Academy unit: Did the Enlightenment fuel the American Revolution? How has the ‘Age of Revolutions’ https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/did-the-enlightenment-fuel-the-american-revolution-bfd2 been remembered? • Oak National Academy unit: How Enlightened was the French Revolution? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/how-enlightened-was-the-french-revolution-a714 • Oak National Academy unit: What do the stories of ‘often forgotten armies’ reveal about the Western Front? How far was World War One a https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/what-do-the-stories-of-the-often-forgotten-armies-reveal-about-the- ‘Great’ War? western-front • BBC Bitesize on the First World War: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z4n4jxs/revision/1 • Oak National Academy unit: Why did fascists gain support? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/why-did-fascists- gain-support-4a64 How did the Holocaust happen? • Oak National Academy unit: When was the turning point during the Second World War? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/when-was-the-turning-point-during-the-second-world-war-8289 • Oak National Academy unit: What was the Holocaust? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/what-was-the- holocaust-9d03 • Oak National Academy unit: How did Jewish people resist during the Holocaust? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/how-did-jewish-people-resist-during-the-holocaust-96b2 • BBC Bitesize on the Holocaust: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zkfk7ty/revision/1 • BBC Bitesize on World War Two: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z9s9q6f/revision/1 • Holocaust Education Trust lessons: https://www.het.org.uk/education/teaching-resources/exploring-the- holocaust-home-learning-pack-menu How have black people struggled • https://www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/darcus-howe-and-britains-black-power-movement - British black power against injustice in Britain in the 20th movement century? Key Stage 4 (AQA GCSE) See below for enrichment resources for Key Stage 4 units Unit Online learning resources Year 9 only: How have • https://www.ourmigrationstory.org.uk/oms/darcus-howe-and-britains-black-power-movement - British black power black people struggled movement against injustice in Britain in the 20th century? Note: This is not an examined GCSE topic Germany 1890-1945: • Oak National Academy unit: Weimar and Nazi Germany, 1919-1939 Democracy & Dictatorship https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/weimar-and-nazi-germany-1919-1939-6b4e • BBC Bitesize AQA History Germany: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zskcg82 Conflict and Tension • Oak National Academy unit: The Cold War: Superpower relations from 1941-1991 between East and West, https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/the-cold-war-superpower-relations-from-1941-1991-d369 1945-1972 • BBC Bitesize Cold War 1945-72 (AQA): https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zgds4j6/revision/1 Britain: Migration, empires • Oak National Academy unit: Why has Alfred been called ‘Alfred the Great’? and the people: c.790- https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/why-has-alfred-been-called-alfred-the-great-479b present day • Oak National Academy unit: What did British colonialism look like in the nineteenth century? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/what-did-british-colonialism-look-like-in-the-nineteenth-century-adf7 • Oak National Academy unit: Who ‘decolonised’ in the twentieth century? https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/who-decolonised-in-the-twentieth-century-5a4b • BBC Bitesize AQA Migration & Empires unit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zw46dmn/revision/1 Norman England, c.1066- • Oak National Academy unit: How did a Norman become King of England? c.1100 https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/how-did-a-norman-become-king-of-england-ccc3 NOTE THIS WILL NOT BE • Oak National Academy unit: How much did England change during the Norman Conquest? EXAMINED IN 2021 https://teachers.thenational.academy/units/how-much-did-england-change-during-the-norman-conquest-e464 • BBC Bitesize on the Normans AQA: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zcmfk7h/revision/1 KEY STAGE 5 Unit Online learning resources Unit 1F: In search of the • Historical Association 20th century America revision guide (students will need to sign up as members): American Dream: the USA, https://www.history.org.uk/student/module/8701/a-level-topic-guide-usa-in-the-20th-century c1917–96 Unit 2F.2: South Africa, 1948– • South African History Online: https://www.sahistory.org.za/ 94: from apartheid state to • Podcasts on South African history: https://history-podcasts.com/the-south-african-history-podcast ‘rainbow nation’ Coursework on an aspect of • Yad Vashem website: https://www.yadvashem.org/ The Holocaust - Historians • Holocaust Education Trust lessons: https://www.het.org.uk/education/teaching-resources/exploring-the-holocaust- have disagreed about…. home-learning-pack-menu What is your view about….? • Holocaust Education Trust ’70 Voices’ podcasts: http://www.70voices.org.uk/ Unit 35.2: The British • Podcasts related to the course.