Year 8
3 sections
13 topics
Power and Protest 1000–1900
A Year 8 course tracing how political power changed hands in Britain across nearly a thousand years, from the Norman Conquest and Magna Carta through Henry VIII, the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution to the great reform struggles of the nineteenth century: Peterloo, the 1832 Reform Act and Chartism. Built for KS3 students who are starting to think historically about cause, change and power.
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Middle Ages
1066 - 1400
Who really held power when even a king could be forced to obey the law?
Early Modern
1500 - 1700
What happens when a king and his people cannot agree on who rules?
Henry VIII: Effective King or Tyrant?
The Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights
Industrial Revolution
1789 - 1884
How did ordinary people win a voice in how Britain was run?
Introduction to the French Revolution
The Reform Acts of 1867 and 1884
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