Year 8 Learning

Year 8 history focuses on the international aspects of our History and how these events are still relevant to our lives today. Students will already have practise in key historical skills and these will be continued to be built upon through the year.

Term	Topic	Key Content
Autumn	Empire Slavery	Why were empires founded? Case study – India under the British Empire. What was Africa like before Europeans arrived? How was Britain involved in the slave trade, and how was slavery abolished?
Spring	Protest Ideas that changed the world	What is protest, and how have people protested throughout history e g. the French Revolution, Death Penalty, Apartheid? How have key ideas and technology changed the world around us e.g. algebra, communism, the internet
Summer	World War I	Was WW1 inevitable? How was it fought, and why is it remembered as the Great War?

Year 8 Knowledge

M	T	W	T	F	WE
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3	4	5	6	7	8
10	11	12	13	14	15
17	18	19	20	21	22
24	25	26	27	28	29
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Year 8 Learning

History

March 2025