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History
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Free History study notes for Key Stage 3 (KS3) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
The development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509
The Norman Conquest
Christendom, the importance of religion and the Crusades
The struggle between Church and crown, Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament
The English campaigns to conquer Wales and Scotland up to 1314
Magna Carta and the emergence of Parliament
Society, economy and culture: feudalism, religion in daily life, farming, trade and towns, art, architecture and literature
The Black Death and its social and economic impact
The Peasants' Revolt
The Hundred Years War, the Wars of the Roses and Henry VII's attempts to restore stability
The Wars of the Roses; Henry VII and attempts to restore stability
The development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745
Renaissance and Reformation in Europe
The English Reformation and Counter-Reformation (Henry VIII to Mary I)
The Elizabethan religious settlement and conflict with Catholics (including Scotland, Spain and Ireland)
The first colony in America and first contact with India
The causes and events of the civil wars throughout Britain
The Interregnum (including Cromwell in Ireland)
The Restoration, 'Glorious Revolution' and power of Parliament
The Act of Union of 1707, the Hanoverian succession and the Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745
Society, economy and culture across the period: work and leisure in town and country, religion and superstition in daily life, theatre, art, music and literature
Ideas, political power, industry and empire: Britain 1745-1901
The Enlightenment in Europe and Britain, with links to 17th-century thinkers, scientists and the Royal Society
Britain's transatlantic slave trade: its effects and its eventual abolition
The Seven Years War and the American War of Independence
The French Revolutionary wars
Britain as the first industrial nation: the impact on society
Party politics, extension of the franchise and social reform
The development of the British Empire, with a depth study of India, and Ireland and Home Rule
Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'
Ireland and Home Rule
Challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day
Women's suffrage
The First World War and the Peace Settlement
The inter-war years: the Great Depression and the rise of dictators
The Second World War and the wartime leadership of Winston Churchill
The Holocaust
The creation of the welfare state
Indian independence and the end of Empire
Social, cultural and technological change in post-war British society, and Britain's place in the world since 1945
Britain's place in the world since 1945
Local history study
Depth study of a local site or event linked to a national period of study
Study over time: how far local sites reflect national history
A local aspect or site from before 1066
An aspect or theme in British history from before 1066
Changes in political power in Britain from the Iron Age to the present
Britain's changing landscape from the Iron Age to the present
Social history: the impact of migration to, from and within the British Isles through time
A turning point in British history: the Neolithic Revolution
A significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections
Mughal India 1526-1857
China's Qing dynasty 1644-1911
Changing Russian empires c.1800-1989
The USA in the 20th century
Historical skills: sources and interpretations
Using and evaluating historical sources as evidence
Comparing and evaluating historical interpretations
Second-order concepts: cause and consequence
Second-order concepts: change and continuity
Second-order concepts: similarity, difference and significance
Chronological knowledge: constructing structured historical narratives
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