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Unit 1

Industrial Britain, 1745–1901

A seven-chapter textbook study of causes, factories, cities, evidence, reform and historical judgement.

7 lessons

0 of 7 done

What this unit covers

Explain why industrialisation began in Britain
Investigate factories through historical evidence
Trace urban growth, disease and public-health reform
Assess consequences for different groups over time

1Chapter 1: Britain before the factories30 min · ★ · 3 quick checksStart →
2Chapter 2: Why did industrialisation begin in Britain?32 min · ★★ · 3 quick checksStart →
3Chapter 3: Steam, cotton and the factory system32 min · ★★ · 3 quick checksStart →
4Chapter 4: The new industrial city32 min · ★★ · 3 quick checksStart →
5Chapter 5: Workers, children and factory evidence35 min · ★★★ · 3 quick checksStart →
6Chapter 6: Disease, evidence and public health35 min · ★★★ · 3 quick checksStart →
7Chapter 7: Reform and the industrial balance sheet38 min · ★★★ · 3 quick checksStart →

Unit 2

The English Reformation, 1509–1603

Seven source-led lessons asking why England broke with Rome and how far ordinary life changed.

7 lessons

0 of 7 done

What this unit covers

Understand the development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745, including the English Reformation and its impact
Understand the theory and practice of monarchy and the origins and progress of the English Reformation
Use historical evidence rigorously and test interpretations

Unit 3

The Norman Conquest, 1066–1087

Seven source-led lessons from the succession crisis to Domesday, resistance and lasting change.

7 lessons

0 of 7 done

What this unit covers

Understand the impact through time of the Norman Conquest on society and the establishment of feudal government
Understand the development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509
Use chronicles, objects, maps and records as historical evidence

Unit 4

Britain, Europe and the wider world, 1901–present

Seven evidence-led lessons, including a carefully structured specialist Holocaust section centred on Jewish life, persecution, genocide, testimony and memory.

7 lessons

0 of 7 done

What this unit covers

Understand challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world 1901 to the present day, including the First and Second World Wars and the Holocaust
Understand social, cultural and technological change in post-war British society
Interpret the twentieth century through varied evidence and testimony

Unit 5

Empire, trade and abolition

Britain's role in global trade, slavery and its abolition.

4 lessons

0 of 4 done

What this unit covers

Describe Britain's role in transatlantic slavery
Explain the causes of abolition
Evaluate different historical interpretations

Unit 6

Britain in a wider world

Thematic studies and world societies that connect British history to global developments.

4 lessons

0 of 4 done

What this unit covers

Understand a study of an aspect or theme in British history that consolidates and extends pupils' chronological knowledge beyond 1066
Understand a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments
Understand at least one study of a significant society or issue in world history and its interconnections with other world developments
Understand a study of a non-European society that provides historical contrasts with British history

Unit 7

Thinking like a historian

Placing events in context and joining up local, national and international history.

1 lessons

0 of 1 done

What this unit covers

Gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local, regional, national and international history

1Joining up local, national and world history22 min · ★★ · 3 quick checksStart →

Unit 8

Church, state and society: 1066 to 1745

Medieval Britain, the Reformation, the growth of Parliament and the Civil Wars, taught as a connected story of who held power.

5 lessons

0 of 5 done

What this unit covers

Understand the development of Church, state and society in Medieval Britain 1066-1509
Understand the development of Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745, including the English Reformation and its impact
Understand the changing role of the monarchy and the causes and consequences of the English Civil Wars
Understand the development of the Church, state and society in Britain 1509-1745, including the theory and practice of monarchy and the origins and progress of the English Reformation
Understand how the emergence and growth of Parliament shaped political power in Britain

Unit 9

Industry, empire and the slave trade

Industrial change in Britain, the transatlantic slave trade in the context of empire, and their long consequences.

2 lessons

0 of 2 done

What this unit covers

Understand ideas, political power, industry and empire in Britain 1745-1901, including the Industrial Revolution and its impact on society
Understand Britain's transatlantic slave trade, its effects and its eventual abolition, in the context of empire

Unit 10

Thinking like a historian

Second-order concepts, the rules of historical enquiry, how knowledge is constructed from sources, and the Holocaust and ideology in interpretation.

4 lessons

0 of 4 done

What this unit covers

Understand historical concepts such as continuity and change, cause and consequence, similarity, difference and significance
Understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims
Understand how our knowledge of the past is constructed from a range of sources, and how and why historians have interpreted the past in different ways
Understand the challenges for Britain, Europe and the wider world, including the Holocaust and the role of ideology, and how these are represented and interpreted

Unit 11

GCSE-style history: sources, interpretations and change over time

The three question types that decide GCSE history grades, taught properly at KS3.

3 lessons

0 of 3 done

What this unit covers

Understand the methods of historical enquiry, including how evidence is used rigorously to make historical claims
Discern how and why contrasting arguments and interpretations of the past have been constructed
Understand a study of an aspect or theme in British history that consolidates and extends pupils' chronological knowledge beyond 1066

1066 to the present, then the GCSE question types

Industrial Britain, 1745–1901

The English Reformation, 1509–1603

The Norman Conquest, 1066–1087

Britain, Europe and the wider world, 1901–present

Empire, trade and abolition

Britain in a wider world

Thinking like a historian

Church, state and society: 1066 to 1745

Industry, empire and the slave trade

Thinking like a historian

GCSE-style history: sources, interpretations and change over time