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HISTORYForm II2014-2015Text: Understanding History 1OCTOBERWeek 1: Unit 1.1: Chronology- Chronology- Chronological order- Marking and dividing time: Timelines, time-continentsWeek 2: Unit 1.2: Time Maps- Calendars- Counting Years; B.C. and A.D.- CenturiesWeek 3: Unit 1.3: AnachronismWeek 3: Unit 1.4: Change and Progress- Change- Progress- Regress- ContinuityWeek 4: Unit 1.5: Sources- Primary sources

- Secondary sourcesNOVEMBERWeek 1: Unit 1.6: How Historians Use Sources- Reliability of the source- EvidenceWeek 2: Unit 1.7: A Picture of the Past- When historians disagree- Sources and opinion- EvacueesWeek 3: Ancient Greece: IntroductionTopics to assign for project work:- Mythology- Entertainment- Everyday Life: Women and Children- Everyday Life: Food, Farming and Clothing- Architecture- Sports and GamesWeek 4: Project workDECEMBERWeek 1: Project workWeek 2: Project workJANUARYWeek 2: Presentation on Ancient Greece

Week 3: PresentationWeek 4: PresentationFEBRUARYWeek 1: PresentationMARCHWeek 1: Unit 8.1: 1066- Edward the Confessor- Contenders for the throne; Duke William of Normandy, Harold Hardrada- Enemies InvadeWeek 2: The Battle of Hastings- Build-up to Battle- Outcome of battleWeek 3: Unit 8.3: Completing the Conquest- Saxon resistance- Consequences of resistanceWeek 4: The Feudal SystemAPRIL- Barons and sub-tenants- The Domesday Book- A Picture of England-Week 1: Unit 8.5: Motte and Bailey Castles- The motte and bailey

- Weaknesses of motte and bailey castlesUnit 8.6: Square Keep Castles- Sources for studyWeek 2: Unit 10.1: Henry II and Thomas Becket- Thomas Becket- The fatal quarrelWeek 3: Unit 10.5: Medieval Trade and IndustryWeek 4: Unit 10.6: Farming- Field strips and crop rotationMAYWeek 1: Unit 10.7: Religious LifeWeek 2: Unit 10.8: Health and Medicine- The causes of disease- Physicians and surgeonsWeek 3: Unit 10.11: The Black DeathWeek 4: Unit 10.12: The Peasants’ Revolt- The Statute of labourers- Wyclif, Ball and Tyler- The king and the rebelsJUNEWeek 1: Unit 10.13: The Wars of the Roses- Lancaster and York- The Battle of Bosworth, 1485Week 2: Revision